Introduction

Biography

Norman was the son of min­is­ter Nor­man Mac­le­od (Car­aid nan Gaid­heal) and Ag­nes Nan­cy Max­well, and hus­band of Ca­ther­ine Ann Mack­in­tosh (mar­ried Au­gust 1851).

He at­tend­ed the Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow and Uni­ver­si­ty of Ed­in­burgh, then went to Ger­ma­ny. He com­plet­ed his stu­dies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow, re­ceiv­ing his Doctor of Di­vi­ni­ty de­gree in 1858.

In 1838, Mac­le­od be­came pa­rish min­is­ter of Lou­don, Ayr­shire; in 1843 of Dal­keith; and in 1851 of Ba­ro­ny Church, Glas­gow. In 1841, he was ap­point­ed as one of Queen Vic­tor­ia’s chap­lains.

In 1860, he be­came ed­it­or of the Good Words ma­ga­zine, which he con­tin­ued to ed­it un­til his death. He al­so ed­it­ed The Ed­in­burgh Chris­tian Ma­ga­zine for some years.

In 1854, Mac­le­od joined the Hym­nal Com­mit­tee for the Ge­ne­ral As­sem­bly of the Es­tab­lished Church of Scot­land. In 1869, he be­came mod­er­at­or of the Ge­ne­ral As­sem­bly of the Church of Scot­land.