THE CLAN GILLEAN. 




From a Photograph by Maiill & Fox, 



iSja Piccadilly, Londo. 



Colonel Sir PITZROY DONALD MACLEAN, Bart, O.B. 



Chief of the Clan. 



THE 



CLAN GILLEAN 



BY THE 

REV. A. MACLEAN SINCLAIR 



(Hharloitetotott 

HASZARD AND MOORE 
1899 









1 5 1974 



PREFACE. 



I HAVE to thank Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Baronet, C. B., Chief of the Clan Gillean, for copies of a large number of useful documents ; Mr. H. A. C. Maclean, London, for copies of valuable papers in the Coll Charter Chest ; and Mr. C. R. Morison, Aintuim, Mr. C. A. McVean, Kilfinichen, Mr. John Johnson, Coll, Mr. James Maclean, Greenock, and others, for collecting and sending me genealogical facts. I have also to thank a number of ladies and gentlemen for information about the families to which they themselves belong. I am under special obligations to Professor Magnus Maclean, Glasgow, and Mr. Peter Maclean, Secretary of the Maclean Association, for sending me such extracts as I needed from works to which I had no access in this country. It is only fair to state that of all the help I received the most valuable was from them. I am greatly indebted to Mr. John Maclean, Convener of the Finance Committee of the Maclean Association, for labouring faithfully to obtain information for me, and especially for his 
efforts to get the subscriptions needed to have the book published. I feel very much obliged to Mr. John K. Mackenzie, 



vi. PREFACE. 

foreman in the establishment in which the printing- was done, for his valuable assistance in correcting the proofs, and also for his efforts to g-et the work printed in a satisfactory manner. 

It may be taken for granted that in a book of this kind a book which deals with a large number of traditions, dates, and names of persons and places there must be several errors. For corrections of real mistakes and for new facts sent to me, I shall feel very thankful. 

A. MACLEAN SINCLAIR. 

BELFAST, P. E. ISLAND, 

September 5th, 1899. 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. PAG , 

Introduction .... i 

CHAPTER II. 

rigtn of the dlan (itlUan 29 

CHAPTER III. 
Ihe Jfirei ight attt0 ot John arbh of <3 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

all of which had been in possession of his father. In 1343 these lands, with the exception of the district of Lorn, were granted to John, Lord of the Isles. In 1354, John Bacach and John of the Isles entered into an agreement by which the former was to surrender to the latter the islands of Mull and Jura, and the castles of Cairnburgh and Ileburgh. John of Lorn was to place Lachlan Mac Alexander, Ivar Mac Lulli, and John Mac Molmari, as hostages in the hands of the Lord of the Isles until the lands and castles referred to should be actually delivered to him ; while the Lord of the Isles was never under any circumstances to bestow the constabulary of the castle of Cairnburgh upon any of the Clan Fingon, or the Mackinnons. Thus, the points in dispute between the Macdonalds and the Macdougalls were settled in 1354. We are inclined to think, then, that it was in that year or shortly afterwards that the capture of the Lord of the Isles took place. 

It cannot be proved that the Macleans had lands 
in Mull before the time of Lachlan Liibanach and 
Hector Reaganach ; at the same time it is tolerably 
certain that such must have been the case. There 
is a tradition among all the Macleans that Gilleain 
na Tuaighe held lands in Mull. As Neil Maclean 
was constable of Scraburgh, probably Cairnburgh, 
it is likely that he held some lands near Cairnburgh. 
Hugh Macdonald tells us that Lachlan Liibanach 
and Hector Reaganach had some conference with 



LACHLAN LUBANACH. 51 

the Lord of the Isles about the island of Mull. 
The supposition that they went to Ardtornish as 
ambassadors for Macdougall of Lorn is out of the 
question ; they went simply on business of their 
own. What they wanted was evidently a title to 
some lands in Mull, which they regarded as their 
own, and which they must have held under Mac- 
dougall of Lorn. When they found that talking 
and pleading were of no use, they resolved to take 
heroic steps for gaining their ends. They found, 
in a short time, a fitting opportunity for carrying 
their purposes into effect. They slew Mackinnon, 
whom they evidently regarded as their enemy, 
seized the Lord of the Isles, and carried him off to 
see the wonders of lona. In the "Genealogical 
Account of the Family of Mackinnon " \ve find the 
following statements : " Mackinnon of Strath- 
ordill was master of the household to John, Lord 
of the Isles. Being jealous of the rising influence 
of Lachlan and Hector Macgillean, he formed the 
project of assassinating them ; but, being made 
aware of his intention, they anticipated him, and 
murdered him at his own castle of Kilmorie ; the 
spot is still pointed out." Mackinnon could not 
dread the rising influence of the Macleans unless 
they had lands in Mull. He had lands there 
himself, and what he dreaded was that the Mac- 
leans would take some of them from him. The 
probability is that he had already suffered at 
their hands. Macdougall of Lorn detested the 
Mackinnons. He may, then, have allowed the 



52 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Macleans to deal with them as they pleased. It 
is extremely difficult to believe that the Macleans 
would rise at one bound to the influential position 
which they occupied in Mull in 1366. The only 
rational way of accounting for their influence then 
is the supposition that they had been in Mull for 
some time, and that they had gradually increased 
in strength. Rome did not spring up in a day ; 
neither did the Macleans. 

Lachlan Lubanach married, in 1366, Mary, 
daughter of the first Lord of the Isles by his wife, 
Amy Macrory. As he was related to her within 
the prohibited degrees, it was necessary for him 
to obtain a dispensation from the Pope, Urban V. 
He was chamberlain of the household to the Lord 
of the Isles, an office which became hereditary in 
his family. He received three different charters 
from Donald, second Lord of the Isles. The first 
is a charter of the custody and constableship of the 
castle of Duart, Torosay, Brolas, and other lands 
in Mull ; half of the constableship of the castle of 
Dunconnel in Scarba ; half of the constableship of 
the castle of Dunkerd, together with the islands of 
Garvellach ; certain lands in Luing and Scarba ; 
the upper half of Jura ; lands in Morvern ; and 
other lands. The second is a charter of the con- 
stableship and custody of the castles of Cairnburgh 
and Ileburgh, together with the small castles of 
Fladda and Lunga; Treshnish, Calgary, and other 
lands in Mull ; and the office of Fragramanach 
and Armanach in the island of lona. The third 



HECTOR ROY. 53 

is a charter of the bailiery of all the lands of Tiree ; 
certain lands in that island ; and the office of 
steward of the house to the Lord of the Isles. 
These three charters were granted at Ardtornish 
on July 1 2th, 1390. They were confirmed by 
King" James I. They were confirmed ag^ain by 
King" James IV., at Glasgfow, on July I3th, 1495. 
Lachlan Liibanach died about 1405. He was 
succeeded in Duart by his son, Hector Roy. 

VI. EACHANN RUADH NAN CATH. 

Hector, sixth chief of the Macleans, was born 
probably about the year 1367. He was known as 
Eachann Ruadh nan Cath, or Hector Roy of the 
battles. He was a distinguished warrior, and was 
one of the best swordsmen of his day. He was 
chamberlain of the household to his uncle, Donald, 
second Lord of the Isles. According* to a poem 
composed by Hector Bacach Maclean in 1651, 
Hector Roy made an expedition to Ireland, 
captured a fleet, and entered the town of Dublin 
as a conqueror. To what extent these statements 
are true, it is impossible to determine. It is likely, 
however, that there was some foundation for them. 
According 1 to a tradition recorded by Seannachie in 
his history of the Macleans, a celebrated Nor- 
wegian came to Mull and challenged the Lord of 
Duart to a duel with swords. Hector Roy met 
him at Salen, defeated, and slew him. The 
Norwegian was buried near the spot on which he 
fell. A cairn of stones beside the sea-shore is 
supposed to mark his grave. 



54 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

The famous battle of Harlaw was fought on the 
24th of July, 1411. Donald, second Lord of the 
Isles, had about 10,000 followers. His army was 
drawn up in the cuneiform order of battle. The 
men were on foot and were armed with swords, 
daggers, battle-axes, bows and arrows, and wooden 
shields. Donald himself commanded the main 
body, which consisted of Macdonalds, the Mac- 
kinnons, the Macleods of Harris, the Macleods of 
Lewis, and others. Hector Roy of Duart com- 
manded the right wing, and Malcolm Beag 
Mackintosh the left. John Mor Tanaistear had 
charge of the reserve, which was made up of 
Macdonalds, Mackenzies, and Camerons. The 
Earl of Mar had only a small army in comparison 
with Donald's. But the most of his men were 
trained warriors, and were on horseback. They 
were armed with long spears, maces, swords, and 
battle-axes, and were protected by coats of mail. 
The right wing was led by Sir James Scrymgeour, 
Constable of Dundee, and the left wing by Sir 
Alexander Ogilvy, Sheriff of Angus. Mar him- 
self commanded the main body. The men on 
each side were equally brave, and equally determ- 
ined to stand and fight. Scrymgeour defeated 
the left wing of the Highland army, while Hector 
Roy defeated the left wing of the Lowland army. 
Mar at the head of his mail-clad knights pene- 
trated Macdonald's centre, but was unable to rout 
the dense mass before him. The battle raged 
for a long time, and terminated only when the 



LACHLAN BRONNACH. 55 

darkness of night closed around the combatants. 
During the heat of the fight, Hector Roy of 
Duart and Sir Alexander Irving of Drum met 
face to face. They were both skilled swordsmen, 
and were well matched in every respect. They 
attacked each other with determination, and 
fought on until both fell mortally wounded. Of 
the Highlanders 900 lay dead upon the field of 
Harlaw. The most prominent of these, besides the 
brave Hector Roy, were Patrick Obeolan, Lachlan 
Macmillan, two or three gentlemen of the Clan 
Monroe, two gentlemen of the Clan Cameron, 
and a son of Macquarrie of Ulva. Of the fol- 
lowers of the Earl of Mar over 500 were slain ; 
among whom were Sir Alexander Ogilvy, Sir 
James Scrymgeour, Sir Thomas Murray, Sir 
Robert Maul, Sir William Abernethy, Sir Alex- 
ander Straiten, Sir Robert Davidson, James 
Lovel, Alexander Stirling, Lesley of Balquhain, 
and the valiant Sir Alexander Irving. The Earl 
of Mar was severely wounded. Hector Roy's 
body was carried home from the field of Harlaw 
by the Macinneses and Morisons, and buried in 
lona. It is said that during several years the 
Macleans of Duart and the Irvings of Drum were 
in the habit of exchanging swords on the anni- 
versary of the battle of Harlaw. 

VII. LACHAINN BRONNACH. 

Lachlan, son and successor of Hector Roy, was 
known as Lachainn Bronnach, or Big-bellied 



56 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Lachlan. He was probably about eighteen years 
of age at the time of his father's death. He was an 
intelligent, prudent, and able man. He managed 
his affairs wisely and extended the influence and 
power of his family very much. He was with 
Alexander of the Isles in Lochaber when the latter 
was attacked and defeated by James I. in 1429. 
He was taken prisoner and confined along with 
the Lord of the Isles in Tantallon castle. He was 
not set at liberty until October, 1431. He was 
consequently unable to take part in the battle of 
Inverlochy. 

Lachlan Bronnach had a son, named Donald, 
by a daughter of Maceachern of Kingerloch. He 
married, first, a daughter of John Borb Macleod of 
Dunvegan, and had two sons by her, Neil and John 
Garbh. He married, secondly, Janet, daughter of 
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, and had one son 
by her, Lachlan Og, who, in accordance with the 
terms of the marriage contract between his father 
and mother, succeeded his father in Duart. As it 
is generally supposed that Mar's daughter was 
Lachlan Bronnach's first wife, it is necessary to 
produce some of the facts which show that such 
was not the case. 

In February, 1443, we find as witnesses to a 
charter, Lachlan, Lord of Duart, and John, his 
son, Lord of Coll ; in August, 1449, Lachlan, 
Lord of Duart, and John, his son, Lord of Coll ; 
in April, 1463, Lachlan, Lord of Duart, Lachlan, 
his son and heir, and Ewen, son of Donald of 



LACHLAN BRONNACH. 57 

Ardgour; in April, 1467, Lachlan, Lord of Duart, 
and Lachlan Og, Master of Duart ; in November, 
1467, Lachlan, Lord of Duart, Lachlan Og, 
chamberlain of the household to the Lord of the 
Isles, and Ewen, son of Donald of Ardgour ; in 
June, 1469, Lachlan, Lord of Duart, Lachlan Og, 
Master of Duart, and John of Coll, Lachlan's 
son ; and in 1472, Lachlan Og, Master of Duart, 
and Ewen of Ardgour. As John Garbh witnessed 
one charter in 1443 and another in 1449, and as 
Lachlan Oof witnessed a charter for the first time 

O 

only in 1463, it is clear that John Garbh must 
have been a good deal older than Lachlan Og. 

