Donald Maclean, 5th Laird of Torloisk was the 5th Laird of Torloisk.

Biography

He was a son of

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. John of Tarbert was the third son of

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. Donald was noted for the urbanity of his manners and the kindness of his disposition. At the Battle of Sheriffmuir, he was Major of the regiment of

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, and was commended for his prudent and gallant conduct on that occasion. He married Mary, daughter of

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, and had ten children, four sons and six daughters: *

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studied law in

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, Lachlan Maclean of Torloisk, General

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, Archibald Maclean of Laggan, Mary, Anna, Alicia, Christiana, Betty, and Elizabeth. Allan, the third son, became a general; Archibald resided at Laggan and never married. Mary and Betty died unmarried; Anna married Donald MacLean, a cadet of the house of Torloisk. Alicia married

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; Christiana married Rev.

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, Mull; Elizabeth first married

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, of the family of Lochbuie, and secondly, to James Park of Jamaica. Donald died August 20, 1748, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

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People of the Jacobite rising of 1715 Year of birth missing 1748 deaths