Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet

Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean
Bt KCB
26th Clan Chief
Born Fitzroy Donald Maclean
May 18, 1835(1835-05-18)
Died November 22, 1936(1936-11-22) (aged 101)
Duart Castle
Residence Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull
Title 26th Clan Chief
10th Baronet of Morvern
6th Lord Maclean
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Term 1883–1936
Predecessor Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet, father
Successor Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet, grandson
Spouse Constance Marianne
Children Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932)
Parents Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet
Emily Marsham
Relatives Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet, grandson

Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, KCB, DL (May 18, 1835 – November 22, 1936) was the 26th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1883 to 1936, for fifty-three years. He lived to be 101 years old.[1][2] He bought and restored Duart Castle in 1912 as the seat of the Maclean clan. He was Grand President of the Clan Gillean Association, honorary president of the Mull and Iona Association, vice-president and formerly president of the Highland Society of London. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Argyllshire in 1932.[3][4]

Biography

He was born on May 18, 1835 to Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean, his only son.[3][5]

He started his military career as a Coronet at the 7th Dragoon Guards. On October 12, 1852 was promoted to a Lieutenant of the 13th Light Dragoons.[3] In 1854 he was promoted to Captain and in 1856 was promoted to Major. In 1861 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. By 1871 he was commanding the 13th Hussars. He was promoted to Colonel and commanded the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry in 1880. In 1854–1855, he served in Bulgaria and the Crimea, and was with his regiment at the landing at Eupatoria. He was in the Battle of the Alma on September 20, 1854.[5] He participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade on October 25, 1854.[1] He was also at the Siege of Sevastopol.[5]

Sir Fitzroy married Constance Marianne Ackers (c. 1840–1920) on January 17, 1872. She was the younger daughter of George Holland Ackers, the High Sheriff of Cheshire. Their children were:[5][6]

He became the 10th Baronet of Morvern and 26th Clan Chief in 1883 on the death of his father, Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet, who was the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean.[5]

He was invested as a Civil Companion of the Order of the Bath on the 22nd of June in 1897.[7]

On June 24, 1904, he was again invested, this time as a Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of Order of the Bath.[8]

He bought and restored Duart Castle in 1912. On his 100th birthday he planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits. He lived to be 101 years old and outlived his four sons. On his death on November 22, 1936 his title went to his grandson, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet who became the 27th Clan Chief.[9][10]