According to the Exchequer Rolls, the half of 
Bonnach and Bonnachare was, in 1458, granted for 
life to Janet Stewart, wife of Lachlan Maclean. 
As Janet Stewart was the Earl of Mar's daughter, 
and as she was Lachlan Bronnach's wife in 1458, 
it is beyond all dispute that she was Lachlan's 
second wife, and that consequently Lachlan Og, 
his son by her, was the youngest of his sons. 

Lachlan Bronnach acted with wisdom, both for 
himself and his family, in appointing Lachlan Og 
heir to Duart and the chiefship of the Clan. By 
this act he secured the friendship of the Earl of 
Mar and of the King as well ; both of whom in 
all probability used their influence to obtain for 
him the lands of Coll, and others. It is probable 
that Lachlan's marriage with Mar's daughter took 
place about the end of 1431. He died some time 
after 1472. He was Lord of Duart over sixty 
years. 8 



58 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

VIII. LACHAINN OG. 

Lachlan Og was born about the year 1432. 
He was chamberlain of the household to the Lord 
of the Isles in 1467. He succeeded his father 
some time after 1472. He was Lord of Duart at 
least as early as 1478. He married a daughter of 
Gillespick Roy Campbell, son and heir of Duncan, 
first Lord Campbell. He seems to have been a 
peaceable and good man. 



CHAPTER IV. 

ODbhar aiti) Uachlatt (Eattanach. 

IX. EACHANN ODHAR. 

HECTOR ODHAR, or Hector the Swarthy, com- 
manded the Macleans at the long" and sanguinary 
sea-fight of Bloody Bay, in Mull, which was 
fought about the year 1484. As Maclean of 
Ardgour was sailing up through the sound of 
Mull, he noticed Angus Og's fleet, which had just 
rounded the point of Ardnamurchan. Ardgour 
at once displayed his colours, and thus showed that 
he was ready for the contest. Angus Og con- 
cluded that the defiant galley in front of him was 
that of Hector Odhar and steered directly towards 
it. Hector Odhar, seeing his kinsman in danger, 
hastened to his relief. He was accompanied by 
the Macleods of Harris, and the Macneils of 
Barra. In the course of a few minutes the en- 
gagement became general. The result of the fight 
was that the supporters of the Lord of the Isles 
were defeated. Hector Odhar and Macleod of 



60 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Harris were taken prisoners. The son and heir 
of Torquil Macleod of Lewis who commanded 
the Macleods of that island was wounded by 
two arrows, and died a few days after the battle. 
Macneil of Barra fled towards Coll, and succeeded 
in making- his escape, though pursued by three 
galleys. 

John, the last Lord of the Isles, was deprived of 
his estates in May, 1494. The Macleans were 
now, in the eyes of the law, landless ; but they 
did not remain in that position very long". They 
tendered their submission to James IV., and 
received charters from him of all the lands which 
they had formerly held under the Lords of the 
Isles. They were now an independent clan ; but 
their independence was really of no use to them. 

In 1496, Hector Odhar, John Mac Ian of 
Ardnamurchan, Allan Mac Rory of Moydart, 
Ewen Mac Allan of Lochiel, and Donald Mac 
Angus of Keppoch, appeared before the Lords of 
Council in Edinburgh and bound themselves to the 
Earl of Argyll, in behalf of the King, under a 
penalty of five hundred pounds each, to refrain 
from injuring or molesting one another. The 
Council had a good object in view ; but to what 
extent they succeeded in attaining it we have no 
means of learning. It was certainly a difficult 
matter to keep the men with whom they had to deal 
in thorough order. Probably, it would require a 
good tyrant to manage them properly. We know 
that there was a bitter feud between Hector Odhar 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 61 

and Allan Mac Rory, but we can give no particu- 
lars respecting" it. It may be taken for granted, 
however, that the one did as much injury to the 
tenants of the other as he possibly could. 

Hector Odhar had a natural son named Lachlan, 
who was brought up among the Clan Chattan, and 
who in consequence of that fact was known as 
Lachainn Catanach,or Lachlan of the Clan Chattan 
country. According to tradition Lachlan's mother 
was a daughter of the chief of the Mackintoshes. 
On the 8th of October, 1496, Lachlan was legiti- 
mated. On the same day his father resigned the 
whole of his estates to him. Lachlan was now 
legally Lord of Duart. 

X. LACHAINN CATANACH. 

In the summer of 1498, King James renewed 
his visits to the Western Highlands. On this 
occasion he held court at his new castle of Kil- 
kerran in South Kintyre. Alexander Macleod of 
Dunvegan, known as Alasdair Crotach, Torquil 
Macleod of Lewis, and other land-owners, paid 
homage to him as their sovereign. He remained 
a long time at Kilkerran, and resolved, apparently 
before he left, to abandon his conciliatory policy 
towards the Islanders. At any rate, shortly after 
his return to Edinburgh he revoked all the charters 
which he had granted to those who had been 
vassals of the Lord of the Isles. Whoever the 
instigators of this harsh and unwise policy may 
have been, the men who reaped the greatest benefits 



62 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

from it were Archibald, second Earl of Argyll, 
Alexander, son and heir of the Earl of Huntly, 
John Mac Ian of Ardnamurchan, and Duncan 
Stewart of Appin. James returned to the West 
Highlands in April, 1499, and held court at 
Tarbert Castle. He gave Archibald, Earl of 
Argyll, a commission of lieutenancy over the 
lordship of the Isles, and appointed him keeper 
of the castle of Tarbert and bailie of the lands of 
Knapdale. He also empowered him to let on 
lease for three years the whole of the lordship of 
the Isles, except Kintyre and Islay. He gave 
lands to Alexander, son and heir of the Earl of 
Huntly, in Lochaber, and lands to Mac Ian of 
Ardnamurchan in Islay. Upon Duncan Stewart 
of Appin he bestowed the districts of Duror and 
Glencoe. These tyrannical proceedings alarmed 
the Islanders, and led them to rebel against the 
Government. In 1501 the Macdonalds of Glencoe 
delivered Donald Dubh, son and heir of Angus 
Og, from Inchconnell, where he was kept a prisoner 
by his uncle, Archibald of Argyll. Donald fled 
to Lewis, and was taken under the protection of 
Torquil Macleod, who was married to Catherine, 
daughter of the first Earl of Argyll and sister of 
Donald's mother. Lachlan Cattanach of Duart, 
Ewen Mac Allan of Lochiel, John Maclean of 
Lochbuie, Gilleonan Macneil of Barra, Dunslaff 
Macquarrie of Ulva, Donald Mac Ranald Ban of 
Largie, and others, joined Torquil of Lewis in 
proclaiming Donald Dubh Lord of the Isles. It 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 63 

seems, however, that the confederates committed 
no acts of hostility against the Government until 

1503. At the end of that year they invaded 
Badenoch, plundered the country, and laid it waste 
with fire and sword. They had two reasons for 
beginning- the war in that district; the first was that 
it belonged to the Earl of Huntly, and the second, 
that the Clan Chattan of Badenoch were assisting 
Huntly in his attempt to bring the inhabitants of 
Lochaber under subjection. 

King James put forth the most active efforts to 
break up the confederacy and crush the rebellion. 
He commanded Torquil Macleod of Lewis, in 
1452, to deliver up Donald Dubh to him. Torquil 
refused, and was declared a rebel. His lands were 
at the same time confiscated. In 1503, or early in 

1504, Lachlan Cattanach of Duart and Ewen 
Mac Allan of Lochiel were declared traitors, and 
deprived of their estates, so far as the law of the 
land could deprive them of them. Immediately 
afterwards the Government sent letters to Torquil 
Macleod of Lewis, Mac Ian of Ardnamurchan, Mac- 
lean of Lochbuie, Macleod of Harris, Ranald Mac 
Allan of Moydart, Macneil of Barra, Mackinnon 
of Strath, and Macquarrie of Ulva, offering, if 
they should assist in bringing Lachlan Cattanach 
and Ewen of Lochiel to justice, to give them half 
the estates of these chiefs. As the mean and 
mischievous offer thus made had no effect, the 
Government resolved to send two armies to the 
Western Highlands in the spring of 1504. The 



64 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

one was led by the Earl of Huntly, the Earl of 
Crawford, and Lord Lovat ; and the other by the 
Earl Marshall and the Earl of Argyll. A few 
months afterwards the Earl of Arran was also sent 
with a military force against the Islanders. At 
the same time a fleet, commanded by Sir Andrew 
Wood and Robert Barton, was despatched to the 
Isle of Mull, with the result that the strong fortress 
of Cairnburgh was captured. In the spring of 1505 
the Earl of Huntly invaded Ross-shire and made 
himself master of the castles of Strome and Ellan- 
donan. At the same time King James led an 
army in person into Argyleshire. He also sent a 
fleet under the command of John Barton to the 
islands. The presence of the King, and of the 
forces at his command, had the desired effect. 
Lachlan Cattanach wisely gave up the contest and 
cast himself upon the mercy of his sovereign. As 
the Macneils of Barra and the Macquarries of 
Ulva had followed the banner of Maclean of Duart 
since the forfeiture of the last Lord of the Isles, the 
submission of Lachlan Cattanach included also 
that of Macneil and Macquarrie. John Maclean 
of Lochbuie, Macdonald of Largie, and Ewen 
Mac Allan of Lochiel followed the example set by 
the Lord of Duart, and likewise surrendered to the 
King. Donald Dubh's first rebellion was now 
over. Torquil of Lewis refused to surrender him 
to the Government, but handed him over to Lach- 
lan Cattanach, who delivered him to the King. 
Donald was again placed in confinement. 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 65 

On May 2ist, 1505, Lachlan Cattanach received 
a full remission for his past misdeeds. On January 
23rd, 1506, he was commanded not to intromit 
with the kirk rents pertaining" to the Bishop of 
the Isles. He was also instructed to help the 
Bishop in gathering his rents. On January 2nd, 
1508, he received permission to sell the lands of 
Carrequhoul, Auchadalyn, and others, in the lord- 
ship of Badenoch, to Alexander, Earl of Huntly. 
At the same time Ranald Mac Allan of Moydart, 
John Maclean of Lochbuie, and himself were 
ordered not to molest Agnes Maclean, prioress of 
lona, or the convent in that island. On the 8th 
of April, 1510, Duncan Stewart, of Appin, ob- 
tained a charter of appraising 1 over the lands and 
castle of Duart for 4,500 marks, due to him by 
Lachlan Cattanach, the latter having power to 
redeem his property within seven years. In April, 
1510, Lachlan received a letter of safe conduct for 
himself, his kinsmen, and servants, while visiting 
the King 1 at Stirling, the letter to be of force during 
forty days. It is probable that Lachlan Cattanach 
was forced to part with his lands in Badenoch to 
pay the Earl of Huntly for the injuries which he 
had inflicted upon the Earl's tenants in 1502. It 
is also probable, indeed almost certain, that he 
plundered some of Duncan Stewart's lands about 
the same time, and that he was obliged to pay 
Duncan for his depredations. It is evident that 
Lachlan had no conscientious scruples about 
putting some of the Bishop's rents into his own 



66 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

pockets, or seizing" the lands which belonged to the 
monastery of lona. He was not the only man, 
however, who was guilty of covetousness in action 
in these respects. 

In 1513, James IV. resolved to invade England. 
He crossed the border on the 22nd of August at 
the head of the largest army that any Scottish 
king had ever yet commanded. He captured Nor- 
ham Castle and the fortresses of Wark, Etal, and 
Ford in a short time. Instead, however, of prose- 
cuting the war with vigour, he remained at Ford 
Castle for quite a long time, either to keep com- 
pany with Lady Heron, whose husband was a 
prisoner in his hands, or else to serve the flesh and 
the Devil. This attractive woman was thoroughly 
true to her country, and faithfully communicated 
full information with respect to the purposes and 
movements of her royal slave to his enemies. In 
consequence of his delay at Ford Castle, James had 
only about 30,000 followers when he pitched his 
camp on Flodden Hill on the 6th of September. 
He was a thoroughly trained fighter and a brave 
man ; but his stubbornness, vanity, absurd notions 
of chivalry, and lack of skill as a general, utterly 
unfitted him for the position of commander-in- 
chief of an army. When Lord Patrick Lindsay, 
a warrior of experience and sense, advised that the 
King should retire from the army for the safety of 
his person, James replied in a rage that when he 
would return to Scotland he would hang Lindsay 
over his own gate. When the aged Earl of 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 67 

Angus, Archibald Bell-the-Cat, warned him against 
making a rash attack upon the English, he scorn- 
fully and brutally replied, " Angus, if you are 
afraid you may go home." 

