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

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and immediately transferred to the

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. By 1944 he was serving as Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The

, 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.

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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 {{Scotland-clan-stub