Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean

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Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean

Birth
Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Death
22 Nov 1936 (aged 101)
Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Burial
Kilpatrick, Argyll and Bute, Scotland GPS-Latitude: 56.4473245, Longitude: -5.6675501
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Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern.

Only son of Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean. Husband of Constance Marianne Ackers, the younger daughter of George Holland Ackers, the High Sheriff of Cheshire on 17 January 1872. Their children were:
Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean 1873 - 1932
Charles Lachlan Maclean 1874 - 1958
Fitzroy Holland Maclean 1876-1881
John Marsham Maclean 1879 - 1901
Finovala Marianne Eleanor Maclean 1887 - unk, Mrs Captain Roger Cordy-Simpson and Mrs Brigadier Francis William Bullock-Marsham.

Coronet at the 7th Dragoon Guards, Grand President of the Clan Gillean Association, honorary president of the Mull and Iona Association, president of the Highland Society of London.
12 October 1852 - promoted to a Lieutenant of the 13th Light Dragoons.
1854 - promoted to Captain
1856 - promoted to Major
1861 - promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
1871 - commanding the 13th Hussars, promoted to Colonel
1880 - commanded the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry
1854–1855 - served in Bulgaria and the Crimea, at the landing at Eupatoria
20 Sept 1854 - in the Battle of the Alma
25 Oct 1854 - participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade
1854-1855 - at the Siege of Sevastopol
1883 - became the 10th Baronet of Morvern and 26th Clan Chief on the death of his father
22 June 1897 - Civil Companion of the Order of the Bath
24 Jun 1904 - Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of Order of the Bath
Dec 1910 - deputy lieutenant of Kent
1912 - bought and restored Duart Castle, the home of the Maclean Clan
1932 - deputy lieutenant for Argyllshire
1935 - planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits on his 100th birthday

He died 101 years and 6 months old. His title went to his grandson, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet who became the 27th Clan Chief.
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern.

Only son of Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean. Husband of Constance Marianne Ackers, the younger daughter of George Holland Ackers, the High Sheriff of Cheshire on 17 January 1872. Their children were:
Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean 1873 - 1932
Charles Lachlan Maclean 1874 - 1958
Fitzroy Holland Maclean 1876-1881
John Marsham Maclean 1879 - 1901
Finovala Marianne Eleanor Maclean 1887 - unk, Mrs Captain Roger Cordy-Simpson and Mrs Brigadier Francis William Bullock-Marsham.

Coronet at the 7th Dragoon Guards, Grand President of the Clan Gillean Association, honorary president of the Mull and Iona Association, president of the Highland Society of London.
12 October 1852 - promoted to a Lieutenant of the 13th Light Dragoons.
1854 - promoted to Captain
1856 - promoted to Major
1861 - promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
1871 - commanding the 13th Hussars, promoted to Colonel
1880 - commanded the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry
1854–1855 - served in Bulgaria and the Crimea, at the landing at Eupatoria
20 Sept 1854 - in the Battle of the Alma
25 Oct 1854 - participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade
1854-1855 - at the Siege of Sevastopol
1883 - became the 10th Baronet of Morvern and 26th Clan Chief on the death of his father
22 June 1897 - Civil Companion of the Order of the Bath
24 Jun 1904 - Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of Order of the Bath
Dec 1910 - deputy lieutenant of Kent
1912 - bought and restored Duart Castle, the home of the Maclean Clan
1932 - deputy lieutenant for Argyllshire
1935 - planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits on his 100th birthday

He died 101 years and 6 months old. His title went to his grandson, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet who became the 27th Clan Chief.