The Earl of Surrey, afterwards first Duke of 
Norfolk, hastened with an army of 31,000 men to 
meet King James. On the Qth of September he 
crossed the river Till and took up a position be- 
tween the Scots and their country. James could 
easily have attacked him while crossing the river, 
but did nothing of the kind. When he saw that 
the English had crossed it, he could have remained 
in the strong position which he occupied, at least 
for a few days. Instead of doing this, however, 
he descended to the level plain to meet his foe. 
The right wing of the Scottish army consisted of 
Campbells, Macleans, Mackenzies, Macdonalds, 
and other clans, and was commanded by Archibald 
Campbell, second Earl of Argyll, and Matthew 
Stewart, second Earl of Lennox. The centre was 
commanded by the King in person, and the left 
wing by the Earls of Huntly and Home. The left 
wing of the English army was led by Sir Edward 
Stanley ; the centre, by Surrey in person ; and the 
right wing, by Sir Edmund Howard and Lord 
Thomas Howard, Surrey's sons. The Earl of 
Bothwell had charge of the Scottish reserve, and 
Lord Dacre of the English reserve. Huntly and 
Home defeated Edmund Howard ; while Thomas 
Howard, assisted by Lord Dacre and his cavalry, 
defeated Crawford and Montrose. King James, 



68 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

who had the best armed of the Scottish troops 
under his command, was driving" back the Earl of 
Surrey, and throwing* his squadrons into confusion. 
At this juncture Thomas Howard and Lord Dacre 
attacked his flank, but were kept in check by the 
Earl of Bothwell and the Scottish reserve. Stan- 
ley routed the division under Argyll and Lennox 
with great slaughter. He was now at liberty to 
make an attack upon the rear of the Scottish 
army. This attack decided the fate of the day, 
and also of King James and the brave men who 
fought around him ; the Scots were defeated and 
driven back to their own country. 

King James and about 10,000 of his followers 
were slain at Flodden ; the English lost about 
7,000. Among the prominent men who fell with 
James were the Earls of Crawford, Montrose, 
Lennox, Argyll, Bothwell, Caithness, Rothes, and 
Cassilis ; Hector Odhar, chief of the Clan Gillean ; 
Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy ; Sir William 
Gordon of Gight ; George and William Douglas, 
sons of the Earl of Angus ; Sir John Sommerville 
of Cambusnethan ; and Andrew Stewart, Bishop 
of Caithness. It is said that two hundred gentle- 
men of the name of Douglas lay dead upon the field 
of battle, and that of the followers of the Earl of 
Caithness only one man ever returned home. It is 
affirmed by some writers that the Earl of Huntly 
fled from the field after the first charge, and that 
Lord Home and his followers began to collect all 



LACK LAN C ATT AN AC H. 69 

the plunder they could find. Whether these 
charges be true or false, Huntly and Home re- 
turned to Scotland. 

Hector Odhar was a born figtiter, an experienced 
commander, and a highly popular chief. He 
seems, however, to have been rather too fond of 
disturbance and war. At all events, he was known 
as Eachann Odhar nan Imreasan, or Hector Odhar 
of the strifes. He was about fifty-eight years of 
age at the time of his death. 

A few weeks after the battle of Flodden, Lach- 
lan Cattanach who was now chief of the Clan 
Gillean Malcolm Macleod of Lewis, Alexander 
Macleod of Harris, Alexander Macdonald of Islay, 
John Maclean of Lochbuie, Wiland Chisholm of 
Comar, and Alexander Macdonald of Glengarry 
proclaimed Sir Donald of Lochalsh Lord of the 
Isles, and raised the standard of rebellion against 
the Government. As Lachlan Cattanach was 
followed, not only by the occupants of his own 
estates, but also by the Macleans of Ardgour, the 
Macneils of Barra, the Mackinnons, and the Mac- 
quarries, he was by far the most powerful of Sir 
Donald's supporters. He was also ably assisted 
by his paternal uncle, Donald, who was a warrior 
of the same stamp as the brave Hector Odhar. 
In November, 1513, Sir Donald of Lochalsh, 
or Domhnall Gallda, opened the campaign by 
invading Glenurchart. He was accompanied by 
his own immediate followers, the Chisholms of 
Strathglass, and the Macdonalds of Glengarry. 



7o THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

He seized the castle of Urchart and plundered all 
the lands near it. About the same time Lachlan 
Cattanach and Alexander Macleod of Dunvegan 
besieged and captured the royal garrisons of Cairn- 
burgh and Dunskaich. 

On the breaking out of the rebellion, Colin, 
third Earl of Argyll, was ordered to proceed 
against Lachlan Cattanach and those who sup- 
ported him, while Mackenzie of Kintail and 
Munro of Foulis were instructed to preserve order 
and peace in Western Ross. At the same time 
Ewen Mac Allan of Lochiel and William Mac- 
kintosh, captain of the Clan Chattan, were 
guardians of Lochaber. Early in 1515 John Mac 
Ian of Ardnamurchan was commissioned to treat 
with the less violent of the rebels, and to promise 
them forgiveness for their crimes on condition of 
obeying the Government for the future and 
making restitution to those whose lands had been 
plundered by them. The rebellion now speedily 
collapsed. On the 23rd of August, we find a 
respite granted to Sir Donald of Lochalsh to 
enable him to go to Edinburgh and return in 
safety. While in Edinburgh he was reconciled to 
John, Duke of Albany, Regent of the kingdom, 
and pardoned for his rebellious acts. On the 6th 
of September, 1515, Albany granted a respite to 
Lachlan Cattanach and Macleod of Dunvegan for 
all their treasonable deeds, the respite to continue 
in force until the first day of January. On the 6th 
of January, 1516, Lachlan and Macleod, together 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 71 

with their kinsmen and friends to the number 
of one hundred persons, received a respite which 
was to last until the i5th day of March. They had 
permission to visit Edinburgh or any other place 
in the kingdom on lawful business, within that 
period. On the 3oth of March, Sir Donald of 
Lochalsh came under obligation to the Lords of 
Council to make redress for all the slaughter and 
depredations committed by himself or Lachlan 
Maclean of Duart, and their kinsmen, friends, 
and assistants, against John Mac Ian of Ardna- 
murchan and his people. It is thus evident that the 
Macleans had taken part in plundering expeditions 
to Ardnamurchan, and that they had been insti- 
gated to do so by Sir Donald. They had no 
quarrel of their own with John Mac Ian. 

About the beginning of the year 1517 the Knight 
of Lochalsh was again in open rebellion against 
the Government. He succeeded in persuading 
Lachlan Cattanach, Malcolm Macleod of Lewis, 
Alexander Macleod of Harris, John of Lochbuie, 
and Alexander Macdonald of Islay that he had 
been appointed lieutenant of the Isles by the 
Duke of Albany. Having procured the support 
of these restless leaders, he invaded Ardnamurchan 
at the head of a large body of men and took 
possession of the castle of Mingarry. The Gov- 
ernment sent him a peremptory order to withdraw 
from that district at once and deliver up the castle 
to its rightful owner. Instead of complying with 
this order, he razed the castle to the ground and 



72 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

ravaged the whole country with fire and sword. 
The Macleans and the Macleods of Harris had by 
this time found out that Sir Donald had deceived 
them. They also clearly saw that he was playing 
the part of a madman, and that he was leading 
himself and his followers to utter ruin. The result 
was that they withdrew from all connection with 
him, and joined the Earl of Argyll in opposing 
him. Lachlan Cattanach and Macleod of Harris 
resolved to apprehend him ; but as he had dis- 
covered their purpose, he succeeded in making his 
escape. They captured his two brothers, however, 
and sent them as prisoners to Edinburgh. 

The Earl of Argyll, Lachlan of Duart, John of 
Lochbuie, and Macleod of Harris sent petitions 
to the Regent and Lords of Council with reference 
to the rebellion, and making certain requests for 
themselves. These petitions were considered and 
acted upon in March, 1517. The Earl of Argyll 
was appointed lieutenant of the Isles and the 
adjacent mainland, except the Isles of Bute and 
Arran and those parts of Lochaber which belonged 
to Huntly, Mackintosh, or Lochiel. He was at 
the same time empowered to promise remission for 
their offences, and the restitution of their lands, to 
all who should submit to him, except Sir Donald of 
Lochalsh and the Macdonalds who had supported 
him. He was also commissioned to pursue the 
rebels with fire and sword. On the 8th of March 
Lachlan of Duart received a tack for eleven 
years of all the lands which had formerly belonged 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 73 

to him in Mull and Morvern. On the loth, he 
was empowered to raise and gather all the tenants 
who had obeyed him in the time of the late King-, 
for the weal of the kingdom and his own just 
quarrels, but not for the purpose of fighting against 
the King, the Regent, or the Earl of Argyll, the 
King's lieutenant. On the i2th, Lachlan, Donald 
Maclean, his uncle, Gilleonan Macneil of Barra, 
Neil Mackinnon of Mishnish, Lachlan Mac Ewen 
of Ardgour, and their kinsmen and servants, re- 
ceived a full remission for all the illegal acts 
committed by them before that date. On the I4th 
Lachlan received a gift of the rents of the lands of 
Tiree, and was appointed collector of the King's 
dues south of Ardnamurchan, except from the lands 
which belonged to John Mac Ian of Ardnamurchan. 
Macleod of Dunvegan and Maclean of Lochbuie 
were pardoned and allowed to retain possession of 
their estates. 

In his petition to the Lords of Council, Lachlan 
Cattanach expressed a desire to have the two 
brothers of Sir Donald of Lochalsh executed for 
their crimes. It is impossible to believe for a single 
moment that Lachlan really wished to have these 
young men punished ; he could have no ill-will 
against them, and he could gain nothing by their 
death. It may be taken for granted, then, that it 
was owing to the influence of the Earl of Argyll, 
or some other person who was anxious to see the 
power of the Macdonalds utterly destroyed, that 
the horrible request to have Sir Donald's brothers 

10 



74 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

put to death appeared in Lachlan's petition. 
When the request was considered by the Lords of 
Council, Huntly, Lennox, Drummond, Ogilvy, 
Balwearie, and Ker voted in favour of leaving the 
fate of Sir Donald's brothers to the decision of 
the Regent ; while Argyll, Cassilis, Erskine, 
Borthwick, Avondale, Lees, Kincavil, and Otter- 
burn voted in favour of having them dealt with 
according to their demerits. The desire of the 
majority was carried into effect, and the young 
men accordingly put to death. When we con- 
sider the way in which the Earl of Argyll, and 
Cassilis and Erskine, who were married to his 
sisters, voted, we can scarcely have any doubt 
respecting the authorship of that part of Lachlan 
Cattanach's petition which asked for the execution 
of Lochalsh's brothers. 

While Lachlan of Duart was in Edinburgh in 
March, 1517, he promised under oath in presence 
of the Lords of Council that he would be true to 
the King, to the Regent, and the realm ; that he 
would cause the holy kirk to be answered and 
obeyed within his bounds ; that he would assist, 
supply, and help the Earl of Argyll, lieutenant of 
the Isles, in governing and maintaining good rule 
in the islands and districts over which he had 
charge ; and, finally, that as far as it was possible 
for him to do so, he would keep peace and ad- 
minister justice among the King's lieges. We have 
reason to believe that he acted in accordance with 
these promises. 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 75 

In 1523 Lachlan Cattanach, having obtained a 
letter of safe conduct from the Government, paid 
a visit to Edinburgh. While asleep in his bed at 
night, Sir John Campbell of Calder and a number 
of his followers entered his room and assassinated 
him. He was about forty-eight years of age. 

TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF LACHLAN CATTANACH. 

The first tradition respecting Lachlan Cattanach 
has reference to his early life. Seannachie tells us 
that while he was still quite young, and living 
among his mother's people, he acted in such a 
wicked and cruel manner on two different occasions 
that he narrowly escaped being put to death by 
persons whom he had grossly injured. It is certain 
that Seannachie did not find this story in any old 
manuscript or any old work of any kind. There 
is no ground whatever for believing it to be true. 
We suspect that it is not true that it is simply a 
late invention. 

The second tradition with regard to Lachlan 
Cattanach refers to his election to the chiefship of 
the clan. This tradition also makes its appearance 
in print for the first time in Seannachie's work. 
That writer informs us that when Lachlan came 
to Mull the leading men among the Macleans held 
a council to consider what to do with him. Some 
were in favour of excluding him from the succession 
to the chiefship, on the ground of his depravity 
and wicked conduct. The majority, however, 
entertaining strong hopes that time would improve 



76 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

his disposition and render his conduct somewhat 
tolerable, voted in his favour. Consequently, he 
was acknowledged as heir and successor to his 
father. This tradition is no doubt founded upon 
facts. Seannachie, however, does not give the 
facts. But we have no reason to charge him with 
suppressing them ; it is tolerably certain that he 
did not know them. 