Heraldry

Arms of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet
Notes
The quartering of the lymphad, embattled tower, salmon, and eagles' heads are characteristic of west highland heraldry.[11] It has been suggested that the eagles' heads may represent the hawks which Maclean chiefs supplied to kings of Scots on certain occasions. The rock may represent Cairnburgh, in the Treshnish Isles.[12]
Crest
A tower embattled argent.[13]
Torse
Gules doubled argent.[13]
Helm
A helmet befitting his degree.[13]
Escutcheon
Quarterly, 1st, argent a rock gules; 2nd, argent, a dexter hand fesswise couped gules, holding a cross crosslet fitche in pale azure; 3rd, Or, a lymphad oars in saltire sails furled sable flagged gules; 4th argent, a salmon naiant proper in chief two eagles heads erased respectant gules.[13]
Supporters
Dexter, a seal proper. Sinister, an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak proper.[13]
Motto
Virtue mine honour (on an escrol over the crest).[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ended Feud With Campbells". The New York Times. November 23, 1936. http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard_arthur_norton/3321393421/. Retrieved 2009-03-01. "Fought In Crimean War Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean would have celebrated his fifty-third anniversary as chief of the Clan MacLean in December. ..." 
  2. ^ "700 Macleans Toast Chief on His 100th Birthday". Chicago Tribune. May 19, 1935. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/482608262.html?dids=482608262:482608262&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=May+19%2C+1935&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=700+MAC+LEANS+TOAST+CHIEF+ON+100TH+BIRTHDAY&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-03-06. "Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean on his 100th birthday anniversary. Sir Fitzroy, chieftain of all the MacLeans, could not take active part in the celebration ..." 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Sir Fitzroy Maclean". November 23, 1936. http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_Yeomanry_WestKent_CPA1.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-06. "Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Bt., who died yesterday at Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, at the age of 101, Chief of his Clan and a Crimean veteran, was one of the best known of the "grand old men" of Scotland. When a boy in his early teens he was taken by his father to see the ruins of Duart Castle, burnt to the ground two centuries before, and then made a vow to restore it to its former glory. The vow was redeemed in 1912, when the yellow banner of the Chief of the Clan once more floated over the castle walls amid the rejoicings of the chieftains and clansmen from all parts of the world. ..." 
  4. ^ 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#PPA103,M1. "Fitzroy Donald (Maclean), sixth Lord 1883 Maclean, tenth Baronet (1632) [S], twenty-sixth Chief Of The Macleans, born 18th May 1835; succeeded his father 27th January 1883; sometime Lieutenant-Colonel 13th Hussars and Colonel West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry; served in the Crimea 1854–1855 (medal with two clasps and Turkish medal); J.P. co. Kent, President of the Clan Gillean Association and of the Highland Society of London; C.B. (civil) 1897. He married, 17th January 1872, Constance Marianne, younger daughter of George Holland Ackers of Moreton Hall, Cheshire, by Harriott Susan, second daughter of Henry William Hutton of Beverley, co. York.1" 
  5. ^ a b c d e MacLean, John Patterson (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=PA224&dq=%22Laird+of+Brolas%22&ei=b4ikSaD5JJHIM5uWrb8B. "Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., Twenty-sixth Chief of MacLean and tenth Baronet of Morvern, was born May 18, 1835. On May 18, 1855 he received the Crimean medal for his gallant conduct in the Crimea. He also received two clasps and the Turkish war medal. In 1859 was aid-de-camp to field-marshal Lord Seaton, and in 1860 the same to general Sir George Brown. In 1865 he was selected to report on the French cavalry maneuvers, and was frequently in conversation with the French emperor." 
  6. ^ Who's who. 1907. http://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA1139&lpg=RA4-PA1139&dq=Constance+Marianne+MAclean&source=bl&ots=goICiDwGo2&sig=g55c-EETm-oiFXpTIEg258XdUXs&hl=en&ei=vMKwSbiOA4-ctwftzbG8Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result. "Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Bt. pf Morvaren. Axgyllsliire; K.C.B., ir. 1904; Grant. President Clan Gillean Association; Hon. President Mull and lona Association ; late President Highland Society of London ; President League of Mercy (Hythe, Kent); Chief of Clan Maclean ; cr. 1031; C.B., J.P. ; b. 18-May 1835; o. s. of 9th Bt. and Emily, d. of Hon. and Kev. J. Marsham, D.D. (b. of 2nd Earl of Romney); S. father 1883; To. Constance Marianne, d. of George Holland Ackers, Moreton Hall, 17 Jan. 1872; two s. one d. Joined 13th Hussars, 1852, which regt. he commanded in 1871 ; served with 13th Lt. Drgs. in Bulgaria and the Crimea, 1854-55; present at the cavalry affair at Buljauak, battle of the Alma, and siege of Sevastopol (medal, two clasps); A.D.C. to Gen. Sir George Brown, G.C.B.; A.D.C., 1859, to Field - Marshal Lord Seaton (Turkish War medal); selected to report on French cavalry manoeuvres, 1865; served in Canada with 13th Hussars, 1866-69; commanded West Kent Queen's Own Yeomanry Cavalry, 1880-99. Recreations: all country sports. Heir: s. Hector, i>. 1878. Address: Overblow, Shorne, Kent; 26 The Lees, Folkestone; 15 Hyde Park Terrace, W. Clubs: United Service, Army and Navy, Cavalry ; Royal Highland Yacht, Oban." 
  7. ^ "Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division)". London Gazette. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/26947/pages/1687. 
  8. ^ "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division". London Gazette. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27688/supplements/4008. 
  9. ^ "Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Duart". Ambaile. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=22700. Retrieved 2009-03-05. "Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean was born in 1835 and was the 26th chief of the clan Maclean. He served in Bulgaria and the Crimea and was present at the capture of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the West Indies. In 1911 he bought and restored the ruined Duart Castle. To celebrate his 100th birthday he planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits" 
  10. ^ "MacLean". Electric Scotland. http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/maclean2.html. Retrieved 2007-08-26. "His grandson is the present chief, Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Bait., K.C.B. Born in 1835 Sir Fitzroy served, as a young man, in Bulgaria and the Crimea, and was present at the battle of the Alma and the siege of Sebastopol. Through lack of food and shelter he fell into dysentery and fever, and would have died had he not been discovered by a friend of his father, who carried him on board his ship. He lost a son in the South African War. One of the most memorable days of his life was when he returned to Mull in August, 1912, and took possession of the ancient seat of his family, Duart Castle, amid the acclamations of Maclean clansmen from all parts of the world, and unfurled his banner from the ramparts. The castle dates from the thirteenth century, and was repaired and enlarged by Hector Mor Maclean, who was Lord of Duart from 1523 till 1568. In 1691 it was besieged by Argyll, and Sir John Maclean, the chief of that time, was forced to surrender it. After that date, though occasionally occupied by troops, the stronghold gradually fell to ruins, and the Duart properties passed to other hands till Sir Fitzroy repurchased Duart itself in 1912." 
  11. ^ McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Illustrated ed.). Boydell Press. p. 477. ISBN 9781843832614. 
  12. ^ Campbell of Airds, Alastair. "A Closer Look at West Highland Heraldry: Page 3 The MacLeans". www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk. http://www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/westhigh4.html. Retrieved 21 November 2009. 
  13. ^ a b c d e f MacLean, John Paterson (1913). Renaissance of the Clan MacLean. Columbus, Ohio: F.J. Heer. pp. 147. 
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
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean		 Baronet
(of Duart and Morvern)
1st creation
1883 – 1936		 Succeeded by
The Lord Maclean