Norman MacLeod of MacLeod

[2] Norman attempted many costly improvements at Dunvegan Castle, as well as unsuccessful ventures in farming, and greatly encumbered the clan's estates and thus ruined himself financially.

[2][better source needed] During the enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement following an invasion scare in 1859, a group from the South Kensington Museum, headed by Norman, approached the War Office with an offer to raise two companies from the engineering and allied professions.

Norman was appointed Captain in command, Major a year later, and then Lieutenant-Colonel as the unit rapidly grew beyond its initial two companies.

His daughter, Louisa Cecilia MacLeod, later married John Moyer Heathcote, an English barrister and real tennis player.

[2] Norman died in Paris, France, on 5 February 1895, and was buried at Duirinish Church at Dunvegan.