Click for Bookshop  Rev. Norman MacLeod  1812 - 1872  Norman
Macleod ©2015 Gazetteer for Scotland  Norman Macleod
Theologian, prodigious author and social reformer. Born in
Campbeltown (Argyll and Bute), the son of another Norman MacLeod
(1783 - 1862), MacLeod was brought up in Campsie (East
Dunbartonshire). He was educated at the University of Glasgow
and completed his studies in Edinburgh under the guidance of
Thomas Chalmers (1780 - 1847). He was appointed minister for
Loudoun Parish Church (Ayrshire; 1838-43) and then Dalkeith
(1843-45). At the troubled times of the Disruption in 1843,
MacLeod held to the concept of an established church. In 1847,
he was a founder of the Evangelical Alliance. In 1851 he
accepted the charge of the Barony Church (Glasgow). MacLeod was
horrified by the poverty in this parish and worked hard to
improve conditions for the people. He extended the local school,
began evening classes for adults, set up a savings bank, a
clothing society and 'refreshment rooms' to provide good-va