Henry Dunning Macleod was a Scottish economist and lawyer.
Occupation
economist, barrister
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
March 31, 1821
Died
July 16, 1902
Overview
Henry Dunning Macleod (31 March 1821 – 16 July 1902) was a Scottish economist.
Life
Henry Dunning Macleod was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Eton, Edinburgh University, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1843. Macleod travelled in Europe, and in 1849 was called to the English bar.
Macleod was a director of the Royal British Bank, after the failure of which he was one of those convicted of conspiracy to misrepresent the bank's financial position, and was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment.
