Hugh Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod

Hugh Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod (born 1973) is the 30th Chief of Clan MacLeod and is currently representing the Associated Clan MacLeod Societies in the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. He is also recognized Chief of the Name and Arms of MacLeod, in Scotland and the United Kingdom, by the Court of the Lord Lyon.

On 12 February 2007, Hugh inherited Dunvegan Castle, the ancient seat of the Chiefs of Clan MacLeod, and the associated ancestral clan territories, which still extend to over 42000 acre on the Isle of Skye following the death of his father, John MacLeod of MacLeod.

Biography
Hugh was born in London in 1973.

He graduated with a BA (Hons) in Film and Modern History from the University of London and the Sorbonne in 1995.

After a brief period at Sotheby's and Freud Communications, he began working in television as a researcher and was commissioned to direct and produce Champagne and Canvas, a documentary that was nominated for best video at the 1998 BBC British Short Film Festival. Since then, he has worked as a freelance director, producer, and writer in both film and TV, and also combines his media career with the management of the MacLeod Estate which he took on in 2008.

He divides his time between Dunvegan and London.

Family
Hugh married French former actress Frédérique Feder (Three Colours Red, Mutant Action), daughter of Serge Feder and Anne Isabelle Marie Coquillon, on 28 September 2002. The marriage was later dissolved by divorce on 25 March 2020.

They have a son, Vincent Liam MacLeod, Younger (born 1999).