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Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie is a Scottish Clan that inhabited lands on the southern end of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of the western Scottish Highlands. "Maclaine" is an alternate spelling for "MacLean." Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie and Clan Maclean of Duart are two separate clans. However,the two clans share a strong family connection. The 26th clan chief is Lorne Gillean Ian Maclaine of Lochbuie,Baron of Moy. The clan is recognised by both the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs and the Lord Lyon.
Hector Mor Maclean of Dowart,or Eachann Mór Maclean in Scottish Gaelic,or Hector the Great,was the 16th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from 1623 to his death in 1626. Mór or Mor translates as great when added to a name in Scottish Gaelic. He resided at Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. He was the first Chief of MacLean to not produce an heir in four hundred years,breaking the direct male line from Gillean of the Battle Axe,the founder of the clan to himself. He was succeeded by his younger brother,Lachlan Maclean,1st Baronet.
Sir Hector Maclean,7th Baronet of Morvern was the 23rd Clan Chief of Clan Maclean who died before he had any children. The title was then passed to his half brother.
Sir John Maclean,4th Baronet of Duart and Morvern (1670–1716) was the 20th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1674 to 1716. He was the 16th and last Laird of Duart,when in 1691 he lost Castle Duart to Archibald Campbell,1st Duke of Argyll. The castle wasn't recovered by Clan Maclean until 1912 until it was purchased by Fitzroy Donald Maclean,221 years later.
Sir Hector Maclean,2nd Baronet of Morvern was the 18th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1649 to 1651. He died without leaving a son as an heir.
Lachlan Bronnach MacLean,was the 7th Chief of Clan MacLean.
Malise mac Gilleain was the second chief of Clan Maclean. He was loyal to Alexander III of Scotland and assisted in the expulsion of Haakon IV of Norway from Scotland.
Malcolm Maclean or Maolcaluim mac Giliosa in Scottish Gaelic,was the 3rd Chief of Clan Maclean. Malcolm's name has been written Maol-Calum and Gille-Calum,which means Servant of Columba. He became the Chief of Clan Maclean on the death of his father in 1300. He was succeeded by John Dubh Maclean,4th Clan Chief,his youngest son. Though the eldest son inherited in many clans by then (including Robert Bruce,the eldest of four sons of Robert Bruce VI. who became King of Scots,and Alexander Og Macdonald,his father's eldest son who became Lord of the Isles on the death of Angus Mor Macdonald,it was a time of transition concerning the law of primogeniture. He died around 1320.
John Dubh Maclean,or Iain Dubh mac Gilliemore in Scottish Gaelic,or John Maclean the Black was the 4th Chief of Clan MacLean.
Lachlan Lùbanach Maclean,5th Chief was Chief of Clan Maclean. He was the first Maclean to occupy Castle Duart as the 1st Laird of Duart. His brother,Hector Reaganach Maclean was the progenitor of the Lochbuie Macleans usually MacLaines.
Lachlan Maclean or Lauchlane Makgilleon of Doward was the tenth Clan Chief of Clan MacLean. He became the 10th Chief at the death of his father in 1496.
Lachlan Catanach Maclean was the 11th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from 1515 until his murder in 1523.
Sir Lachlan Mór Maclean or Big Lachlan Maclean,was the 14th Clan Chief of Clan MacLean from late 1573 or early 1574 until 1598. Mór or Mor translates as big in English,or magnus in Latin,when added to a name in Scottish Gaelic.
Lauchlan Maclean,2nd Laird of Brolas (1650–1687) was the second Laird of Brolas.
Lachlan Og MacLean,1st Laird of Torloisk was the second son of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean and the first Laird of Torloisk.
Lachlan Maclean,3rd Laird of Torloisk was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman. He managed the estate of Sir John Maclean,4th Baronet with Lauchlan Maclean,2nd Laird of Brolas during his minority.
Allan Maclean,10th of Ardgour (1668-1756) was a Scottish laird,chieftain of the junior Ardgour branch of Clan Maclean.
Hector Maclean,4th Laird of Coll was the son of John Abrach Maclean,2nd Laird of Coll,and had a brother,John Maclean,3rd Laird of Coll.
John Dubh MacLean,1st Laird of Morvern was the progenitor of the Macleans of Kinlochaine,Drimnin,and Pennycross. Dubh means black in Scottish Gaelic.
Ailean Maclean was the second son of Lachlan Cattanach Maclean,but better known as Ailean nan Sop,or Allan o' the Wisp,because he set fire to buildings with straw,was a very noted character. He appears in Tales of a Grandfather by Sir Walter Scott.
Many legends have been told concerning him,some of which can not be true,although they may contain a grain of truth. The best known legend is that related by Sir Walter Scott,in his Tales of a Grandfather but it is wholly wrong in several essential particulars. It is so mixed with Patrick MacLean and Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean,that it would be difficult to reconstruct it. It is,however,so well told that others have seen fit to copy it bodily,if notwithstanding Scott's assertion to the contrary,all the MacLean manuscripts are agreed that Ailean was born in wedlock,was the younger brother of Hector Mor Maclean,and second son of Lachlan Cattanach Maclean,by his wife Marian. Ailean,or Allan,first comes into notice during the time when his father resided at Cairnburg. During that time,a daughter of MacNeil of Barra,who was a young lady of great beauty,was visiting the chieftain's family,and Allan,being captivated with her,made honorable love,which met with discouragement at her hands. This marked a turning-point in his career. Allan,thus repulsed in his advances,meditated the most brutal insult to the family's guest,and taking advantage of the absence of his father and mother,who were on a brief visit to the mainland,he violently seized his intended victim. She,however,succeeded in escaping from him,and in her alarm rushed toward the brink of a precipice,as if intending to throw herself off. She was closely pursued by Allan;and the scene being in the immediate neighborhood of the guard-house,a domestic on duty there,suspecting the wrong intention,with great quickness rushed forward,and seizing hold of the lady with one hand,with the other dexterously hurled Allan headlong over the precipice. Fortunately for Allan,he was caught on a projection which at that point formed a shelf. Here he remained,and was not extricated until he begged the lady's forgiveness and vowed pardon to the intrepid domestic who had so unceremoniously hurled him into his awkward position. This is the origin of the familiar modern phrase,"putting a lover on the shelf." The spot is still called Urraigh Ailean nan Sop.
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- 1 2 3 4 John Patterson MacLean (1889). A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, Etc. R. Clarke & Company. p. 32.
Laird of Brolas.
This article incorporates text from A history of the clan Mac Lean from its first settlement at Duart Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period: including a genealogical account of some of the principal families together with their heraldry, legends, superstitions, etc, by John Patterson MacLean, a publication from 1889, now in the public domain in the United States.