Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean
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Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE, PC (5 May 1916–8 February 1990) was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II from 1971-1984.
He had served in the Scots Guards, and succeeded as the 27th Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936. His seat was Duart Castle. He was Chief Scout of the Commonwealth 1959-75. Maclean was made a life peer as Baron Maclean, of Duart and Morvern in the County of Argyll on assuming office as Lord Chamberlain, which, unusually, he made a full-time position.
He was Lord-Lieutenant of Argyll from 1954, and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1984 and 1985.
Maclean was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1967.
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| Preceded by The Lord Cobbold |
Lord Chamberlain 1971–1984 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Airlie |
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