The Right Honourable The Lord Maclean KT GCVO KBE PC |
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27th Clan Chief 11th Baronet 7th Baron Maclean |
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In office 1936-1990 |
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Preceded by | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, grandfather |
Succeeded by | Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean, son |
Personal details | |
Born |
Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean 5 May 1916 |
Died | 8 February 1990 Hampton Court Palace |
(aged 73)
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Mann |
Children | Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean |
Parents |
Winifred Joan Wilding |
Residence | Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull |
Education | Canford School |
Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean KT GCVO KBE PC (5 May 1916 – 8 February 1990) was Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1984. He became the 27th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather.
He was born on 5 May 1916 to Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932) and Winifred Joan Wilding (c1875-1941), daughter of J. H. Wilding.
In 1941 Maclean married (Joan) Elizabeth Mann (b. 1923), granddaughter of Sir Edward Mann, 1st Baronet, of Thelveton Hall. They had two children and eight grandchildren.
He succeeded as the 27th Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather, Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet.
He saw active service in World War II while serving in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards. He fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. After the war ended he became a sheep and cattle farmer in Scotland. He was Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire from 1954 to 1975
Maclean was the Chief Scout of The Scout Association in the UK between 1959 and 1971, and continued as Chief Scout of the Commonwealth until August 1975. In 1967, he was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.