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Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, KCB, DL (18 May 1835 – 22 November 1936) was 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. 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. ==Biography== He was born on 18 May 1835 to Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean, his only son.〔 He started his military career as a Coronet at the 7th Dragoon Guards. On 12 October 1852 was promoted to a 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 Eupatoria. He was in the Battle of the Alma on 20 September 1854.〔 He participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854.〔 He was also at the Siege of Sevastopol.〔 Sir Fitzroy married Constance Marianne Ackers (c. 1840–1920) on 17 January 1872. She was the younger daughter of George Holland Ackers, the High Sheriff of Cheshire. Their children were:〔 *Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (b. 17 Feb 1873 – d. 25 Jul 1932), the father of Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet. He married Winifred Joan Wilding, the daughter of J. H. Wilding, on 3 September 1907. Died at the age of 59.〔 *Charles Lachlan Maclean (b. 20 Sep 1874 – d. 27 Aug 1958) Died at the age of 84. *Fitzroy Holland Maclean (b. 10 May 1876 – d. 13 Apr 1881) Died at age 4. *John Marsham Maclean (b. 24 Oct 1879 – d. 4 November 1901) Killed in action in the Boer War at the age of 22. *Finovola Marianne Eleanor Maclean (b. 14 February 1887 – d. ?) She married her first husband Captain Roger Cordy-Simpson (b.? – d.1919) on 7 April 1908. She married her second husband Brigadier Francis William Bullock-Marsham (b. 1883 – d.1971) on 19 April 1922.〔 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 Civil Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 22 June in 1897.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division) )〕 On 24 June 1904, he was again invested, this time as a Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of Order of the Bath (K.C.B.),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division )〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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