Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet of Duart and Morvern (1670–1716) was the 20th

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from 1674 to 1716. He was the 16th and last Laird of Duart, when in 1691 he lost

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. The castle wasn't recovered by Clan Maclean until 1912 until it was purchased by

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, 221 years later.

Biography

He was born in 1670. He became chief at the death of his father, Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet, in 1674, when he was four years old. Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas, and

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were assigned as his

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. In 1691

was under siege by

, and Maclean was forced to surrender it. He commanded the right wing of the Jacobite army at

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, and held out in Cairnburgh Castle, which straddles Cairn na Burgh Mòr and Cairn na Burgh Beag. In 1692 he made his peace with

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. He afterwards went to France and remained at the

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until the Act of Indemnity 1703, when he returned to Scotland. He joined John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar in the

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, and after retired to

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where he died in March 1716.

Marriage and children

He married Mary, daughter of Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie and had: * Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet *Katherine Maclean

Ancestors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maclean, John 1670 births 1716 deaths People from the Isle of Mull Nobility from Argyll and Bute

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