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DescriptionMaclean baronets in Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (1898).png	English: Maclean baronets in Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (1898)
Date	1898
Source	Burke's Peerage
Author	Bernard Burke  (1814–1892)     Alternative names Sir Bernard Burke; John Bernard Burke; Sir John Bernard Burke Description British genealogist and barrister Date of birth/death 5 January 1814  12 December 1892  Location of birth/death London Dublin Authority file : Q4892968 VIAF: 88082446 ISNI: 0000000034571646 LCCN: n50032058 NLA: 35023857 Open Library: OL117186A WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q4892968
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Gaelic antiquaries assert that the surname of MACLEAN was originally MAcan LIAN, and that it was derived from the celebrated highland warrior (the progenitor of the family) Gillian, who was denominated Gillian-ni-Tuoidh, from his ordinary weapon, a battle-axe (in Gaelic, twoidh), which his descendants wear to this day in their crest, betwixt a laurel and cypress branch.

IIEcroR-MoRE MACLEAN, Lord of Dowart and Morvaren, eldest son of Lachlan-Cattanach Maclean, who was slain by Campbell of Achalladier, m. Mary, dau. of Alexander Macdonald of Isla, and dying about the latter end of the reign of Queen MARY, left, with seven daus, two sons,

The elder son, HECTOR-OIG MACLEAN, m. Lady Jennette, dau. of Archibald, Earl of Argyll, and dying temp. JAMES WI., left, SIR LACHLAN-MoRE MACLEAN, a gallant and distinguished chieftain, who was killed at the battle of Tra-Gruinnart, in Isla, 5 Aug. 1598. By the Lady Margaret Cunningham his wife, dau. of the Earl of Glencairn, he was father of HEGToR MACLEAN, of Dowart, m. 1st, Jennette, 2nd dau. of Colin, 11th Lord Kintail, by whom he had a son, LACHLAN, the 1st baronet; and 2ndly, Isabelle, dau. of Acheson, of Gosford, by whom he had two sons,

1. Donald, of Broloss, who married Florence, daughter of John Maclean, 7th Laird of Coll, and was father of two sons,

1.1 Lauchlan, of Broloss, M.P. for Argyllshire; who married Isabelle, daughter of Hector Maclean, of Torloisk, and had a son, DoNALD, of Broloss, who died in 1750, leaving, by Isabella his wife, daughter of Allen Maclean, of Ardgour, a son, Allan, who served as 6th baronet.

1.2 Hector Og, who married Jennette, daughter of Macneil of Barra, and was father of John, whose son by Florence his wife, daughter of Maclean of Garmony, Donald, married 1st, Mary, daughter of John Dickson, Esquire of Glasgow, and had by her a son, Hector, 7th Baronet. He married 2ndly, Margaret, daughter of James Wall, Esquire of Clonea Castle, County Waterford, and had by her a son, FitzRoy Jeffries Grafton, 8th Baronet.

II. John, ancestor of the Counts Maclean, of Sweden.

Hector of Dowart d. in 1618, and was s. by his eldest son, I. LAUCHLAN MAGLEAN, Esq. of Morvaren who was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever, 18 Feb. 1632. Sir Lauchlan, who was zealously attached to CHARLEs I., participated in all the triumphs of the great Marquess of Montrose. He d. in 1649, and was s by his eldest son, II. SIR HECroR, who fell fighting under the royal banner, at the battle of Innerkeithing, in 1651; and leaving no issue, the title devolved upon his brother, III. SIR ALLAN. This gentleman m. Julian, dau. of John Macleod, of Macleod; and dying in 1674, was s. by his only surviving child, IV. SIR John, who, attached to the house of Stuart, was with his clan, at Killiecrankie, and Sheriffmuir. Sir John m Mary, dau. of Sir AEneas Macpherson, of Essich, and was s. by his eldest son, W. SIR HECTOR, who was apprehended, with his servant, in 1745, at Edinburgh, on suspicion of being in the French service, and of enlisting men there for the French army. He suffered two years imprisonment in London, until liberated in pursuance of the act of grace. He d, unm. at Paris, in 1750, when the title devolved upon his third-cousin,

III. SIR ALLAN (great-grandson of Donald Maclean, of Broloss, eldest son, by his 2nd marriage, of Hector Maclean, of Dowart, the 1st baronet's father). This gentleman m. Anne, dau. of Hector Maclean, Esq. of Coll, by whom he had three daughters, Maria, m. to Charles Maclean, of Kinlochaline; Sibella, m. to John Maclean, of Inverscadell; and Ann. Dying thus without male issue, in 1783, Sir Allan was s. by his kinsman, VII. SIR HECTOR, who was s. at his decease, 2 Nov. 1818, by his brother, VIII. SIR FitzRoy-JEFFERIES-GRAF-ton, lieut.-gen. in the army, and colonel of the 45th regiment; who m. 1st, Mrs. Bishop, widow of John Bishop, Esq. of Barbadoes, and only child of Charles Kidd, Esq., and by her (who d. in 1832) had two sons, …

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