Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet

Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet and 17th Clan Chief
Born Lachlan Maclean
circa 1600
Died 18 April 1649
Nationality Scottish
Title 17th Clan Chief
1st Baronet
Term 1626-1649
Predecessor Hector Mor Maclean, brother
Successor Sir Hector Maclean, 2nd Baronet, son
Spouse Mary MacLeod, the second daughter of Sir Roderick Macleod of Macleod, 15th Chief
Children Sir Hector Maclean, 2nd Baronet
Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet
Parents Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief
Janet Mackenzie of Kintail
Relatives Hector Mor Maclean, 16th Chief, brother
Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Brolas, brother
John Hans Makeléer, brother

Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet of Morvern, (circa 1600-1649) the 17th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean. Lachlan was granted his Baronet title by Charles I and he became the Clan Chief on the death of his brother in 1626.[1] He fought as a Royalist under James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms at the Battle of Inverlochy, Battle of Auldearn and Battle of Kilsyth.[2]

Biography

He was the second son of Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief. His mother was the daughter of Colin Mackenzie of Kintail. He became Clan Chief at the death of his brother in 1626. He was originally contacted by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll at the beginning of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1644–1651), but he sided with the Royalists.[2]

The evening before the Battle of Inverlochy he met with Montrose in Lochaber. [He was] present at the battle accompanied with 30 men only. After which coming home he raised his whole Clan, and joined Montrose immediately after the Battle of Alford, and continued with him till after the Battle of Kilsyth. When coming home he and the brave Alasdair MacColla defeated a party of Argyle's consisting of seven hundred men at Laggan mor in Lorn, they having but about two hundred, the rest of their men being severed from them by the darkness of the preceding night. He made ready a second time for joining Montrose, and, after he began his march, he was acquainted that the King had ordered Montrose to disband his Army. Upon [which] Maclean kept himself quietly at home. Sometime after Sir David Leslie coming to the Island of Mull with a strong party of horse and foot obliged him to deliver eight Irish gentlemen, who sheltered themselves with him. Seven of whom were executed at Aros, the eighth making his escape by the swiftness of his horse.[2]

Sir Lachlan Maclean was married to Mary MacLeod, the second daughter of Sir Roderick Macleod of Macleod, 15th Chief, by whom he had two sons and three daughters:[3]

He had ruled for twenty three years before his own death in 1649. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Hector Maclean, 2nd Baronet.[5][2]

Ancestors

Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet's ancestors in three generations
Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet Father:
Hector Og Maclean		 Paternal Grandfather:
Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean		 Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Eachuinn Og Maclean
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Janet, daughter of Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll
Paternal Grandmother:
Margaret Cunningham of Glencairn		 Paternal Great-Grandfather:
William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn
Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Janet, daughter of Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar
Mother:
Janet MacKenzie of Kintail		 Maternal Grandfather:
Colin Mackenzie of Kintail		 Maternal Great-Grandfather:
Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Elizabeth, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl
Maternal Grandmother:
Barbara Grant		 Maternal Great-grandfather:
John Grant of Grant
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Lady Marjory Stewart

References

 This article incorporates text from Publications of the Scottish History Society, a publication from 1900 now in the public domain in the United States.

