Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet
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Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet of Morvern
Maclean Baronets
There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Maclean, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

 (circa 1700-1750/1751) was the 21st Clan Chief of Clan Maclean
Clan MacLean
Clan Maclean is a Highland Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early MacLeans became famous for their honour, strength and courage in battle. They were involved in many clan skirmishes with...

 from 1716 to 1750. He was raised to the Jacobite Peerage
Jacobite peerage
After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland , he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right...

 of Scotland as Lord Maclean on 17 December 1716, a title to pass on his male heirs.

Biography

He was the son of 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 Mary, daughter of Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie
Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie
-Biography:He compiled Sliochd nan Triuir Bhraithrean, or Posteritie of the Three Brethren, a genealogical work compiled during the latter half of the 17th century. In the work he identifies Duncan lóm McPherson of Strathmashie, as "a great genealoger" and it is possible that he helped compile the...

. He succeeded Sir John when he died in 1716. In June of 1745 he was in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, and he was immediately arrested, together with his servant, on the charge of being in the French service and of enlisting men for it. He was sent to the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...

, where he remained until liberated by the Indemnity Act of 1747.

He died unmarried and without children in Paris, France in January or February 1751. He was succeeded as Clan Chief by his third cousin, Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet
Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet
Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet of Morvern was the 22nd Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1750 till his death in 1783. He was the 4th Laird of Brolas...

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Ancestors

Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet of Morvern
Maclean Baronets
There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Maclean, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

 (circa 1700-1750/1751) was the 21st Clan Chief of Clan Maclean
Clan MacLean
Clan Maclean is a Highland Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early MacLeans became famous for their honour, strength and courage in battle. They were involved in many clan skirmishes with...

 from 1716 to 1750. He was raised to the Jacobite Peerage
Jacobite peerage
After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland , he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right...

 of Scotland as Lord Maclean on 17 December 1716, a title to pass on his male heirs.

Biography

He was the son of 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 Mary, daughter of Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie
Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie
-Biography:He compiled Sliochd nan Triuir Bhraithrean, or Posteritie of the Three Brethren, a genealogical work compiled during the latter half of the 17th century. In the work he identifies Duncan lóm McPherson of Strathmashie, as "a great genealoger" and it is possible that he helped compile the...

. He succeeded Sir John when he died in 1716. In June of 1745 he was in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, and he was immediately arrested, together with his servant, on the charge of being in the French service and of enlisting men for it. He was sent to the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...

, where he remained until liberated by the Indemnity Act of 1747.

He died unmarried and without children in Paris, France in January or February 1751. He was succeeded as Clan Chief by his third cousin, Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet
Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet
Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet of Morvern was the 22nd Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1750 till his death in 1783. He was the 4th Laird of Brolas...

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Ancestors

Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet of Morvern
Maclean Baronets
There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Maclean, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

 (circa 1700-1750/1751) was the 21st Clan Chief of Clan Maclean
Clan MacLean
Clan Maclean is a Highland Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early MacLeans became famous for their honour, strength and courage in battle. They were involved in many clan skirmishes with...

 from 1716 to 1750. He was raised to the Jacobite Peerage
Jacobite peerage
After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland , he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right...

 of Scotland as Lord Maclean on 17 December 1716, a title to pass on his male heirs.

Biography

He was the son of 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 Mary, daughter of Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie
Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie
-Biography:He compiled Sliochd nan Triuir Bhraithrean, or Posteritie of the Three Brethren, a genealogical work compiled during the latter half of the 17th century. In the work he identifies Duncan lóm McPherson of Strathmashie, as "a great genealoger" and it is possible that he helped compile the...

. He succeeded Sir John when he died in 1716. In June of 1745 he was in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, and he was immediately arrested, together with his servant, on the charge of being in the French service and of enlisting men for it. He was sent to the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...

, where he remained until liberated by the Indemnity Act of 1747.

He died unmarried and without children in Paris, France in January or February 1751. He was succeeded as Clan Chief by his third cousin, Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet
Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet
Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet of Morvern was the 22nd Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1750 till his death in 1783. He was the 4th Laird of Brolas...

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