Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet
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Major General Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Bt KT CBE |
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| Member of Parliament for Bute and Northern Ayrshire |
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In office 8 October 1959 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Charles McAndrew |
| Succeeded by | John Corrie |
| Member of Parliament for Lancaster |
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In office 1941–1959 |
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| Preceded by | Herwald Ramsbotham |
| Succeeded by | Humphry Berkeley |
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11 March 1911 Cairo, Egypt |
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15 June 1996 (aged 85) Hertford, England |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Veronica Nell Fraser-Phipps |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Rank | Major-General |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st Baronet, KT, CBE (11 March 1911 – 15 June 1996) was a Scottish soldier, writer and politician. He was a Unionist Member of Parliament from 1941 to 1974 and was one of only two men who during the Second World War enlisted in the British Army as a private and rose to the rank of brigadier, the other being future fellow Conservative MP Enoch Powell.
Maclean wrote several books, including Eastern Approaches, in which he recounted three extraordinary series of adventures: travelling, often incognito, in Soviet Central Asia; fighting in the Western Desert Campaign, where he specialised in commando raids behind enemy lines; and living rough with Tito and his Yugoslav Partisans. It has been widely speculated that Ian Fleming used Maclean as one of his inspirations for James Bond.
Maclean was born in Cairo to Major Charles Wilberforce Maclean QOCH (1875-19??), a member of the Scottish landed gentry serving in Egypt with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and Frances Elaine Gladys Royle (1882–1954), the only daughter of a Royal Navy officer. The couple wed on 12 July 1905 at St George's Parish, Hanover Square, Middlesex, London.
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