  1. ^ "Sir Lachlan Maclean, Bt. of Movern". macleanclan.com. http://macleanclan.com/maclean-chiefs/sir-lachlan-maclean-bt-17-chief. Retrieved 2009-03-01. "1st Barronett. Created Baronet in 1631 by Charles I in 1631 which began a century of loyalty to the House of Stewart which was to result in the Macleans losing all their lands. Fought as a royalist under Montrose at the Battles of Inverlochy, Auldearn and Kilsyth. Sir Lachlan joined Montrose and his Highland Army but when General Leslie invaded Mull in 1647, he was unable to hold Duart Castle against him. Died 1649, 18 April at Duart Castle" 
  2. ^ a b c d Report of the annual meeting. Scottish History Society. 1900. http://www.archive.org/details/publicationsofsc33scot. 
  3. ^ John Patterson MacLean (1889). 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=tQs2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA160&vq=XVII&dq=%22Laird+of+Brolas%22&output=text&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0. "Hector Mor was succeeded by his brother Lachlan, seventeenth chieftain, and first baronet, who came into possession under the most favorable circumstances. The clan had long been at peace, all its forces well recruited and just as loyal to its chief as at any time in its previous history. ..." 
  4. ^ Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de la Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny (1904). The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour. http://books.google.com/books?id=WrUEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA77,M1. "John Cameron of Lochiel, eldest son and heir 1717 of the celebrated Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, by his second wife, Isabel, daughter of Sir Lauchlan Maclean of Duart, first Baronet." 
  5. ^ Scotland's Historic Heraldry. Boydell Press. ISBN 1843832615. http://books.google.com/books?id=QFkI3G31HTMC&pg=RA1-PA521&dq=%22Johan+Macklier%22&ei=nAunSYr4K4WQNq7MoYQO. "A particularly interesting Scoto-Swedish family (Chart 20.4), whose members remained in touch with their Highland cousins, is that of MacLean or Macklier. ... [He] married twice: by his first wife, Janet MacKenzie, he had two sons who continued the Duart line, the younger, Sir Lachlan MacLean (d 1649) being created .." 
Titles
Chiefs
Gillean of the Battle Axe (fl. 1250's) 1st Chief circa 1250's  · Malise mac Gilleain (?–1300) 2nd Chief circa 1260 to 1300  · Malcolm Maclean, 3rd Clan Chief (fl. 1310's) 3rd Chief 1300 to circa 1350's  · John Dubh Maclean, 4th Clan Chief (fl. 1350's) 4th Chief flourished in the1350's  · Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Duart (c.1350–c.1405) 5th Chief flourished 1390's  · Red Hector of the Battles Maclean (c.1368–1411) 6th Chief from circa 1405 to 1411 · Lachlan Bronneach Maclean (fl. 1470's) 7th Chief flourished 1470's  · Lachlan Og Maclean (c.1432–1484) 8th Chief flourished 1480's  · Hector Odhar Maclean (?–1513) 9th Chief flourished in the 1490's  · Lachlan Maclean, 10th Clan Chief (fl. 1510's) 10th Chief flourished 1510's  · Lachlan Cattanach Maclean (c.1465–1523) 11th Chief (1515–1523)  · Hector Mor Maclean, 12th Clan Chief (c1500–1568) 12th Chief flourished 1530's  · Hector Og Maclean, 13th Clan Chief (fl. 1540's) · Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean (1558–1598) 14th Chief unknown to 1598  · Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief (c.1575–1623) 15th Chief from 1598 to 1623 · Hector Mor Maclean, 16th Clan Chief (c.1600–1626) 16th Chief from 1623 to 1626 *  · Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet (c.1620–1649) 17th Chief from 1626 to 1649  · Sir Hector Maclean, 2nd Baronet (?–1651) 18th Chief from 1649 to 1651 *  · Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet (1645–1674) 19th Chief from 1651 to 1674  · Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet (1670–1716) 20th Chief from 1674 to 1716  · Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet (c.1700–1750) 21st Chief from 1716 to 1750 * · Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet (1710–1783) 22nd Chief from 1750 to 1783 *  · Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet (c.1750–1818) 23rd Chief 1783 to 1818 *  · Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet (c.1770–1847) 24th Chief from 1818 to 1847  · Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet (1798–1883) 25th Chief from 1847 to 1883  · Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet (1835–1936) 26th Chief from 1883 to 1936 * · Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet (1916–1990) 27th Chief from 1936 to 1990  · Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean, 12th Baronet (1942– ) 28th Chief from 1990 to the present
*denotes where someone died without a son and the chiefship went to his closest living male relative