Sir Lachlan Maclean, 12th Baronet

The Honourable Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean Bt CVO DL
28th Clan Chief 12th Baronet 8th Lord Maclean
In office 1990–
Preceded by	Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Bt, father
Personal details
Born	Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean 25 August 1942
Spouse(s)	Mary Helen Gordon (m. 1966–2007) Rosemary Matheson (m. 2010)
Children	5 (4 living)
Residence	Arngask House, Glenfarg, Perthshire[1]
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, eldest son to Charles Lord Maclean and (Joan) 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 several children. On the death of his father in 1990, he succeeded him as a Baronet of Nova Scotia and the 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

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

1. 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.
2. "Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean, Bt, CVO, DL". www.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.