Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean

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Lord Maclean
In office
1936-1990
Preceded bySir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, grandfather
Succeeded bySir Lachlan Maclean, 12th Baronet, son
Personal details
Born
Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean

(1916-05-05)5 May 1916
Died8 February 1990(1990-02-08) (aged 73)
Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean
Parent(s)Hector Fitzroy Maclean
Winifred Joan Wilding
ResidenceDuart Castle on the Isle of Mull
EducationCanford School

Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean,

Clan Maclean of Duart
in 1936 at the death of his grandfather.

Biography

Maclean was born on 5 May 1916 to Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932) and Winifred Joan Wilding (c1875-1941), daughter of J. H. Wilding.

Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather, Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet. He married (Joan) Elizabeth Mann (1923–2021), granddaughter of Sir Edward Mann, 1st Baronet, of Thelveton Hall in 1941. They had two children and eight grandchildren:[4]

He saw active service in World War II while serving in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards. He fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. After the war ended he became a sheep and cattle farmer in Scotland.[1] He was Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire from 1954 to 1975

The

Bronze Wolf
in 1967, for exceptional services to world Scouting.

He was created a

Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
in 1984 and 1985.

He died on 8 February 1990 at Hampton Court Palace.[1]

Honours

Coat of arms of Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean
Crest
A Tower embattled Argent
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st, Argent a Rock Gules; 2nd, Argent a Dexter Hand fesswise couped Gules holding a Cross Crosslet fitchée 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 respectant Gules;
Supporters
Dexter: a Seal proper; Sinister: an Ostrich with a Horseshoe in its beak proper
Motto
Virtue mine honour[15]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean
16.
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet
9. Emily Eleanor Marsham
2. Hector Fitzroy Maclean
10. George Holland Ackers
5. Constance Marianne Ackers
1. Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet
6. J. H. Wilding
3. Winifred Joan Wilding

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lord Maclean, 73, Aide to Queen; Organized 1981 Royal Wedding". Associated Press in The New York Times. 10 February 1990. Retrieved 1 March 2009. Lord Maclean, the former chief official of Queen Elizabeth II's household and organizer of the 1981 wedding of the Prince of Wales, died on Thursday, his family announced today. He was 73 years old. Lord Maclean died at Hampton Court Palace, a former royal residence in London, where he was chief steward since 1985. The announcement gave no cause of death.
  2. ^ "Lord Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, K.T., G.C.V.O., K.B.E." macleanclan.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2009. Born in 1916, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean succeeded as the twentyseventh Chief of the Clan Maclean and 11th hereditary Baronet of Morvern in 1936. A respected leader and public servant, Lord Maclean was ever committed to the preparing future generations for service.
  3. ^ "Sir Fitzroy Maclean". 23 November 1936. Retrieved 6 March 2009. 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. ... He married in 1872 Constance Marianne, daughter of Mr. G.H.Ackers, of Moreton Hall, Cheshire. She died in 1920, leaving two sons and one daughter, the wife of Brigadier F.W.Bullock-Marsham. Sir Fitzroy's elder son, Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Scots Guards, who married Winifred Joan, daughter of Mr.J.H.Wilding, died in 1932, and he is succeeded by his grandson, Charles Hector Fitzroy, born in 1916.
  4. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition. Burke's Peerage. 2003. p. 2525.
  5. ^ "Meet the Chiefs" (PDF). The Scout Information Centre. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  6. ISBN 978-0-9501609-0-0
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  7. ^ Baden-Powell Scouts' Association
  8. ^ The Scouter, Volume LXIII No 10, October 1969 (pp. 276−7)
  9. ^ The Crisis in The Scout Movement
  10. ^ "No. 44210". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1967. p. 10.
  11. ^ "No. 44794". The London Gazette. 21 February 1969. p. 1995.
  12. ^ "No. 45536". The London Gazette. 3 December 1971. p. 13243.
  13. ^ "No. 45301". The London Gazette. 11 February 1971. p. 1289.
  14. ^ "No. 49955". The London Gazette. 11 December 1984. p. 16769.
  15. ^ "Life Peerages - M". Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
Court offices
Preceded by
The Lord Cobbold
 Lord Chamberlain
1971–1984 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire
1954–1975 		Replaced by office of
Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute
New title Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute
1975–1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord High Commissioner to the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland
1984–1985 		Succeeded by
The Boy Scouts Association
Preceded by The Scout Boy Association's
Chief Scout
of the United Kingdom
and Overseas Territories
1959–1971 		Succeeded by
The Scout Boy Association's
Chief Scout
of the British Commonwealth
1959–1975 		Title relinquished
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Baronet

(of Duart and Morvern)
1936–1990 		Succeeded by
Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean
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