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Sir Charles Maclean, 9th Baronet

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Term
  
1847-1883

Education
  
Eton College

Spouse
  
Emily Marsham


Died
  
January 27, 1883

Name
  
Sir Maclean,

Full Name
  
Fitzroy Donald Maclean

Born
  
14 October 1798 (
1798-10-14
)

Title
  
25th Clan Chief 9th Baronet of Morvern 5th Lord Maclean

Predecessor
  
Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet

Successor
  
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet

Parents
  
Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 8th Baronet

Children
  
Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet

Grandparents
  
Donald Maclean of Brolas

Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet of Morvern (14 October 1798 – 27 January 1883) was the 25th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1847 to 1883. He was a Colonel of the 81st regiment from 1831 to 1839, afterwards he was the Military Secretary at Gibraltar.

Biography

He was born on 14 October 1798 to Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1816, he entered the Scots Guards, and afterward commanded the 81st Regiment. He was military secretary at Gibraltar. In 1846, he retired from the army as a Colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons. He opposed the attempt to abolish kilts in the army.

On 10 May 1831, he married Emily Eleanor Marsham, fourth daughter of the Honorable and Reverend Jacob Marsham. They had as their children:

  • Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet, his heir and successor
  • Emily Frances Harriet Maclean
  • Louisa Marianne Maclean who married 12 July 1860, to Honorable Ralph Pelham Nevill, second son of the William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny
  • Fanny Henrietta Maclean, married 2 October 1855, to Admiral Sir Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon
  • Georgiana Marcia Maclean, married 20 October 1868, to John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock of The Hendre
  • He died on 27 January 1883 (Grave monument says died 27 December 1883)at West Cliffe House.

    References

    Sir Charles Maclean, 9th Baronet Wikipedia