That there were men among the Macleans and 
probably a large number who wished to exclude 
Lachlan from the chiefship of the clan may be 
regarded as a fact. It was not his wickedness, 
however, but his being a natural son, that consti- 
tuted the ground of their opposition to him. In 
1496 his father procured an act of legitimation for 
him, and immediately afterwards gave over the 
estates to him. His opponents were now under 
the necessity of accepting the situation in which 
they were placed and making the best of it. The 
fact that, in spite of his illegitimacy, the majority 
of the Macleans were willing to accept him as 
their chief, clearly shows that Lachlan could not 
have been such a notoriously wicked wretch as is 
generally supposed. 

The third tradition with regard to Lachlan 
Cattanach is well known to everyone. It refers 
to his treatment of his wife, Elizabeth Campbell. 
The oldest version of it is in a Campbell 
manuscript written in 1779. According to this 
manuscript, Lachlan placed his wife on a bare rock 
in the sea in the full expectation that she would be 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 77 

overwhelmed and drowned by the incoming 1 tide. 
A person who happened to be passing by in a boat 
heard her cries, delivered her from her perilous 
position, and conveyed her to her friends. As 
soon as the men who had placed her on the rock 
returned to Duart Castle, they kindled a large fire 
on the middle of the hall floor, and formed them- 
selves into a circle around it. Then they seized 
John, second son of Colin, third Earl of Argyll, 
stripped him naked, and placed him between them- 
selves and the fire. He was only three or four 
years of age, and had been living with his aunt, 
Lachlan Cattanach's wife. His cruel tormentors 
kept rubbing his skin with a hot roasted apple, 
and compelled him to run .around between them- 
selves and the fire. His nurse rushed into the 
hall, between the legs of Macgillivray of Glen- 
cannir, snatched up the boy, and ran to the shore 
with him, where she accidentally found a boat, in 
which she was carried to a place of safety. Owing 
to the treatment which little John Campbell had 
received at the hands of the ferocious Macleans, 
there were blue marks on his body ever afterwards. 
In consequence of this fact he was called Iain 
Gorm, or Blue John. He was the progenitor of 
the Campbells of Lochnell. Macgillivray was 
more humane than the Macleans, and consequently 
parted his legs for the express purpose of allowing 
the nurse to have access to the child. When Sir 
John Calder heard of the barbarous manner in 
which his sister and nephew had been treated, he 



78 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

resolved to slay Lachlan Cattanach as soon as he 
should have an opportunity of doing so. Some 
time afterwards he met Lachlan in Edinburgh and 
thrust his sword, scabbard and all, through his 
body. 

If the men who placed Duart's wife on the rock 
acted, on their return, towards a child of three or 
four years of age in the manner described in the 
Campbell manuscript of 1779, it is quite clear that 
they must have been as drunk as any men who could 
keep on their feet before a fire, or anywhere else, 
could possibly be. We do not wonder that the 
nurse found an opening in the circle. The wonder 
is that there was only one gap in it, and that the 
little Campbell boy was the only person scorched 
by the fire. The Macdonalds of Sleat had three 
chieftains in whose names the word gorm appears, 
Donald Gorm, Donald Gorm Mor, and Donald 
Gorm Og. Were these chieftains also men who 
had been tattooed by apple juice ? The general 
belief is that they were handsome blue-eyed men. 
Is it not possible, then, that John Gorm of Loch- 
nell was likewise a handsome man, and that he had 
blue eyes? The Campbells were not Iberians. It 
is probable that Lachlan Cattanach was as good a 
swordsman as Campbell of Calder. Is it reason- 
able, then, to believe that Calder did not think it 
worth while to unsheathe his sword to attack 
Lachlan ? Among the State Papers of England 
there is a letter which was written to Henry VIII. 
by a number of Highland chiefs and chieftains 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 79 

in 1545. In that letter the following sentence 
occurs : " The Lord Maclean's father was cruelly 
murdered under trust in his bed in the town of 
Edinburgh by Sir John Campbell of Calder, brother 
to the Earl of Argyll." According to this state- 
ment which is undoubtedly true Calder was not 
quite so chivalrous and valiant a hero as the writer 
of the manuscript of 1779 would have us believe. 
According to the Pennycross MS., Lachlan 
Cattanach's wife tried to persuade her husband to 
make over the Duart estates to her brother, John 
of Calder. When she found that he would not 
take her advice, she attempted to poison him. 
Lachlan, then, placed her on the rock, which has 
been ever since known as the Lady's Rock, to 
suffer for her wickedness and murderous intentions. 
According to another Maclean version of the story, 
Argyll's daughter was in love with another man, 
and was unwilling to marry Lachlan Cattanach. 
At last, however, urged on by the hope that she 
could exert an influence over him which would be 
favourable to the interests of her father's family, 
she consented to become his wife. She would not, 
however, part with her lover. She had him dis- 
guised as a monk and passed him off as her 
confessor. When Lachlan found out who his 
wife's confessor really was, he was greatly enraged, 
and upbraided his wife for her infidelity. This 
was the beginning of their quarrel. Another 
thing which turned him against his wife was the 
fact that she was constantly plotting against him, 



8o THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

and trying- to get his estates alienated from the 
Macleans and made over to her own people. 
There was also a third source of trouble. While 
Lachlan's wife would be on some occasions very 
pleasant, she would be on other occasions ex- 
ceedingly sulky and refuse to sleep with him. 
Lachlan's foster-brothers were deeply grieved on 
account of his domestic infelicity, and resolved to 
put an end to it. So, on a certain day, Lachlan 
being away from home, they took his wife out to 
the Lady's Rock, and left her there to repent of 
her sins and die. There is no ground for think- 
ing that Lachlan's wife tried to poison her hus- 
band. The story about the lover disguised as a 
monk is evidently a myth. 

Seannachie informs us that Lachlan Cattanach 
fell desperately in love with a daughter of Maclean 
of Treshnish, and that in order to be able to marry 
her he resolved to get rid of his wife, whom he 
disliked and treated with brutal cruelty. On a 
certain day he was in excellent humour,.and showed 
every possible attention to his wife. In the evening 
he asked her to go with him on an excursion on 
the water near the castle. His galley was manned 
by a few persons to whom he had communicated 
his nefarious purpose. He placed his wife on a 
rock which has been ever since known as the Lady's 
Rock, and left her there to perish. As soon as 
he returned, one of those who had been with him 
reported the state of matters to some of Lachlan's 
best friends. These men immediately despatched 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 81 

a boat to the Lady's Rock, took the doomed woman 
on board, and went with her to Lorn. Lachlan, 
not knowing* that his wife had been rescued, pre- 
tended that she had died suddenly. He filled an 
empty coffin with something 1 or other, and went to 
Inverary to have it buried there. The Campbells 
met him at Glenara, and professed to be as deeply 
grieved over the sudden death of his wife as him- 
self. When the funeral party arrived at Inverary, 
Lachlan was invited by the Earl of Argyll to go 
in to the castle with him to partake of some 
refreshment. When he entered the dining-hall he 
found his wife sitting at the head of the table, and 
ready to entertain him. 

Lachlan Cattanach was by no means a fool ; he 
was a man of both ability and sense. It is pretty 
certain, then, that if he intended to drown his wife 
he would not accompany her to the rock. As he 
would not wish to be blamed for her death he would 
stay at home and leave others to put her out of the 
way. The supposition that he went to Inverary 
with a bodyless coffin is outrageously absurd. 
What would he have done if the Campbells had 
desired to see the remains ? But even if his wife 
were dead and her body in a coffin, why should 
he take the coffin to Inverary? The Macleans 
buried their dead in lona. If, then, there was a 
mock funeral, there was a mock burial, and it must 
have taken place in Mull. Seannachie's story 
about the funeral procession to Inverary is beyond 
all doubt absolutely false. He had no foundation 

it 



82 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

for it except the poetic fancies of Joanna Baillie 
and Thomas Campbell. There is no reference to 
it in the Campbell manuscript of 1779. 

According- to " The House of Argyll and the 
Collateral Branches of the Clan Campbell " a 
work published in 1871 Lachlan Cattanach's wife 
was delivered from her perilous position by her 
foster-father, Dug^ald Campbell of Corranmore, 
who happened to be on his way to pay her a visit. 
John F. Campbell of Islay tells us that Lachlan's 
wife was taken off the rock by her second brother, 
Archibald of Skipnish. He also states that after 
the death of Lachlan she was married to Archibald 
Campbell of Achinbreck, and had a son named 
John by him. 

While the traditions about Lachlan Cattanach 
and his wife contain several absurd and false state- 
ments, they may be true with regfard to the main 
fact. At any rate they all agree in asserting- that 
Lachlan's wife was actually placed on the Lady's 
Rock. 

Colin, first Earl of Argyll, was married about 
the year 1457, or according" to John F. Campbell 
of Islay, about 1460. He had a larg^e family. 
Archibald, his son and successor, may not have 
been his eldest child. It is probable, however, 
that Archibald was married about 1485. He had 
four sons and six daug-hters. Elizabeth, the 
youngfest of his daughters, may have been born in 
1497 ; it is certain that she was not born much 
earlier. Lachlan Cattanach got into serious diffi- 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 83 

culties, early in 1517, by joining" Sir Donald of 
Lochalsh, or Domhnall Gallda, in his mad projects. 
He stood in great need of Argyll's assistance, to 
interfere with the Government in his behalf. But 
Argyll needed Lachlan's assistance. If he could 
get the Macleans to support him, or at least to 
remain neutral, it would be much easier for him to 
crush the Macdonalds and get possession of their 
lands. That Argyll and Lachlan Cattanach were 
on very friendly terms in March, 1517,13 certain. 
If, then, Lachlan happened to be in need of a wife 
at that time, it would be only natural and proper 
that Argyll should give him his sister in marriage. 
She might help to keep her husband on the right 
track, and might also have a son who would in 
course of time become Lord of Duart. In view, 
then, of the friendly terms on which Argyll and 
Lachlan Cattanach stood towards each other in 
March, 1517, we are strongly of opinion that the 
marriage contract between Lachlan and Argyll's 
sister must have been drawn up about that time. 
But "The House of Argyll and the Collateral 
Branches of the Clan Campbell " puts the date of 
the marriage beyond all doubt ; it plainly tells us 
as a historic fact that it took place in 1517. 

The evidence brought forward to prove that 
Lachlan Cattanach placed his wife on the Lady's 
Rock to drown her, requires full and careful con- 
sideration. 

We are told, in the first place, that Lachlan was 
a monster of iniquity, and that he would therefore 



84 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

murder his wife or any one else to serve his own 
ends. How do we know that he was a monster of 
iniquity ? It is true that Seannachie in his history 
of the Macleans states that Lachlan was " a 
worthless chief," that his violence of temper and 
neglected education led to acts of " the most savage 
cruelty," and that " he did not even possess the 
negative quality of being a brave tyrant." Where 
did Seannachie get his information ? It is certain 
that he did not find it in old manuscripts or in 
official documents. All known facts go to show 
that Lachlan Cattanach was just as good a man as 
the other chiefs of his day, that he was of a cool 
temper, that he was kind to his followers, and that 
he was a warlike and brave man. It is true that 
he could not sign his name ; it does not follow, 
however, that his education had been neglected. 
He had certainly the knowledge and training 
deemed necessary for his position. Seannachie 
had no ground whatever for his charges against 
him. That he had heard some bad stories about 
him, we admit. He had no right, however, to 
convert these stories into historic facts, and publish 
them as such. So far as known, Lachlan Cattanach 
never murdered any one. It is utterly unreason- 
able, then, to believe, without clear proof, that he 
had murderous intentions towards his wife. 

We are told, in the second place, that Lachlan 
Cattanach had very strong motives for purposing 
to murder his wife. It is said that he disliked her 
and wanted to get rid of her ; that he had no 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 85 

children, and that, like Napoleon, he was anxious 
to have an heir ; and that he was passionately 
in love with Treshnish's daughter and desired to 
marry her. 

