James Macleod

James Farquharson Macleod
BornSeptember 25, 1836
Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland
DiedSeptember 5, 1894 (aged 57)
Buried
Union Cemetery, Calgary
Service / branchCanadian Militia
North-West Mounted Police
Years of service1856-1873 (Canadian Militia)
1873-1880 (NWMP)
RankLieutenant Colonel (Canadian Militia)
Commissioner (NWMP)
UnitVolunteer Militia Field Battery of Kingston
Bowmanville Rifle Company
45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry
NWMP
Commands45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry
NWMP
Battles / warsFenian Raids
Red River Rebellion

Lieutenant-Colonel James Farquharson Macleod (c. September 25, 1836 – September 5, 1894), born in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland, was a militia officer, lawyer, North-West Mounted Police officer, magistrate, judge, and politician in Alberta. He served as the second full Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, from July 22, 1876, to October 31, 1880. Fort Macleod and Macleod Trail, a major Calgary, Alberta thoroughfare, are named after him.

In 1887, Macleod was appointed to the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, which then included what is now known as Alberta and Saskatchewan. He held this position until his death in 1894. He is buried in Union Cemetery in Calgary.[1]

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