A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McLeod, Alexander (c)
M‘LEOD. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 15; h-p., 23.)
Alexander M‘Leod (c) died 8 March, 1846. This officer entered the Navy, 27 July, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Snake sloop, Capts. Thos. Young and Wm. Hellard, on the Leith station; and in Oct. 1811, while holding the rating of Master’s Mate, was driven in a prize into Norway during a gale of wind, and there taken prisoner. On being restored to liberty in 1812, he again (after he had been for a short time borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the Dictator 64 and Adamant 50, Capts. Wm. Autridge and Matthew Buckle) joined the Snake; in which vessel he continued to serve, under the orders of Capts. Hellard and Joseph Gape, on the West India, Cork, and Channel stations, until Oct. 1815. He subsequently became attached – 15 Dec. 1815, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, on the St. Helena station – 20 March, 1818, as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the Vengeur 74, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Thos. Alexander – and 3 Oct. following, and 26 Sept. 1822, in the same capacity and as Admiralty-Mate, to the Severn and Ramillies, Coast Blockade ships, each under the orders of Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. He obtained his commission 19 July, 1823; and (with the exception of a few weeks again passed, in 1824, in the Ramillies) remained thenceforward on half-pay.
Lieut. M‘Leod married, 19 Jan. 1841, Sarah Elizabeth, second daughter of B. Alder, Esq., of Brixton.