It is quite possible that Lachlan Cattanach dis- 
liked his wife, that he could not honestly pray for 
long" life and prosperity to her, and that he could 
wish to see her in the grave. It does not follow, 
however, that feelings of this kind would lead him 
to place her on the Lady's Rock to be drowned. 
The body might float ashore and his crime be 
discovered. If it should be found out that he had 
murdered his wife, the best men among his own 
followers would turn against him, while the Earl 
of Argyll would become his bitterest enemy. It 
may be safely affirmed that mere dislike to his wife 
could never tempt Lachlan to murder her. The 
supposition that Lachlan Cattanach was extremely 
anxious to have an heir, is preposterous in the ex- 
treme. When he married Elizabeth Campbell in 
1517, he had two sons who were nearly grown-up 
men, Hector Mor and Ailein nan Sop. The story 
about his falling violently in love with Treshnish's 
daughter, after his marriage with Elizabeth Camp- 
bell, is entirely false. It is admitted both by the 
Macleans and the Campbells even by Seannachie 
himself that Treshnish's daughter was the mother 
of Hector Mor and Ailein nan Sop. She was 
thus Lachlan's first wife. 

We are told, in the third place, that there is a 
tradition in Argyleshire to the effect that Lachlan 



86 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Cattanach placed his wife on the Lady's Rock in 
the full expectation that she would be drowned, 
that the tradition is old, and that consequently it 
must be true. It is by no means certain that the 
tradition which represents Lachlan Cattanach as 
trying" to drown his wife, is old. Probably the 
earliest work in which it is recorded is the Campbell 
manuscript of 1779. The writer of that work gives 
no authority for his narrative except "common 
report." If the common report in 1779 w 7 ere that 
Lachlan Cattanach had actually drowned his wife 
at the Lady's Rock about 1519, it would probably 
be true. But that was not the report. It was 
admitted that Lachlan's wife was not drowned ; 
what was affirmed was that Lachlan wanted to 
drown her. Thus, the report in circulation had 
reference, not to an actual occurrence, but to the 
purposes of a man's heart. We cannot always 
trust common report with regard to actual events ; 
how, then, can we trust it with regard to thoughts 
and intentions? 

It is possible that the Macleans placed Elizabeth 
Campbell on the Lady's Rock. But they may 
have placed her there simply to drive her out of 
Mull. They could have no motives for drowning 
her; but they might have motives and very strong 
motives from their point of view for sending her 
back to Inverary. It is quite likely that there was 
a good deal of dissatisfaction with their chief 
among them. They would blame him for his acts 
of rebellion and for bringing himself into a position 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 87 

in which it was necessary for him to support the 
Campbells against the Macdonalds. They would 
very probably look upon him as a tool in the hands 
of Argyll. They would also be dissatisfied with 
his wife, and might look upon her as a source of 
danger to their clan. It is strongly probable that 
when Lachlan married her he came under obliga- 
tion, if he should have a son by her, to make her 
son his heir, and thus disinherit Hector Mor. The 
Macleans would naturally wish that she would 
never have a son. All things considered, they may 
have sent her to the Lady's Rock, and thence to 
Lorn, just to get rid of her. If they had really 
intended to drown her, they would no doubt have 
carried their purpose into effect. 

While it is possible that the Macleans sent 
Lachlan Cattanach's wife out of Mull, the proba- 
bility is that she left of her own accord. Love 
had nothing to do with uniting Lachlan and 
Elizabeth Campbell in marriage. It was the 
political craft of the Earl of Argyll that brought 
them together as man and wife. Consequently, 
it is not necessary to assume that Lachlan was a 
brute, or that his wife was a dabbler in poison, to 
account for their separation. It is probable that 
they were not happy together and that they could 
not be very anxious to remain together. Lachlan's 
wife, then, may have desired to be rid of Lachlan 
just as much as Lachlan desired to be rid of her. It 
is certain that she must have felt exceedingly un- 
comfortable in Duart. She may even have heard 



88 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

whispers of ugly threats against her life. She 
was in no danger from Lachlan Cattanach, but she 
may have been in danger from others. According 
to "The House of Argyll and the Collateral 
Branches of the Clan Campbell," she was taken 
away from the Lady's Rock by her foster-father, 
Dugald Campbell. According to Campbell of 
Islay, she was taken off the rock by her brother, 
Archibald of Skipnish. According to the Camp- 
bell manuscript of 1779, the nurse of John Gorm 
Campbell fled from Duart with her charge on the 
same night on which her mistress was placed on 
the Lady's Rock. If, then, Lachlan Cattanach's 
wife was carried away from the Lady's Rock, 
either by her foster-father or her brother, is it not 
probable that her deliverer had come to the rock 
for the very purpose of taking her away ? Again, 
if John Gorm's nurse found a boat at the shore, 
at the very moment in which she needed a boat, 
is it not likely that the boat was actually waiting 
for her where she found it ? The story which 
states that she broke through a circle of ferocious 
Macleans, snatched up John Gorm, ran off to the 
shore with him, and immediately found a boat by 
accident, is absurd. The traditions with regard to 
Lachlan and his wife clearly teach two things ; 
first, that his wife had some friends in Mull who 
conveyed her to the Lady's Rock ; and, secondly, 
that she was met there by her foster-father and her 
brother and taken to Lorn. In 1523 Sir John 
Campbell of Calder slew Lachlan Cattanach, and 



LACHLAN CATTANACH. 89 

thus set his sister at liberty to get a second 
husband. 

Dean Munro, who travelled through the Western 
Islands in 1549, gives a very minute account of 
the islands and rocks of that region ; but makes 
no reference to Sgeir na Baintighearna, or the 
Lady's Rock. If he had heard that the chief of 
the Macleans had tried to drown his wife on it, it 
is exceedingly probable that he would have stated 
that there was such a rock, and that he would, also, 
have mentioned the circumstance from which it 
derived its name. 

We have now examined all the facts and tra- 
ditions which have any bearing upon the charge 
of murderous intentions made against Lachlan 
Cattanach. Judging by the evidence before us, 
the only conclusion at which it is possible for us 
to arrive with respect to him is, NOT GUILTY. 



18 



CHAPTER V. 
ijertor 4ttor anb Jjetfor ODg. 

XI. EACH ANN MOR. 

HECTOR MOR was born about the year 1497. He 
was on terms of close friendship with Alexander 
Macdonald of Islay and the Glens, Alasdair Mac 
Iain Chathanaich, and married his eldest daughter, 
probably about 1520. He became Lord of Duart 
in 1523. He hated the Campbells for murdering 
his father, and for other wrong acts of their 
aggressive policy ; and was ready to attack them 
whenever a favourable opportunity should offer. 
He could always count upon the assistance of the 
Macdonalds of Islay, and indeed upon that of all 
the Macdonalds of the South Isles. He would have 
invaded the lands of the Campbells immediately 
after his father's death, but was prevented from 
doing so by the interference of the Government. 

In May, 1520, Alexander of Islay obtained from 
John Campbell of Calder a grant for a term of 
five years of forty-five marklands in Islay, and the 



HECTOR MOR. 91 

whole of Jura and Colonsay. On the 25th of 
December, 1524, we find a remission granted to 
Calder for having laid waste the lands of Colonsay. 
The acts for which the remission was granted were 
no doubt committed either in the autumn of 1523 
or the spring of 1524. Thus, the Campbells began 
to attack the Macleans and the Macdonalds of 
I slay about the same time. They first slew Lach- 
lan Cattanach, and then plundered Colonsay. The 
friendship which existed between the Macleans 
and the Macdonalds was evidently a source of 
annoyance to them. They may also have been 
anxious to provoke a fresh rebellion. In June, 
1527, the Government granted a letter to " Hector 
Maclean of Duart, son and heir of the late Lachlan 
Maclean of Duart, charging the Sheriff of Inver- 
ness to command Colin, Earl of Argyll, Sir John 
Campbell of Calder, and their accomplices, to make 
no hosting convocation of the lieges, or invasion 
upon the said Hector Maclean of Duart, his kin, 
and friends." This letter clearly proves that, at 
the time in which it was issued, the Campbells 
were threatening to attack the Macleans. It is, 
indeed, probable that they had already committed 
some acts of hostility against them. 

When James IV. fell at Flodden in 1513, his 
son James was only two years of age. Archibald 
Douglas, sixth Earl of Angus, was practically 
Regent of the kingdom from November, 1524, 
to July, 1528, at which date James V. took the 
reins of government into his own hands. When 



92 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Angus held the supreme power he made grants of 
crown lands to several persons in the lordship of 
the Isles, his object evidently being to attach these 
persons to his own cause, and thus increase the 
number of his adherents. In November, 1528, 
the King and Lords of Council declared the 
grants made by Angus to be null and void, and 
decreed that for the future no grants of lands 
should be made in the Isles and adjacent mainland 
except by the advice of the Lords of Council and 
Colin, Earl of Argyll, the King's lieutenant. 
The cancellation of the grants made by Angus, 
and the power placed in the hands of Argyll with 
regard to future grants, caused great dissatisfaction 
among the Macleans, Macdonalds, and other clans. 
Some of them were deprived of lands to which 
they had a just claim, while they were all more 
than ever at the mercy of Argyll. 

In the spring of 1527, Alexander Macdonald of 
Islay, Hector Mor of Duart, and Macdonald of 
Largie ravaged Roseneath, Craignish, and other 
lands belonging to the Campbells, and slew several 
of the inhabitants. The Campbells, under the 
command of Archibald, son and heir of the Earl 
of Argyll, retaliated upon the Macleans at once, 
and laid waste a part of Mull, the Maclean lands 
in Morvern, and the island of Tiree. They also 
put a number of persons to the sword. In the 
month of August, Argyll sent an urgent appeal 
to the Government, through his brother Calder, 
asking for a strong force to enable him to subdue 



HECTOR MOR. 93 

the Macleans, Macdonalds, and other rebellious 
clans. Instead of the army which he wanted,, the 
Government sent him two cannons and three 
barrels of gunpowder. At the same time they 
sent a herald, named Robert Hart, to Alexander of 
Islay, with directions to summon him to lay down 
his arms, and ask him to bring his grievances 
before the King in person. Alexander refused to 
comply with these requests, and thus unwisely put 
himself and his associates in the position of being 
rebels, not only against Argyll, but against the 
King as well. At the very time in which the 
Macleans and Macdonalds of Islay were in re- 
bellion in the South Isles, the Macleods of Harris 
and the Macdonalds of Sleat were causing trouble 
in the North. Thus, the whole of the Isles were 
in a state of commotion. In the spring of 1530 
King James began to make extensive preparations 
for an expedition against the Islanders. Alarmed 
by these preparations, nine of their principal lead- 
ers sent to the King in the month of May, by the 
hands of Hector of Duart, an offer of full submis- 
sion to his authority. The King at once granted 
to them letters of protection against Argyll and 
all other opponents, so that they might have an 
opportunity of appearing before him and return- 
ing to their homes in safety. The men who had 
offered to tender their submission to the King 
were, Hector Maclean of Duart ; John Maclean of 
Lochbuie ; John Muidartach, captain of the Clan- 
ranald ; Alexander Mac Ian of Ardnamurchan ; 



94 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Alexander Macleod of Harris ; John Abrach Mac- 
lean of Coll ; John Macleod of Lewis ; and Donald 
Gruamach of Sleat. In the spring of 1531, 
Alexander of Islay also sent an offer of sub- 
mission to the King. In the month of June, 
Hector Mor and himself appeared before the King 
in Stirling, and "in the most humble manner 
offered their service " to him. Alexander was 
pardoned on the yth of June, and ordered to set at 
liberty all the men belonging to the Earl of Argyll 
that he held as prisoners. On the following day 
the 8th of June, 1531 Hector Mor and his asso- 
ciates received a remission for treasonably burning 
the houses of Roseneath, Lennox, Craignish, and 
others. The other land proprietors who had 
violated the laws of the land followed the example 
of Alexander of Islay and Hector Mor, and were 
dealt with in the same lenient manner. The 
Western Islands were now once more in a state of 
peace. Colin, third Earl of Argyll, died in 1530, 
and was succeeded by his son Archibald. We 
find that on the iyth of March, 1532, the Govern- 
ment granted to Archibald, Earl of Argyll, and 
eighty-two others, remission for the depredations 
committed by them in Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 
on condition that the Earl should give satisfaction 
to "Donald Ballo Mac Auchin, Donald Crum 
Mac Cownane, and Farquhar Mac Sevir." 

