Abbreviations used
Date August 8 1879
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
The death of Hugh McLEOD, M.P. for Cape Breton Co. is announced. The Halifax 'Herald' says he died at his residence at Sherwood, Sydney. He was a son of Rev. Hugh McLEOD, D.D. of Presbyterian Church. He was educated in Sydney Academy, at the Normal School, Truro and at McGill College, Montreal where he took the degree of B.A. He was called to the Bar in 1868.