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

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from 1847 to 1883. He was a

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of the 81st regiment from 1831 to 1839, then following that was also the Military Secretary at

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Biography

He was born on 14 October 1798 to Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet. 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, 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

William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny (28 June 1792 – 17 August 1868), styled Hon. William Nevill until 1845, was a British peer and clergyman. The fourth son of Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, he was ordained in 1816 and occupied two ...

*Fanny Henrietta Maclean, married 2 October 1855, to Admiral Sir

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* 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 British 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 West Cliffe House in

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in Kent, England.

References

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