About 1533 Hector Mor captured an English 
ship, and for his services received from King James 
a remission of the rents and duties of the island of 



HECTOR MOR. 95 



Tiree., Shortly afterwards the Clanranald com- 
plained to the Lords of Council of the aggressive 
acts of Hector Mor and his two brothers, Ailein 
nan Sop and Patrick. Hector was compelled to 
give securities for proper behaviour on his own 
part towards the Clanranald, and to become security 
himself for his brothers. On the gth of January, 
1540, Hector Mor appeared before the King at 
Linlithgow and resigned all his lands in favour of 
his son and heir, Hector Og, reserving of course a 
life interest for himself. The lands thus placed in 
the King's hands were erected into the barony of 
Duart, and, according to the terms of resignation, 
conveyed by charter to Hector Og. On the nth 
of February, Hector Mor received a respite for all 
past crimes, the respite to continue in force for 
nineteen years. In November, 1542, he received a 
charter of the lands of Kilmichael and Kilmore in 
Islay. The lands were granted in life rent to him- 
self and in fee and heritage to his heir, Hector Og. 
In May, 1540, James V. sailed with a fleet of 
twelve large ships from Leith to the Orkney 
Islands, and thence along the western coast of 
Scotland to the Clyde. He landed in several places 
in the islands and on the adjacent mainland. He 
apprehended Donald Mackay of Strathnaver and 
carried him along with him. He received volun- 
tary visits from Rory Macleod of Lewis, Alexander 
Macleod of Harris, John Muidartach, Alexander 
Macdonald of Glengarry, John Mackenzie of Kin- 
tail, Hector Mor of Duart, and James Macdonald 



96 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

of Islay. These imperious rulers were also under 
the necessity of accepting" a free passage from 
him and accompanying him on his voyage. He 
set some of them at liberty without much delay, 
but brought others to Edinburgh and kept them 
there as long as he lived. King James died in 
1542, and was succeeded by his infant daughter, 
Mary Queen of Scots. Early in 1543 Donald 
Dubh was allowed to escape from Edinburgh 
Castle, where he had been confined during the last 
thirty-seven years, and was once more at liberty to 
assert his claim to the lordship of the Isles and 
the earldom of Ross. Shortly after Donald 
Dubh's escape from Edinburgh, the Earl of Arran, 
Regent of the kingdom, liberated the turbulent 
chiefs and chieftains who had been placed in con- 
finement by James V. in 1540. Donald Dubh was 
now ready for action. He styled himself Lord of 
the Isles and Earl of Ross, and resolved to expel 
Argyll and Huntly from the lands which had be- 
longed to his grandfather, John, fourth Lord of the 
Isles. He was joined by the Macleans, Macneils, 
Mackinnons, and Macquarries, by the Macleods 
of Harris and Lewis, and by all the Macdonalds 
except James of Islay. At the head of 1800 
warriors he invaded Argyll's territories, slew quite 
a number of persons, and carried off an immense 
quantity of plunder. 

When Donald Dubh raised the standard of re- 
bellion the whole of Scotland was in a state of 
turmoil. The Protestants and Roman Catholics 



HECTOR MOR. 97 

were quarrelling* over religious matters, while 
Henry VIII. of England was threatening to in- 
vade the country with an army and reduce it to 
subjection. The Earl of Lennox, disappointed in 
his expectations of obtaining the regency, went 
to England, and sold himself to King Henry. 
According to the terms of agreement between 
them he was to assist Henry in conquering Scot- 
land, while Henry was to appoint him Regent 
under himself. In May, 1544, an English army 
of 10,000 men, under the Earl of Hertford, landed 
at Leith and burnt the city of Edinburgh. At 
the same time Lord Evers entered Scotland at 
Berwick with 4,000 horse, and advanced to join 
Hertford, plundering the country as he marched 
along, and reducing castles, abbeys, villages, 
and farmhouses to utter ruin. In the following 
August the Earl of Lennox led an expedition 
from Bristol to the Clyde. He plundered the 
island of Arran, and reduced the village of Dunoon 
to ashes. He also made devastating excursions to 
Kintyre, Kyle, Carrick, Cunningham, and Gallo- 
way. His wrath was especially directed against 
the Earls of Arran, Argyll, and Glencairn. While 
engaged in this expedition, he entered into com- 
munication with Donald Dubh, the new Lord of 
the Isles. 

On the 23rd of July, 1545, Donald Dubh and 
his leading supporters held a meeting on the island 
of Ellancarne, or Eigg. They agreed unanimous- 
ly to recognize the Earl of Lennox as Regent 

13 



98 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

of Scotland, and to send two commissioners to 
England to enter into a treaty, through the Earl 
of Lennox, with King Henry VIII. The per- 
sons selected to go to England were Rory Mac 
Alister, dean of Morvern, and " Mr. Patrick 
Maclean, brother-german of Lord Maclean and 
justice-clerk of the South Isles." The men who 
elected them and signed their commission were, 
" Donald, Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross ; 
Hector Maclean, Lord of Duart ; John Mac 
Alister, captain of Clanranald ; Rory Macleod of 
Lewis; Alexander Macleod of Dun vegan ; Mur- 
doch Maclean of Lochbuie ; Angus Macdonald, 
brother-german to James Macdonald ; Allan Mac- 
lean of Torloisk, brother-german to Lord Maclean ; 
Archibald Macdonald, captain of Clan Uisdein ; 
Alexander Mac Ian of Ardnamurchan ; John Mac- 
lean of Coll ; Gilliganan Macneil of Barra ; Ewen 
Mackinnon of Strathordill ; John Macquarrie of 
Ulva ; John Maclean of Ardgour; Alexander Mac 
Ranald of Glengarry ; Angus Mac Ranald of 
Knoydart ; and Donald Maclean of Kingerloch." 
Among all those influential men there was not one 
who could sign his name. Patrick Colquhoun, 
brother of Colquhoun of Luss, Walter Macfarlane 
of Ardlish, Archibald Macgillivray, vicar of Kill- 
ane, and Mr. John Carswell, afterwards Bishop of 
the Isles, were present as witnesses. Colquhoun 
and Macfarlane were agents of the Earl of Len- 
nox. Rory Mac Alister was a brother of John 
Muideartach. Allan Maclean of Torloisk was the 



HECTOR MOR. 99 

well-known Ailein nan Sop. Angus Macdonald 
was a brother of James Macdonald of Islay. 

Donald Dubh and his supporters had 8,000 
armed men at their command. They left 4,000 at 
home to protect their lands against Argyll and 
Huntly, and crossed over to Ireland with a fleet of 
180 galleys and 4,000 men. They held a meeting 
in the chapter house of the monastery of Greyfriars 
at Knockfergus on the 5th of August, and drew 
up articles, addressed to the King of England, 
stating their grievances, desires, and purposes. 
The commissioners from the Islanders, Rory Mac 
Alister and Patrick Maclean, appeared before 
Henry VIII. in the manor of Oatlands on the 
4th of September, and were received with great 
cordiality. The agreement arrived at was sub- 
stantially as follows : The Lord of the Isles and 
his adherents were to serve the King of England 
truly and faithfully. They were not to come to 
any agreement with Huntly or Argyll, which 
should be prejudicial to the interests of the King 
of England. They were to place 8,000 men at the 
disposal of the Earl of Lennox, while he should 
remain in the country of the Earl of Argyll, and 
6,000 when he should be in any other part of 
Scotland. Henry was to give the Lord of the Isles 
an annual pension of 2,000 crowns, and to include 
himself and his adherents in any treaty that he 
should make with the Earl of Arran, Regent of 
Scotland. He was also to send the Earl of Lennox 
and the Earl of Ormond and Ossary with a num- 



ioo THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

her of men to invade the Campbell districts of 
Argyleshire, and to march then to Stirling, burn- 
ing, harrying, and spoiling. Lastly, he was to pay 
3,000 of the Islesmen for the period of two months 
the same sum per day which he was accustomed to 
give to his own men. Immediately after the con- 
clusion of the treaty the commissioners returned to 
Knockfergus. In the despatches from the Irish 
Privy Council to Henry VIII. we find the troops 
that accompanied Donald Dubh to Knockfergus 
described in the following terms : "Three thou- 
sand of them are very tall men ; clothed, for the 
most part, in habergeons of mail, and armed with 
long swords and long bows, but with few guns. 
The other thousand are tall mariners that rowed in 
the galleys." 

Some time after the arrival of the commis- 
sioners, Donald Dubh and his adherents returned 
to Scotland, where his army became dispersed. 
This result was brought about by two things. In 
the first place, the Earl of Lennox remained in 
England too long. He should have made the 
greatest possible haste to join the Islesmen. In 
the second place, the manner in which a sum of 
money, sent by the King of England, was dis- 
tributed among Donald Dubh's adherents, caused 
a good deal of grumbling. The money was 
entrusted to Hector Mor of Duart. While some 
were satisfied with the amount given to them, 
others complained that they did not receive enough. 

Lennox and Ormond sailed from Dublin on the 
1 7th of November with a large fleet and an army 



HECTOR MOR. ioi 

of 2,000 men, but did not attempt to invade the 
lands of the Campbells. They returned to Ireland 
without accomplishing- anything. Shortly after- 
wards Donald Dubh died of fever at Drog-heda. 
He was a brave but unfortunate man. 

When Donald Dubh was dying- he commended 
his only child, a natural son, to the protection of 
the King of England. He also nominated James 
Macdonald of Islay as his successor in the lordship 
of the Isles. 

In a letter written by James of Islay on the 
loth of February, 1546, we find him ready to 
accept the position of Lord of the Isles. The 
Macdonalds, Camerons, and Ailein nan Sop were 
willing to support him ; but Hector Mor of Duart, 
Maclean of Lochbuie, Maclean of Coll, Maclean 
of Ardgour, Maclean of Kingerloch, Macneil 
of Barra, Mackinnon, Macquarrie, Macleod of 
Harris, and Macleod of Lewis refused to proceed 
any further in the vain attempt to re-establish the 
lordship of the Isles. The followers of Donald 
Dubh were never punished for their treasonable 
conduct. They were all apparently on good terms 
with the Earl of Arran, Regent of the kingdom, 
by the end of the year 1546. 

Hector Mor made extensive additions to the 
castle of Duart, and at the same time made it 
much stronger than it had been. The work was 
completed probably about the year 1547. 

According to the Pennycross MS., when Hector 
Mor was repairing his castle, the Earl of Argyll 



IO2 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

threatened to invade Mull, and ordered all his 
vassals to meet him on a certain day at Clachan 
Saol. Campbell of Duntroon told him that he had 
no galley, but Argyll would take no excuse. The 
day before the invaders were to leave, Duntroon 
went to Duart and asked Hector Mor to loan him 
one of his galleys for a few days. Hector asked 
him where he was g'oing with it. He replied that 
he was going to assist Argyll to invade Mull the 
next day. Hector at once gave him one of his 
best galleys, and requested him to tell Argyll that 
if he should come to Duart in peace he would be 
glad to see him, but that if he should come for war 
he would be prepared to give him an opportunity 
of fighting. On the next morning Duntroon went 
to Clachan Saol, where Argyll and his vassals were 
assembled. Argyll asked him where he had been. 
He told him that as a matter of necessity he had 
to go to Mull to borrow a galley from Hector Mor, 
and that when he was asked what he was going to 
do with it he told the whole truth. He also de- 
livered Hector Mor's message. Then he advised 
Argyll to go to Mull in peace, to ask Hector Mor 
to give him his daughter in marriage, and to try 
to have a match made between Hector Mor's son 
and his own daughter. Argyll was highly de- 
lighted with Duntroon's advice, and acted at once 
in accordance with it. 

Whether Duntroon had anything to do with 
bringing about a marriage between the Earl of 
Argyll and Hector Mor's daughter or not, it is a 



HECTOR MOR. 103 

fact that they were married. It is also a fact that 
Hector Og and Argyll's daughter were married. 
But the two marriages did not take place at the 
same time. According to " The House of Argyll 
and the Collateral Branches of the Clan Camp- 
bell," the Earl of Argyll granted a charter of the 
estate of Craignish, in life rent, in favour of Cath- 
erine Maclean, on the 23rd of January, 1546. 
This charter determines the date of the marriage 

o 

of Argyll with Hector Mor's daughter. Argyll 
died in 1553. On the 26th of January, 1557, 
Hector Og, with his father's consent, bestowed 
upon Janet Campbell, daughter of Archibald, Earl 
of Argyll, " Dunnowlycht, Rannochquhen," and 
other lands in Knapdale and Lochaber. Thus, 
Hector Og's marriage took place in 1557. 

In February, 1549, Hector Mor received a char- 
ter of the lands of Ardgour. Shortly afterwards 
he received a gift of the patronage of the kirks of 
Kilcomar and Kilmarrow in Islay, in the diocese 
of the Isles, and also of the kirks of Kilcolm- 
kill, and " Kilsynnye," in the diocese of Argyll. 
In June, 1553, he received a charter of the lands 
of Ulva, Laganvalsagary, and others in the shire 
of Tarbert. The charter of 1549 made Hector 
feudal lord of Maclean of Ardgour ; while the 
charter of 1553 put him in the same position to- 
wards Macquarrie of Ulva. 

