Gillean Robert Maclaine of Lochbuie (3 January 1921 – 5 May 1970)
was the 25th hereditary Chief of
Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie and Feudal
Baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...
of
Moy.
Son of Kenneth Douglas Lorne MacLaine, 24th of Lochbuie, and Olive Marguerite Stewart- Richardson. Married Noreen Olive Beadon; one son,
Lorne Maclaine
Lorne Gillean Iain Maclaine of Lochbuie (born 1945) is the 26th hereditary chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie and feudal baron of Moy. He is the son of Captain Gillean Robert Maclaine, 25th of Lochbuie, and Noreen Olive Beadon. He currently ...
.
In August 1942 he received an emergency commission into
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
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and immediately transferred to the
Glider Pilot Regiment
The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War, which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European theatre in support of Allied airborne operations. Establish ...
. By 1944 he was serving as Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The
Glider Pilot Regiment
The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War, which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European theatre in support of Allied airborne operations. Establish ...
, part of the Airborne Forces at
Arnhem. By the time of his retirement, as an Hon. Captain on 25 November 1953, he had transferred back to The Black Watch.
References
1921 births
1970 deaths
Scottish clan chiefs
People from Argyll and Bute
Black Watch officers
Glider Pilot Regiment officers
British Army personnel of World War II
20th-century Scottish businesspeople
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