Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, (5 May 1916 – 8 February 1990) was

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of the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1984. He became the 27th

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of 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. He succeeded as the 27th Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather,

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, Order of the Bath, KCB, Deputy Lieutenant, 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- ...

. 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: *The Hon. Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean (b. 1942); married with issue, including the heir to the baronetcy *The Hon. Janet Elizabeth Maclean (b. 1944); married with issue He saw active service in

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while serving in the 3rd Battalion

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. He fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. After the war ended he became a sheep and cattle farmer in Scotland. He was

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from 1954 to 1975 The

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appointed Maclean as its Chief Scout of the

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from 1959 to 1971 and Commonwealth from 1959 to August 1975. He oversaw the formation of his Advance Party and its '' The Chief Scout's Advance Party Report'' which resulted in sweeping changes to the Boy Scouts Association and disaffection and schisms but failed to arrest enrolment losses and shifted the balance of enrolments to younger age children.Baden-Powell Scouts' Association
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’s committee awarded him its only distinction, the

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in 1967, for exceptional services to world Scouting. He was created a

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as Baron Maclean, of Duart and Morven in the County of Argyll in 1971. His first ceremonial assignment as

was the 1972 funeral of the

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. He was

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in 1984 and 1985. He died on 8 February 1990 at

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Honours

* Brigadier, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (

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) * Knight Commander,

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(1967) * Knight,

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(1969) *

(1971) * Knight Grand Cross,

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(1971) * Created a life peer as Baron Maclean, of Duart and Morvern in the County of Argyll (1971) * Lord-in-Waiting upon retiring as

(1984) * Recipient,

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(1984) * Chief Steward of

(1985)

Ancestors

References

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