Sir Lachlan Maclean, 12th Baronet

The Honourable
Sir Lachlan Maclean
Bt CVO DL
The Honourable Sir Lachlan Maclean Bt CVO DL
	Maclean in 2010
28th Clan Chief; 12th Baronet; 8th Lord Maclean
	In office; 1990–present
Preceded by	Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean, father
Personal details
Born	Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean; 25 August 1942 (age 82)
Spouses	; Mary Helen Gordon (m. 1966⁠–⁠2007) ; Rosemary Matheson (m. 2010)
Children	5 (4 living)
Residence	Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull
Education	Eton College

Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean of Duart and Morven, 12th Baronet, CVO, DL (born 25 August 1942) is the 28th chief of Clan Maclean.

Biography

Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean was born on 25 August 1942, the elder child of Charles Maclean (later created a life peer as Baron Maclean) and his wife, Elizabeth Mann. He was educated at Eton.

On 2 November 1966, he married Mary Helen Gordon (31 October 1943 – 30 December 2007), and the couple had five children. On the death of his father in 1990, he succeeded him as a Baronet of Nova Scotia and as Chief of the Name and Arms of Maclean. On 8 September 2010, he married Rosemary Matheson.^[1]

Honours

Adjutant, Royal Company of Archers.^[2]
Commissioned Deputy Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute (1993).^[2]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1999).^[2]

Issue

Emma Mary Maclean (b. 1967)^[1]
Sara Elizabeth Elen Maclean (1969–1971)^[1]
Malcolm Lachlan Charles Maclean, Younger of Duart and Morven (b. 1972)^[1]
Alexandra Caroline Maclean (b. 1975)^[1]
Andrew William Maclean (b. 1979)^[1]

Ancestry

**Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean's ancestors in three generations**
Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean, 12th Bt	Father: Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean (1916–1990)^[1]	Paternal Grandfather: Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932)^[1]	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet^[3]
			Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Winifred Joan Wilding (d. 1941)^[1]	Paternal Great-Grandfather: John Hodgkiss Wilding^[1]
			Paternal Great-Grandmother:
	Mother: (Joan) Elizabeth Mann^[1]	Maternal Grandfather: Francis Thomas Mann^[1]	Maternal Great-Grandfather:
			Maternal Great-Grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
			Maternal Great-Grandmother:

Heraldry

Coat of arms of Sir Lachlan Maclean, 12th Baronet
	Notes The quartering of the lymphad, embattled tower, salmon, and eagles' heads are characteristic of west highland heraldry.^[4] 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.^[5] Crest A tower embattled argent.^[1] Escutcheon Quarterly, 1st. argent, a rock gules, 2nd, argent, a dexter hand fessewise couped gules holding a cross-crosslet fitchée in pale azure, 3rd, Or, a lymphad, oars in saltire, and sails furled, sable, flagged gules, 4th argent, a salmon naiant proper, in chief two eagles' heads respectant gules.^[1] Supporters Dexter, A seal proper. Sinister, an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak proper.^[1] Motto Virtue mine honour.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled and non-titled contemporary establishment (19, illustrated ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 931–932. ISBN 978-0-9711966-0-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean, Bt, CVO, DL". macleanhistory.org.
^ Burke's Peerage
^ McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Illustrated ed.). Boydell Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-84383-261-4.
^ Campbell of Airds, Alastair. "A Closer Look at West Highland Heraldry: Page 3 The MacLeans". www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Charles Maclean	Baronet (of Duart and Morvern) 1990 – present	Incumbent Heir Apparent: Malcolm Lachlan Charles Maclean
Baronage of Scotland
Preceded by Charles Maclean	Baron of Duart and Morvern 1990–present	Succeeded by incumbent

[dewar1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled and non-titled contemporary establishment (19, illustrated ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 931–932. ISBN 978-0-9711966-0-5.

[clan-2] "Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean, Bt, CVO, DL". macleanhistory.org.

[3] Burke's Peerage

[4] McAndrew, Bruce A. (2006). Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Illustrated ed.). Boydell Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-84383-261-4.

[5] Campbell of Airds, Alastair. "A Closer Look at West Highland Heraldry: Page 3 The MacLeans". www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

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v t e Clan Maclean Chiefs
Titles	Maclean baronets
Chiefs	Gillean of the Battle Axe (fl. 1250s) 1st Chief c.1250s Malise mac Gilleain (?–1300) 2nd Chief c.1260–1300 Malcolm Maclean, 3rd Chief (fl. 1310s) 3rd Chief 1300–c.1350s John Dubh Maclean, 4th Chief (fl. 1350s) 4th Chief Lachlan Lubanach Maclean (c.1350–c.1405) 5th Chief flourished 1390s Red Hector of the Battles Maclean (c.1368–1411) 6th Chief c.1405–11 Lachlan Bronneach Maclean (fl. 1470s) 7th Chief Lachlan Og Maclean (c.1432–1484) 8th Chief flourished 1480s Hector Odhar Maclean (?–1513) 9th Chief flourished 1490s Lachlan Maclean, 10th Chief (fl. 1510's) 10th Chief Lachlan Cattanach Maclean, 11th Chief (c.1465–1523) 11th Chief 1515–1523 Hector Mor Maclean, 12th Chief (c1500–1568) flourished 1530s Hector Og Maclean, 13th Chief flourished 1540s Lachlan Mor Maclean (1558–1598) 14th Chief ?–1598 Sir Hector Og Maclean, 15th Chief (c.1575–1623) 15th Chief 1598–1623 Hector Mor Maclean, 16th Chief (c.1600–1626) 16th Chief 1623–1626 * Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet (c.1620–1649) 17th Chief 1626–1649 Sir Hector Maclean, 2nd Baronet (?–1651) 18th Chief 1649–1651 * Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet (1645–1674) 19th Chief 1651–1674 Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet (1670–1716) 20th Chief 1674–1716 ^ Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet (c.1700–1750) 21st Chief 1716–1750 * Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet (1710–1783) 22nd Chief 1750–1783 * Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet (c.1750–1818) 23rd Chief 1783–1818 * Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 8th Baronet (c.1770–1847) 24th Chief 1818–1847 Sir Charles Maclean, 9th Baronet (1798–1883) 25th Chief 1847–1883 Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet (1835–1936) 26th Chief 1883–1936 * Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet (1916–1990) 27th Chief 1936–1990 Sir Lachlan Maclean, 12th Baronet (1942– ) 28th Chief 1990–present
*denotes where someone died without a son and the chiefship went to his closest living male relative ^ He was the 16th and last Laird of Duart until the property was recovered and restored