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, 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 ...

. 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

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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 ''

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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 Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the

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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) *

of the United Kingdom (1971) * Knight of the 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) *

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(1984) * Chief Steward of

(1985)

Ancestors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maclean, Charles Maclean, Baron 1916 births 1990 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award

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Crossbench life peers Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Knights of the Thistle Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Lord-Lieutenants of Argyllshire Lord-Lieutenants of Argyll and Bute Maclean, Charles Maclean of Duart, Baron People educated at Canford School People from the Isle of Mull Scots Guards officers Chief Scouts (The Scout Association) Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Members of the Royal Company of Archers Maclean, Charles, 7th Lord 20th-century Scottish businesspeople Life peers created by Elizabeth II