Biography

He was born in 1650 to Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Brolas

Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Brolas

Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas , was a Scottish Laird of Clan MacLean who fought in the battle of Battle of Inverkeithing. He was the first Laird of Brolas.-Early years:...

. He was a good and prudent man, of a solid judgment and excellent temper. He was slow in action, and on account of this weakness contrived to associate with him Lachlan Og MacLean, 1st Laird of Torloisk

Lachlan Og Maclean, 1st Laird of Torloisk

Lachlan Og MacLean, 1st Laird of Torloisk was the second son of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean and the first Laird of Torloisk.-Biography:He was the second son of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean, and he received from his father a charter of the lands of Lehire-Torloisk, forfeited by the son of Ailean nan Sop,...

, a man full of spirit and activity. He was appointed tutor to Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet

Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet

Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet of Morvern was the 20th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1674 to 1716. In 1691 he lost Castle Duart to Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll. The castle wasn't recovered by Clan Maclean until 1912 by Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 221 years later.-Biography:He was born in 1670...

, and associated Torloisk with him in the management of the estates, and kept Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll

Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll

Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.-Biography:The eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll and Mary Stuart, daughter of James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, Campbell sought to recover his father's estates...

 from getting any solid footing in the estates of MacLean, till Argyle was glad to take Tiree

Tiree

-History:Tiree is known for the 1st century BC Dùn Mòr broch, for the prehistoric carved Ringing Stone and for the birds of the Ceann a' Mhara headland....

 in compensation for his whole claim. He was member in parliament for the shire when James II of England

James II of England

James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

 was commissioner for Scotland, and though he was much caressed by James, who desired to reconcile Brolas to his celebrated measures for abrogating the penal statutes, but refusing to vote against what he believed to be his duty, he absented himself from parliament when those measures were being discussed. He was married to Isabella, daughter of Hector Maclean, 2nd Laird of Torloisk

Hector Maclean, 2nd Laird of Torloisk

Hector MacLean, 2nd Laird of Torloisk was the second Laird of Torloisk.-Biography:He was the son of Lachlan Og MacLean, 1st Laird of TorloiskHe was first married to Jannet, daughter of Allan Maclean of Ardtornish, by whom he had three daughters:...

. He died in the year 1687, in the thirty-seventh year of his age, and was succeeded by his son, Donald Maclean, 3rd Laird of Brolas

Donald Maclean, 3rd Laird of Brolas

Donald Maclean, 3rd Laird of Brolas was the Laird of Brolas.-Biography:His father, Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas, died at an early age...

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