Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet


Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, KCB, DL was a Scottish officer who served as the 26th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1883 to 1936, for fifty-three years. He lived to be 101 years old. He bought and restored Duart Castle in 1911 as the seat of the Maclean clan.

Biography

He was born on 18 May 1835 near Shorne, County Kent, the only son of Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet, the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean.
He started his military career as a cornet at the 7th Dragoon Guards. On 12 October 1852, he was promoted to lieutenant of the 13th Light Dragoons. 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 Yevpatoria. He also fought at the Battle of the Alma and the Siege of Sevastopol. He was not able to participate in the Charge of the Light Brigade due to becoming sick shortly before the engagement.
Sir Fitzroy married Constance Marianne Ackers on 17 January 1872. She was the younger daughter of George Holland Ackers, the High Sheriff of Cheshire. Their children were:
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.
He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 22 June 1897. On 24 June 1904, he was knighted in the same order, and in December 1910, was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent.
He bought Duart Castle in September 1911 and restored it. 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. On his death on 22 November 1936 his title went to his grandson, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet, who became the 27th Clan Chief.
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.

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