Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet
| Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean Bt KCB 26th Clan Chief | |
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| 26th Clan Chief 10th Baronet of Morvern 6th Baron Maclean Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | |
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In office 1883–1936 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet, father |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet, grandson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Fitzroy Donald Maclean 18 May 1835 |
| Died |
22 November 1936 (aged 101) Duart Castle |
| Spouse(s) | Constance Marianne |
| Children | Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932) |
| Parents |
Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet Emily Marsham |
| Relatives | Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet, grandson |
| Residence | Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull |
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, KCB, DL (18 May 1835 – 22 November 1936) was the 26th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1883 to 1936, for fifty-three years. He lived to be 101 years old.[1][2] He bought and restored Duart Castle in 1911 as the seat of the Maclean clan.[3][4]
Biography
He was born on 18 May 1835 to Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean, his only son.[3][5]
He started his military career as a Cornet at the 7th Dragoon Guards. On 12 October 1852 was promoted to a Lieutenant of the 13th Light Dragoons.[3] In 1854 he was promoted to Captain and in 1856 was promoted to Major. In 1861 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. By 1871 he was commanding the 13th Hussars. He was promoted to Colonel and commanded the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry in 1880. In 1854–1855, he served in Bulgaria and the Crimea, and was with his regiment at the landing at Eupatoria. He was in the Battle of the Alma on 20 September 1854.[5] He participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854.[1] He was also at the Siege of Sevastopol.[5]
Sir Fitzroy married Constance Marianne Ackers (c. 1840–1920) on 17 January 1872. She was the younger daughter of George Holland Ackers, the High Sheriff of Cheshire. Their children were:[5][6]
- Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (b. 17 Feb 1873 – d. 25 Jul 1932), the father of Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet. He married Winifred Joan Wilding, the daughter of J. H. Wilding, on 3 September 1907. Died at the age of 59.[3]
- Charles Lachlan Maclean (b. 20 Sep 1874 – d. 27 Aug 1958) Died at the age of 83.
- Fitzroy Holland Maclean (b. 10 May 1876 – d. 13 Apr 1881) Died at age 4.
- John Marsham Maclean (b. 24 Oct 1879 – d. 4 November 1901) Killed in action in the Boer War at the age of 22.
- Finovola Marianne Eleanor Maclean (b. 14 February 1887 – d. ?) She married her first husband Captain Roger Cordy-Simpson (b.? – d.1919) on 7 April 1908. She married her second husband Brigadier Francis William Bullock-Marsham (b. 1883 – d.1971) on 19 April 1922.[3]
He became the 10th Baronet of Morvern and 26th Clan Chief in 1883 on the death of his father, Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet, who was the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean.[5]
He was invested as a Civil Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 22 June 1897.[7]
On 24 June 1904, he was again invested, this time as a Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of Order of the Bath (K.C.B.),[8] and in December 1910, was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent.[9]
He bought Duart Castle in September 1911 and restored it. On his 100th birthday he planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits. He lived to be 101 years old. On his death on 22 November 1936 his title went to his grandson, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet who became the 27th Clan Chief.[10][11]
He was Grand President of the Clan Gillean Association, honorary president of the Mull and Iona Association, vice-president and formerly president of the Highland Society of London. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Argyllshire in 1932.[3]
Heraldry
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References
- 1 2 "Ended Feud With Campbells". The New York Times. 23 November 1936.
Fought In Crimean War Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean would have celebrated his fifty-third anniversary as chief of the Clan MacLean in December. ...
- ↑ "700 Macleans Toast Chief on His 100th Birthday". Chicago Tribune. 19 May 1935. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean on his 100th birthday anniversary. Sir Fitzroy, chieftain of all the MacLeans, could not take active part in the celebration ...
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sir Fitzroy Maclean". 23 November 1936. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Bt., who died yesterday at Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, at the age of 101, Chief of his Clan and a Crimean veteran, was one of the best known of the "grand old men" of Scotland. When a boy in his early teens he was taken by his father to see the ruins of Duart Castle, burnt to the ground two centuries before, and then made a vow to restore it to its former glory. The vow was redeemed in 1912, when the yellow banner of the Chief of the Clan once more floated over the castle walls amid the rejoicings of the chieftains and clansmen from all parts of the world. ...
- ↑ de la Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle (1904). The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour.
