Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet of Morvern (14 October 1798 – 27 January 1883) was the 25th

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of Clan Maclean from 1847 to 1883. He was a

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of the 81st regiment from 1831 to 1839, afterwards he was the Military Secretary at

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Biography

He was born on 14 October 1798 to

Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet of Morvern ( – 5 July 1847) 24th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1818 to 1847. He succeeded his half brother, Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet, when Hector died in 1818 without an heir. Biogr ...

. He was educated at

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and the

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. In 1816, he entered the

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, and afterward commanded the 81st Regiment. He was military secretary at

. In 1846, he retired from the army as a Colonel of the

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. He opposed the attempt to abolish

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in the army. On 10 May 1831, he married Emily Eleanor Marsham, fourth daughter of the Honorable and Reverend Jacob Marsham. They had as their children: *

Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet 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 ye ...

, his heir and successor *Emily Frances Harriet Maclean *Louisa Marianne Maclean who married 12 July 1860, to Honorable Ralph Pelham Nevill, second son of the

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*Fanny Henrietta Maclean, married 2 October 1855, to Admiral Sir Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon * Georgiana Marcia Maclean, married 20 October 1868, to

John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock, (19 February 1837 – 24 September 1912) was a Victorian landowner, Conservative Party politician, socialite, local benefactor and agriculturalist. He lived at The Hendre, a Victorian country house ...

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He died on 27 January 1883 or 27 December 1883 at

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in Kent, England.

References

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