Roderick McLeod (minister)

Roderick McLeod (1794–1868) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly 1863/64.

He was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Skye and began work in a mission at Lynedale in his father's parish in 1818.

In 1863 he succeeded Rev Thomas Guthrie as Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Free Church.

[3] He became ill in 1864 but continued his work, but died in April 1868 and his position at Snizort was filled by the Rev Joseph Lamont.

[6] His sister Isabella Margaret McLeod married Rev John Finlayson, who had replaced him as minister of Bracadale.