Fitzroy Donald (Maclean), sixth Lord 1883 Maclean, tenth Baronet (1632) [S], twenty-sixth Chief Of The Macleans, born 18th May 1835; succeeded his father 27 January 1883; sometime Lieutenant-Colonel 13th Hussars and Colonel West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry; served in the Crimea 1854–1855 (medal with two clasps and Turkish medal); J.P. co. Kent, President of the Clan Gillean Association and of the Highland Society of London; C.B. (civil) 1897. He married, 17 January 1872, Constance Marianne, younger daughter of George Holland Ackers of Moreton Hall, Cheshire, by Harriott Susan, second daughter of Henry William Hutton of Beverley, co. York.1
- 1 2 3 4 5 MacLean, John Patterson (1889). A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, etc. R. Clarke & Company.
Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., Twenty-sixth Chief of MacLean and tenth Baronet of Morvern, was born May 18, 1835. On May 18, 1855 he received the Crimean medal for his gallant conduct in the Crimea. He also received two clasps and the Turkish war medal. In 1859 was aide-de-camp to field-marshal Lord Seaton, and in 1860 the same to general Sir George Brown. In 1865 he was selected to report on the French cavalry maneuvers, and was frequently in conversation with the French emperor.
- ↑ Who's who. 1907.
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Bt. pf Morvaren. Axgyllsliire; K.C.B., ir. 1904; Grant. President Clan Gillean Association; Hon. President Mull and lona Association ; late President Highland Society of London ; President League of Mercy (Hythe, Kent); Chief of Clan Maclean ; cr. 1031; C.B., J.P. ; b. 18-May 1835; o. s. of 9th Bt. and Emily, d. of Hon. and Kev. J. Marsham, D.D. (b. of 2nd Earl of Romney); S. father 1883; To. Constance Marianne, d. of George Holland Ackers, Moreton Hall, 17 Jan. 1872; two s. one d. Joined 13th Hussars, 1852, which regt. he commanded in 1871 ; served with 13th Lt. Drgs. in Bulgaria and the Crimea, 1854-55; present at the cavalry affair at Buljauak, battle of the Alma, and siege of Sevastopol (medal, two clasps); A.D.C. to Gen. Sir George Brown, G.C.B.; A.D.C., 1859, to Field - Marshal Lord Seaton (Turkish War medal); selected to report on French cavalry manoeuvres, 1865; served in Canada with 13th Hussars, 1866-69; commanded West Kent Queen's Own Yeomanry Cavalry, 1880-99. Recreations: all country sports. Heir: s. Hector, i>. 1878. Address: Overblow, Shorne, Kent; 26 The Lees, Folkestone; 15 Hyde Park Terrace, W. Clubs: United Service, Army and Navy, Cavalry ; Royal Highland Yacht, Oban.
- ↑ "Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division)". London Gazette.
- ↑ "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division". London Gazette.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28443. p. 9044. 2 December 1910.
- ↑ "Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Duart". Ambaile. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean was born in 1835 and was the 26th chief of the clan Maclean. He served in Bulgaria and the Crimea and was present at the capture of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the West Indies. In 1911 he bought and restored the ruined Duart Castle. To celebrate his 100th birthday he planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits
- ↑ "MacLean". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
His grandson is the present chief, Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Bait., K.C.B. Born in 1835 Sir Fitzroy served, as a young man, in Bulgaria and the Crimea, and was present at the battle of the Alma and the siege of Sebastopol. Through lack of food and shelter he fell into dysentery and fever, and would have died had he not been discovered by a friend of his father, who carried him on board his ship. He lost a son in the South African War. One of the most memorable days of his life was when he returned to Mull in August, 1912, and took possession of the ancient seat of his family, Duart Castle, amid the acclamations of Maclean clansmen from all parts of the world, and unfurled his banner from the ramparts. The castle dates from the thirteenth century, and was repaired and enlarged by Hector Mor Maclean, who was Lord of Duart from 1523 till 1568. In 1691 it was besieged by Argyll, and Sir John Maclean, the chief of that time, was forced to surrender it. After that date, though occasionally occupied by troops, the stronghold gradually fell to ruins, and the Duart properties passed to other hands till Sir Fitzroy repurchased Duart itself in 1912.
- ↑ McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Illustrated ed.). Boydell Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-84383-261-4.
- ↑ Campbell of Airds, Alastair. "A Closer Look at West Highland Heraldry: Page 3 The MacLeans". www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 MacLean, John Paterson (1913). Renaissance of the Clan MacLean. Columbus, Ohio: F.J. Heer. p. 147.
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| Preceded by Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean |
Baronet (of Duart and Morvern) 1st creation 1883 – 1936 |
Succeeded by The Lord Maclean |