Donald Maclean of Brolas

For other people named Donald Maclean, see Donald Maclean (disambiguation).
Donald Maclean of Brolas
Spouse Mary, daughter of John Dickson of Glasgow
Margaret, daughter of James Wall of Clonea Castle
Children Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet
Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet
Parents John Maclean of Brolas
Relatives Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Brolas, great-grandfather

Donald Maclean of Brolas (born circa 1760) was the father of Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet and Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet. He was the great-grandson of Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas.[1]

Biography

He was the son of John Maclean of Brolas who married Finovia of Garmony.

He married Mary, daughter of John Dickson of Glasgow and had as their son:[1]

After the death of his first wife, he married Margaret, daughter of James Wall of Clonea Castle in Dungarvan and had:

Ancestors

Donald Maclean of Brolas's ancestors in three generations
Donald Maclean of Brolas Father:
John Maclean of Brolas		 Paternal Grandfather:
Hector Og Maclean of Brolas		 Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Brolas
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet
Paternal Grandmother:
Janet Macneil of Barra		 Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Mother:
Finovia of Garmony		 Maternal Grandfather:
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Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Maternal Grandmother:
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Maternal Great-Grandmother:

References

 This article incorporates text from A history of the clan Mac Lean from its first settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period, by John Patterson MacLean, a publication from 1889 now in the public domain in the United States.

 This article incorporates text from The Jacobite peerage, baronetage, knightage and grants of honour, by Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval (marquis de), a publication from 1904 now in the public domain in the United States.

  1. ^ a b de la Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle (1904). The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour. http://books.google.com/books?id=WrUEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA102,M1. "Hector (Maclean), third Lord Maclean, seventh Baronet, cousin and next heir-male, being the only son and heir of Donald Maclean by his first wife, Mary, daughter of John Dickson of Glasgow, which Donald was the son and heir of John Maclean, son and heir of Hector Og Maclean, second son of Donald Maclean, who was the second son of Hector Og Maclean of Duart above named. He was an officer in the army, and died s.p. at Halfield, co. York, 2nd November 1818. ... Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton (Maclean), fourth Lord Maclean, eighth Baronet, half-brother and next heir, being the only son of Donald Maclean named, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of James Wall of Clonea Castle, co. Waterford. He was a General in the army and Colonel of the 45th regiment; served in the West Indies, at the capture of Tobago, attack on Martinique, etc.; Governor of St. Thomas and St . John. He died 5th July 1847. He married, first, Elizabeth, widow of John Bishop of Barbados, only child of Charles Kidd. She died 1832. He married secondly, 17th September 1838, Frances, widow of Henry Campion of Mailing Deanery, Sussex, daughter of ..." 
  2. ^ A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, etc.. R. Clarke & Company. 1889. http://books.google.com/books?id=tQs2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA224&dq=%22Laird+of+Brolas%22&ei=b4ikSaD5JJHIM5uWrb8B#PPA229,M1. "His sons by this marriage all died young, except Hector; his daughter, Janet (who died in May, 1836), was married to General Allan MacLean, son of Donald MacLean of Torloisk; her sisters died unmarried. His second wife was Margaret, daughter of James Wall of Clonea castle, in Waterford, by whom he had Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton. Sir Hector MacLean became seventh Baronet of Morvern. In his earlier years he served for some time in the army, but during the greater portion of his days he lived a retired life. He died without issue, November 2, 1818, and was succeeded by his half brother, Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton MacLean, Bart, Twenty-fourth Chief of MacLean." 
  3. ^ Scotland's Historic Heraldry. Boydell Press. ISBN 1843832615. http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard_arthur_norton/3311988037/sizes/o/. "A particularly interesting Scoto-Swedish family (Chart 20.4), whose members remained in touch with their Highland cousins, is that of MacLean or Macklier...."