Sir Fitzroy Maclean
Bt KCB
26th Clan Chief
10th Baronet of Morvern
In office
1883–1936
Preceded bySir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet
Succeeded bySir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet
Personal details
Born
Fitzroy Donald Maclean

(1835-05-18)18 May 1835
near Shorne, County Kent
Died22 November 1936(1936-11-22) (aged 101)
Duart Castle
SpouseConstance Marianne Ackers (m. 1872-1920; her death)
Children5, including Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932)
Parent(s)Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet
Emily Marsham
RelativesSir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet (grandson)
ResidenceDuart Castle on the Isle of Mull

Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, KCB, DL (18 May 1835 – 22 November 1936) was a Scottish officer who served as 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 near Shorne, County Kent, the only son of Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet, the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean.[3][5]

He started his military career as a cornet at the 7th Dragoon Guards. On 12 October 1852, he was promoted to 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 Yevpatoria. He also fought at the Battle of the Alma and the Siege of Sevastopol.[5] He was not able to participate in the Charge of the Light Brigade due to becoming sick shortly before the engagement.[6]

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][7]

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 Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 22 June 1897.[8] On 24 June 1904, he was knighted in the same order (KCB),[9] and in December 1910, was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent.[10]

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.[11][12]

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

Coat of arms of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet
Notes
The quartering of the lymphad, embattled tower, salmon, and eagles' heads are characteristic of west highland heraldry.[13] It has been suggested that the eagles' heads may represent the hawks which Maclean chiefs supplied to kings of Scots on certain occasions. The rock may represent Cairnburgh, in the Treshnish Isles.[14]
Crest
A tower embattled argent.[15]
Torse
Gules doubled argent.[15]
Helm
A helmet befitting his degree.[15]
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st, argent a rock gules; 2nd, argent, a dexter hand fesswise couped gules, holding a cross crosslet fitche in pale azure; 3rd, Or, a lymphad oars in saltire sails furled sable flagged gules; 4th argent, a salmon naiant proper in chief two eagles heads erased respectant gules.[15]
Supporters
Dexter, a seal proper. Sinister, an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak proper.[15]
Motto
Virtue mine honour (on an escrol over the crest).[15]

References

  1. ^ "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. ...
  2. ^ "700 Macleans Toast Chief on His 100th Birthday". Chicago Tribune. 19 May 1935. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Sir Fitzroy Maclean". 23 November 1936. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  4. ^ de la Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle (1904). The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour. T.C. & E.C. Jack.
  5. ^ a b c d 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. p. 224. Laird of Brolas.
  6. ^ Paget, Henry (1995). A History of the British Cavalry: Volume 8: 1816-1919 The Western Front, 1915-1918, Epilogue, 1919-1939. Vol. 8. Pen and Sword Books. p. 353. ISBN 9780850524673. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  7. ^ Addison, Henry Robert; Lawson, William John; Oakes, Charles Henry; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1907). Who's who.
  8. ^ "Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division)". The London Gazette.
  9. ^ "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division". The London Gazette.
  10. ^ "No. 28443". The London Gazette. 2 December 1910. p. 9044.
  11. ^ "Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Duart". Ambaile. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  12. ^ "MacLean". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
  13. ^ McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Illustrated ed.). Boydell Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-84383-261-4.
  14. ^ Campbell of Airds, Alastair. "A Closer Look at West Highland Heraldry: Page 3 The MacLeans". Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  15. ^ a b c d e f MacLean, John Paterson (1913). Renaissance of the Clan MacLean. Columbus, Ohio: F.J. Heer. pp. 147.
Baronetage of Nova Scotia Preceded byCharles Fitzroy Maclean Baronet(of Duart and Morvern) 1883–1936 Succeeded byCharles Fitzroy Maclean
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