Hector Mor tried to persuade Hector Maclean 
of Coll to acknowledge him as his feudal superior, 
and to follow him in all his wars and expeditions. 



iO4 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Finding" that persuasion had no effect on the laird 
of Coll, he sent, in August, 1561, an armed force 
under the command of his two sons, Hector Og 
and John Dubh, to plunder the lands of Acha- 
lennan and Drimnin. The laird of Coll was in 
Edinburgh at the time. Hector Mor's sons car- 
ried off all the horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and 
provision they could find the whole amounting in 
value to 4,000 marks. They also took possession 
of the lands they plundered, and kept possession of 
them for nearly three years and a half. In Janu- 
ary, 1565, Hector Roy, younger of Coll, appeared 
before the Privy Council for his father, and Hector 
Mor for himself. Hector Mor was compelled to 
restore the lands of Achalennan and Drimnin to 
their lawful owner. He was also commanded not 
to oppress or molest Hector of Coll in any way. 
The amount to be paid by him for the depredations 
which he had committed was left to the decision 
and judgment of Archibald, Earl of Argyll. 

In July, 1539, Ailein nan Sop received from the 
Government a gift of the non-entry mails of Gigha 
and certain lands in Kintyre and Islay. In 1552, 
Hector, his son and successor, received a gift of 
the same lands. In 1554, Neil Macneill, who had 
unquestionably a better right to Gigha than Hector 
Mac Allan, sold his claim to James Macdonald of 
Islay. Hector Mac Allan, who was in possession 
of Gigha, refused to part with it. His uncle, Hector 
Mor, took his part. The result was that Hector 
Mor and James of Islay became enemies. Shortly 



HECTOR MOR. 105 

afterwards they quarrelled about the Rhinns of 
Islay. The Macleans were in actual possession of 
the lands, but James of Islay had received a claim 
to them from the Crown. From hard feelings and 
angry words Hector Mor and James came to acts 
of hostility and war. In 1562 the Macdonalds of 
Islay, assisted by the Macdonalds of Sleat, invaded 
Mull, Tiree, and Coll, plundering and slaying ; 
and we may feel quite sure that the Macleans paid 
them back in a similar manner. On December 
I4th, 1563, we find a letter from Hector Mor read 
before the Privy Council, in which he claimed the 
Rhinns of Islay as his by right, but stated that he 
was " unable to travel to Edinburgh by reason of 
infirmity to prove his right." James of Islay 
appeared with witnesses to prove his claim to the 
Rhinns. It is just possible that Hector Mor was 
not quite so unwell as he pretended to be. At any 
rate some members of the Council were of the 
opinion that his infirmity was only feigned. In 
1564, the Privy Council determined the points in 
dispute in favour of James of Islay, but Hector 
Mor refused to accept its decision. The conse- 
quence was that James and himself continued their 
plundering raids into each other's lands. About 
the beginning of 1565 they were both summoned 
before the Privy Council and bound down, under 
a penalty of ; 10,000 each, to abstain from their 
barbarous warfare. James died a few months after- 
wards. In 1566 Hector Mor ravaged the island 
of Gigha with fire and sword. In April, 1567, 

14 



io6 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Queen Mary commissioned the Earl of Argyll to 
proceed against him, and compel him to obey the 
laws of the country. It may be taken for granted 
that he made some compensation for his ravages 
in Gigha, and thus settled matters amicably with 
the Queen's lieutenant. 

Hector Mor died in 1568. He was a prominent 
man, and well fitted for taking his own part in the 
time in which he lived. He had strong intellectual 
powers, but he was arbitrary and stubborn, and 
could do exceedingly harsh things. His treatment 
of the family of Coll was utterly inexcusable. He 
was a shrewd manager, and amassed a good deal 
of wealth. He lived in princely style, and was, 
like all the Highland chiefs, given to hospitality. 

XI L EACHANN OG. 

Hector Og married, in 1557, Janet, only daugh- 
ter of Archibald, fourth Earl of Argyll, by his 
wife, Mary, daughter of William Graham, six- 
teenth Earl of Menteith. He took an active part 
along with John Dubh, his brother, in the plunder- 
ings, quarrels, and wars of his father. He was 
not, however, of a warlike disposition. After his 
father's death in 1568 he led a life of ease and 
pleasure, and in a short time squandered all the 
money that had been left him. According to a 
song composed by Malcolm Macleod, third of 
Raarsay, the most bountiful hand seen by the 
Gaidels of Scotland in his day was that of Hector 
Og. By his folly and extravagance Hector Og 



HECTOR OG. 107 

actually plunged his estate into debt. He died 
some time after May i4th, 1573. He was suc- 
ceeded by his famous son, Lachlan Mor. 



CHAPTER VI. 

XIII. LACHAINN MOR DHUBHAIRT. 

Lachlan Mor of Duart, only son of Hector Og 
and Janet Campbell, was born about the end of 
the year 1557. He spent a few years in the Low- 
lands, and received a good education. He was 
brought up a Presbyterian, both by his mother 
and those who had charge of him when going to 
school. He was knighted by King James. 

John Dubh of Morvern was the next heir to 



Lachlan Mor, and was entitled to the position of 
leader of the Macleans during the minority of 
the latter. Hector of Torloisk, or Hector the son \ < 
of Ailein nan Sop, was the next heir to John 
Dubh. Hector was like his father an able and 
active man. He was also an ambitious man, and 
anxious to get the management of the Duart estate 
into his own hands. John Dubh, however, stood 
in his way. In May, 1573, John Dubh was seized 
without any legal authority by Archibald, fifth 
Earl of Argyll, and imprisoned in Inchconnell 



LACHLAN MOR. 109 

Castle in Lochow. Argyll was instigated to take 
this step by Hector Mac Allan, or Hector of Tor- 
loisk. It is certain, however, that Argyll was j,ust 
as anxious as Hector himself to prevent John 
Dubh from being leader of the Clan Gillean. 
In 1574, or thereabouts, Hector married Janet 
Campbell, Hector Og's widow, and succeeded in 
obtaining the leadership of the clan. Archibald 
of Argyll died in September, 1575, and was 
succeeded by his brother Colin, a rapacious and 
quarrelsome man, and a bitter enemy to the 
Macleans. 

About the beginning of 1576, Lachlan Mor re- 
turned from the Lowlands to take charge of his 
estates. Some time afterwards, probably about 
the end of the year, John Dubh was, by order of 
the Privy Council, released from his confinement. 
In March, 1577, Colin, sixth Earl of Argyll, tried 
to persuade John Dubh, by promising him great 
rewards, to murder Lachlan Mor, his own sister's 
son. John Dubh made known to Lachlan that 
the Earl of Argyll was plotting against his life. 
Lachlan also became acquainted with facts which 
led him to believe that Hector Mac Allan was 
associated with Argyll in planning his destruction. 
On May 23rd, 1577, he seized Hector and his son, 
Allan Og, and carried them off to Duart Castle, 
where he imprisoned them and put them in irons. 
In the summer of 1577, Argyll induced Angus 
Macdonald of I slay to besiege the castle of Loch- 
gorm in I slay, which belonged to Lachlan Mor, 



1 10 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

and ravage the lands around it. Angus led 1200 
men to attack the castle, and was assisted by Argyll 
with a force of 250 men. Lachlan Mor, however, 
remained in possession of Lochgorm. 

While the Macleans were engaged in defending 
Lochgorm Castle, Argyll sent two hundred of his 
followers, under the command of Dugald Camp- 
bell of Inveraw, to plunder the Macleans of Luing. 
Inveraw carried out his instructions with fidelity 
and energy. He took away all the cows, horses, 
and sheep that he could find, and despoiled the 
women and children of their clothing. About 
the same time Campbell of Lochgoilhead, at the 
special command of the Earl of Argyll, seized 
Lachlan Mor's servant, while on his way to the 
Lowlands, and imprisoned him. The Earl in fact 
made it impossible for Lachlan Mor's followers to 
travel through Argyll, to trade with the Lowlands. 
He was in the habit of arresting them and keeping 
them in prison until ransomed by their friends. 
He was evidently an admirer of the ways and 
doings of the pirates of Algiers. In November, 
1577, Lachlan Mor, John Smollet, Ewen of Ard- 
gour,and "John Dubh Mac Charles Mac Eachann" 
seized Adam Mackay, with the intention of send- 
ing him a prisoner to Dumbarton. He was taken 
from them by John Og Maclean and his accom- 
plices, servants to Colin, Earl of Argyll. Shortly 
afterwards, George Smollet, captain of the Isle of 
Luing, was seized and imprisoned by Argyll. 

Alexander Cunningham, fifth Earl of Glencairn, 



LACHLAN MOR. in 

was among- the first of the Scottish noblemen who 
favoured the Reformation. He became a member 
of Queen Mary's Privy Council in 1560, and was 
a very influential man in his time. He died in 
1574. His daughter, Jane, was married to Archi- 
bald, fifth Earl of Argyll. William, his son and 
successor, had two sons and six daughters. 
Lachlan Mor entered into a contract of marriage 
with Margaret, the second of Glencairn's daugh- 
ters, on the 3oth of December, 1577. They were 
married shortly afterwards. 

About the beginning of the year 1578, Lachlan 
Mor lodged a complaint with the Privy Council 
against the doings of Argyll in Luing and other 
places. In the following December the Council 
ordered Argyll to return answers to the complaints 
made against him. Shortly afterwards Lachlan 
Mor made preparations to enter the country of the 
Campbells and exact satisfaction by fire and sword 
for the injuries done to his followers. Argyll, 
dreading the consequences of an invasion, hastened 
to come to terms. Two arbitrators were appointed 
to determine the value of the property carried away 
from Luing. Argyll paid the sum agreed upon, 
and thus saved his warlike opponent the trouble of 
collecting it among the Campbells. 

In January, 1578, John Dubh of Morvern in- 
vaded the Island of Gigha with a strong force, 
plundered it, burnt and destroyed the houses, and 
slew nine men and two women. He carried off 
with him 500 cows, 300 horses, 2,000 sheep and 



ii2 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

goats, and all the valuable articles to be found. 
Of course John Dubh was acting* nominally under 
Lachlan Mor's orders. Still it is probable that for 
all the acts done by Lachlan Mor during the first 
few years of his chiefship, John Dubh's share of 
the responsibility was greater than Lachlan's. He 
was practically the leader of the clan. In February, 
I 57^> we find the Government charging Lachlan 
Mor of Duart, Lachlan Dubh Mackinnon of 
Strathordill, and others, not to attack or pursue 
Donald Mac Angus of Glengarry. 

In April, 1578, Lachlan Mor seized Donald 
Maclean, son of John Diurach, son of Hector Mac 
Allan, and imprisoned him in the castle of Cairn- 
burgh. On the 2Oth of April he invaded Coll, 
seized the castle of Breacachadh, and garrisoned 
it with his own followers. He kept possession of 
the estates of Coll for some time. Rory Beg Mac- 
lean acted as his deputy and collected the rents for 
him. Shortly after he had made himself master of 
Coll, he sent Hector Mac Allan and Allan Og, 
Hector's son, to that island. Hector was beheaded 
there by his order, and Allan Og placed in con- 
finement. 

The feud between the Macleans and the Mac- 
donalds, with regard to the Rhinns of Islay, was 
renewed by the attack of the latter on the castle of 
Lochgorm in 1577. The one clan was in the habit 
of making plundering expeditions into the lands of 
the other. Consequently the losses and sufferings 
endured by the tenants of both clans were very 



LACHLAN MOR. 113 

great. In January, 1579, the Government resolved 
to put a stop to the mischievous work that was 
going on. They enjoined Lachlan Mor and James 
of Islay to sign an agreement, within a certain 
number of days, forgiving one another for the past, 
and promising obedience to the laws of the land for 
the future. They also made known to them in the 
plainest terms that if they would not comply with 
the orders given them, they would be proceeded 
against for treason. The result of the firm action 
of the Government was to bring the barbarous 
guerilla warfare of the Macleans and the Mac- 
donalds to an end. Shortly afterwards Angus of 
Islay married Lachlan Mor's sister. There was 
now some ground for hoping that the Macleans 
and the Macdonalds would for the future act with 
wisdom and fight side by side against their common 
enemies as in the days of yore. 

On April 3Oth, 1579, the Privy Council issued 
letters of denunciation and warning against Lach- 
lan Mor for his unjust treatment of the Macleans 
of Coll, for keeping Allan Og and Donald, son 
of John Diurach, in confinement, and for the 
depredations committed by John Dubh in the Isle 
of Gigha. Shortly afterwards he restored the 
estates of Coll to their lawful owner, released his 
prisoners, and probably made some compensation 
to Agnes Campbell, who had through her husband, 
James Macdonald of Islay, a life interest in Gigha. 
In 1578 some of Lachlan Mor's followers plun- 
dered the lands of " Shane O' Dochtrie of Glach." 



