M’Leay, Kenneth

Education

M.D. 17.4.1802 on testimonials signed by Charles Stuart M.D. and John Barclay M.D., Edinburgh.

Birth/childhood

Possibly the Kenneth Macleay M.D. born 1774

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1787 - 1789, 1793 - 1794.

Practised Glasgow and Oban. Signs himself as surgeon 3 Regiment A.L.M. in 1823. [Doctor]

Antiquary.

Possibly also the Kenneth Macleay M.D. who sailed from Leith in 1833 to be surgeon to Convict Settlement of Tasmania.

Sources

  • DNB
  • Scottish Genealogist 20 1973 p. 25
  • Celtic Monthly 1 1892 p. 91
  • F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)
  • St AUL Corr 13.9.1963 and 6.10.1963 Annabel Imrie Swainson