Ku dhammaystiro weedhan soo socota: Macleod wuxuu ku qaatay sannadihii hore Achiltibuie iyo Inverness. Wuxuu dhigtay Dugsiga Hoose ee Leachkin, Dugsiga Grammar Jedburgh iyo Dugsiga Loretto, Musselburgh, ka hor inta uusan wax ka baran caafimaadka Jaamacadda Edinburgh. Markii uu ahaa arday jaamacadeed wuxuu ahaa madaxweynaha Jaamacadda Edinburgh ee Jaamacadda Jaamacadda. Ka dib markii uu qalin jabiyay, wuxuu qabtay dhowr jagooyin caafimaad oo hoose oo ku yaal Edinburgh iyo Forth Valley. Wuxuu ahaa Rector of the University of Edinburgh laga soo bilaabo 1994 ilaa 1997, Xoghayaha Ololaha Shaqaalaha ee Baarlamaanka Scottish-ka, iyo xubin ka tirsan Guddiga Fulinta Qaranka ee ololaha Scotland FORward, kooxda xisbiyada kala duwan ee u ololeysay codbixinta HAA-HAA ee baarlamaanka.
Aftidii xil wareejinta ee 1997.