| Administrative History | John Chalmers of Sclattie, Aberdeen, the son of Rev. Alexander Chalmers, minister of Marnoch, Banffshire, was born in 1712. He was appointed regent at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1740, and succeeded his cousin George Chalmers as Principal in 1746, when he was awarded a D.D. He was taken prisoner by Jacobites in 1745 but managed to escape, and after the rebellion petitioned the King for clemency for his captors. He died in office in 1800 after sixty years' service. Roderick Macleod was Principal of King's College, Aberdeen, from 1800 to 1815, having previously held office as regent and then sub-principal from 1748, after graduating MA in 1746 and DD in 1793. A native of Talisker in Skye, he was connected with many important Highland families. He died in 1815. |