Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean

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Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE, PC (5 May 1916–8 February 1990), known as Sir Charles Maclean, 11th Baronet, from 1936 to 1971, was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II from 1971-1984.

He had served in the Scots Guards seeing active service in World War II. He 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 Argyllshire 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. He was also the Chief Scout of The Scout Association between 1959 and 1971.^[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Cobbold	Lord Chamberlain 1971 – 1984	Succeeded by The Earl of Airlie
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Bruce Atta Campbell	Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire 1954 – 1975	Replaced by office of Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute
New title	Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute 1975 – 1990	Succeeded by The Marquess of Bute
Preceded by Sir John Gilmour	Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1984 – 1985	Succeeded by The Viscount of Arbuthnott
The Boy Scouts Association
Preceded by The Lord Rowallan	Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories 1959 – 1971	Succeeded by Sir William Gladstone
	Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth 1959 – 1975	Title relinquished
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Fitzroy Donald Maclean	Baronet (of Strachur and Glensluain) 1936 – 1990	Succeeded by Lachlan Hector Charles McLean