18 



H4 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

On the loth of August, 1579, Colin, sixth Earl of 
Argyll, was appointed Lord High Chancellor of 
Scotland. On the 27th day of the same month he 
compelled Lachlan to give pledges for standing 
his trial at a future date for the losses sustained by 
O' Dochtrie. In May, 1580, Lachlan was under 
the necessity of surrendering to the High Chan- 
cellor lands of the yearly value of 200 marks, to 
compensate for the injuries done to O' Dochtrie. 
We do not know what became of these lands. It 
is possible that Lachlan paid the amount due to 
O' Dochtrie and got his lands back. The proba- 
bility, however, is that the Earl of Argyll retained 
possession of them. Lachlan Mor seems to have 
spent a few weeks in Ulster in 1584. 

In the summer of 1585 Donald Gorm Mor of 
Sleat, left the Isle of Skye, accompanied by a large 
retinue, with the intention of paying a visit to 
Angus Macdonald of Islay. Owing to a severe 
storm which had sprung up, he was forced to seek 
shelter in the northern part of Jura, which part of 
the island belonged to Maclean of Duart. Hugh, 
son of Archibald the Clerk, and another Mac- 
donald, a descendant of Donald Herrach, were 
driven by the same storm to Jura. During the 
night these two men collected a large number 
of the cattle which belonged to the Macleans who 
lived near the place in which Donald Gorm Mor 
had cast anchor, and carried them off in their 
galleys. Their sole object in taking away the 
cattle was to get Donald Gorm Mor into trouble. 



LACHLAN MOR. 115 

They knew that the Macleans would believe that 
the theft was committed by Donald Gorm Mor, 
and they hoped that they would attack him and 
put him to death. The men whose cattle had been 
stolen went at once to Lachlan Mor to lay their 
complaint before him. As no one in Jura had seen 
the men who had taken away the cattle, Lachlan 
Mor believed the story told him, and immediately 
prepared to take vengeance upon the supposed 
plunderers. He sailed to Jura with a number of 
men and made a sudden attack upon Donald Gorm 
Mor, who was utterly ignorant of what had taken 
place. He slew sixty of the Macdonalds, but the 
rest of them, Donald Gorm Mor included, suc- 
ceeded in making their escape. Lachlan Mor's 
conduct was utterly inexcusable. Even if Donald 
Gorm Mor and his men had carried off the cattle, 
the punishment inflicted upon them was monstrous. 
Of course it may be said that Lachlan Mor acted 
in accordance with the custom of the age in which 
he lived. That may be true enough ; but the fact 
that it is customary to do wrong does not justify a 
man in disregarding the moral law. The place at 
which the Macdonalds were slain was known as 
Innis a Chnoic Bhric, Innis Knock Breck, or the 
grazing field of the speckled hill. 

Donald Gorm Mor hastened back to Skye, 
burning with anger, and fully resolved to take 
vengeance upon the Macleans. He despatched 
messengers to the chieftains of the various branches 
of the Clan Donald, calling upon them to assist 



n6 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

him in attacking his assailants. The conduct of 
Lachlan Mor in slaying a number of innocent 
men created feelings of indignation and vengeance 
among all the Macdonalds. The league formed 
against him was so powerful that he found himself 
in great difficulties. The Macdonalds were com- 
mitting acts of depredation on his lands in various 
quarters, and threatening to invade Mull with all 
their forces. They had found out that the cattle 
had been actually stolen, and stolen by two Mac- 
donalds, still they felt so indignant over the 
slaughter of their clansmen at Knock Breck that 
they were unwilling to come to terms with their 
antagonist. In the month of September King 
James wrote Macleod of Dunvegan, requesting 
him to assist the Macleans against the Macdonalds. 
We may be sure that he urged the Macdonalds 
at the same time to desist from their hostilities. 
Owing to the action of the King, the Macdonalds 
felt disposed to settle their disputes with the Mac- 
leans in a proper manner. Even if they should 
be able to defeat both the Macleans and the 
Macleods of Harris, they could not possibly defeat 
the forces at the King's command. 

In the spring of 1586 Angus Macdonald of 
Islay went to Skye to consult Donald Gorm Mor 
with regard to a settlement with Lachlan Mor. 
On his way back he called at Duart Castle to try 
to persuade Lachlan to come to an amicable settle- 
ment with his opponent. On the day after his 
arrival, the Lord of Duart seized both Angus and 



LACHLAN MOR. 117 

his attendants, and threw them into prison, where 
he kept them until Angus consented to renounce 
his claim to the Rhinns of Islay. Angus was 
also under the necessity of giving 1 James, his son, 
and Ranald, his brother, as hostages to Lachlan 
until the latter should be put in possession of the 
lands promised to him. The harsh treatment 
received by Angus at the hands of Lachlan Mor 
put an end to his peaceful intentions. He went 
back to Islay a bitter enemy to the Lord of Duart. 
In July, 1586, Lachlan Mor went to Islay to 
receive possession of the disputed lands of the 
Rhinns, and took up his quarters at the fort of 
Lochgorm, where he remained three days. He 
received repeated invitations from Angus of Islay 
to pay him a visit at Mullintrea. He yielded at 
last, and went to spend a night with him. He was 
accompanied, according to one account, by seventy 
of his followers, but according to another account 
by eighty-six. He was received in the most 
friendly manner, and entertained in grand style. 
During the evening Angus's wife saw reasons for 
thinking that her brother was likely to be attacked, 
but could find no opportunity of making her sus- 
picions known to him. She ventured, however, to 
make the simple remark, "Tha 'n oidhche stoirmeil 
's bu choir do gach buachaille suil a bhith aige 
air a threud," the night is stormy, and every shep- 
herd should have an eye on his flock. Lachlan 
understood the hint. He refused to comply with 
Angus's request to remain in the castle all night, 



u8 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

and went to sleep in one of the buildings in which 
his followers were lodged. He took his nephew with 
him, James, the son and heir of Angus, who was 
still a hostage in his hands. At midnight Angus 
of Islay, at the head of nearly 400 armed followers, 
went to the door of the building in which Lachlan 
was sleeping, and asked him to get up and have a 
drink with him. Lachlan was on his feet in an 
instant, and, with little James in his left hand as a 
shield and his sword in his right hand, went to 
the door. While Lachlan saw that it was impos- 
sible for him to escape, Angus saw that if a fight 
took place his son would be certainly slain. Angus 
now solemnly promised that if the Macleans 
would give up his son to him, and surrender as 
prisoners, their lives would be spared. Lachlan 
Mor accepted the terms offered and delivered up his 
sword. All those who were with him, except two, 
followed his example. One of these was John Dubh 
of Morvern, the commander of the expedition to 
Gigha ; the other was Macdonald Herrach, the 
man who, along with Hugh, son of Gillespick the 
Clerk, had occasioned the slaughter of the Mac- 
donalds at Knock Breck. As these men knew that 
they would receive no mercy they refused to give 
up their arms. They stood in the door of the 
building in which they lodged and defied their 
opponents to capture them. The Macdonalds, 
knowing their prowess and determination, and 
unable to subdue them by the sword, set fire to 
the building which they occupied. Both of them 



LACHLAN MOR. 119 

perished in the flames. The prisoners were tied 
together two by two and placed in confinement. 

The day after the black night of Mullintrea a 
report was circulated in Islay to the effect that 
Ranald Mac James, who was a hostage in Duart, 
had been executed. On hearing this absurd story 
Angus ordered his brother Coll to lead out the 
prisoners in couples and put them to death. The 
work of butchery was carried on for several days, 
perhaps for several weeks. At last there was none 
left except Lachlan Mor. It is said that on the 
day on which the ferocious Angus intended to 
decapitate the Lord of Duart, he fell from his horse 
and received an injury which rendered him unable 
to go out to the place of execution. Owing to 
this accident, he spared the life of his enemy until 
he should be able to mount his horse and ride out 
to see him put to death. This story may or may 
not be true. It is likely, however, that it is not 
true. We suspect that Angus spared Lachlan 
Mor's life simply to exchange him for his own 
brother, Ranald. 

A work recently published conveys the idea that 
all the prisoners put to death by Angus of Islay 
were slain on the same day. This statement is 
wholly unwarranted. The history of " The Feuds 
and Conflicts of the Clans" was written in the time 
of James VI., and published in 1764. In that work 
we are told that "as soon as the report came to 
Angus's ears that his brother Ranald had been 
slain, he revenged himself fully upon the prisoners; 



I2O THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

for Maclean's followers were by couples beheaded 
the days following, by Coll, the brother of Angus." 
The Ardgour MS. tells us that Angus " hated 
two of the prisoners more than any of the rest and 
caused the barn to be set on fire over them, and 
that next morning, contrary to the terms of capitu- 
lation, he caused two more of them to be put to 
death and continued doing so daily until only 
Lachlan Mor and his uncle, John Dubh, remained 
alive." It is certainly difficult to believe that 
Angus of Islay spent several days in butchering his 
prisoners ; but the foregoing evidence especially 
that of the history written in the time of James VI. 
clearly proves that such was the case. 

Lachlan Mor's conduct towards Angus of Islay 
was ungenerous and unjust, but Angus's con- 
duct towards Lachlan Mor was utterly atrocious. 
Angus went of his own accord to Duart, but 
Lachlan was invited and coaxed to visit Mullintrea. 
Lachlan acted in a cruel manner towards Angus, 
but Angus added treachery to cruelty in dealing 
with Lachlan. Lachlan did not injure any of 
Angus's followers, but Angus put to death all the 
men who accompanied Lachlan. Even if his 
brother had been murdered in Duart, the murder 
of one man could be no excuse for murdering 
seventy, or eighty-six, men whose lives he had 
promised to spare. But it is not at all likely that 
he believed the story regarding the execution 
of his brother. If he believed it, he must have 
also believed that the execution took place by 



LACHLAN MOR. 121 

Lachlan Mor's orders. Why then should he have 
spared Lachlan, and slain his followers? The proba- 
bility is that the main reason which influenced 
Angus to murder his prisoners was the desire to 
weaken his opponents by cutting off their leading 
men. 

The author of the report respecting the execution 
of Ranald Mac James was Allan Og Maclean, son 
of Hector Mac Allan. Allan Og hated Lachlan 
Mor, and was ready to invent and circulate any 
story that would give Angus of Islay a plausible 
excuse for putting him to death. But he was 
under the influence of other motives besides hatred. 
If he could get Lachlan out of the way, he him- 
self might become leader of the clan during the 
minority of Lachlan's son and heir. 

Shortly after the imprisonment of Lachlan Mor, 
the Macleans succeeded in capturing Ranald, son 
of Coll, third son of Alexander of Islay. They 
had now Angus Macdonald's brother and his first 
cousin in their hands. As soon as King James 
had heard of Lachlan Mor's danger, he took active 
steps to procure his release. Colin, sixth Earl of 
Argyll, died in 1584. As Archibald, his son and 
successor, was under age, the government of the 
earldom was in the hands of guardians. These 
guardians were instructed by King James, to act as 
peacemakers between the Macleans and the Mac- 
donalds, and to procure his freedom for Lachlan 
Mor. The Campbells performed the duties entrust- 
ed to them with fidelity and success. According to 

is 



122 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

the settlement arrived at, Lachlan Mor renounced 
his claim to the Rhinns of Islay in favour 
of Angus Macdonald, and promised to leave 
him in undisturbed possession of these lands. He 
also agreed to release Ranald Mac James and 
Ranald Mac Coll as soon as he should arrive in 
Duart. The Campbell peacemakers, who repre- 
sented the King, promised Angus a full pardon for 
all the crimes committed by him. They also placed 
in his hands eight hostages, of whom he was to re- 
tain possession until the remission promised should 
be actually granted to him. These hostages were, 
Hector Maclean, Lachlan Mor's eldest son ; Alex- 
ander, brother of William Macleod of Dunvegan; 
Lachlan and Neil, sons of Lachlan Mackinnon of 
Strathordill ; John and Murdoch, sons of Rory 
Macneil of Barra ; Allan, son of Ewen Maclean 
of Ardgour; and Donald, son of Hector Maclean, 
constable of Cairnburgh. Lachlan Mor was now 
liberated. As soon as he arrived in Mull, he gave 
their freedom to Ranald Mac James and Ranald 
Mac Coll. 

The Ardgour MS. tells us that Angus of Islay 
murdered all his prisoners except Lachlan Mor 
and John Dubh. When the former was set at 
liberty, the latter was kept in prison as a hostage 
until Ranald Mac James and Ranald Mac Coll 
should arrive in Islay. A few days after Lachlan 
had been released, Macdonald of Ardnamurchan 
came to Islay and assured Angus that his brother 
Ranald had been put to death. Angus then 



LACHLAN MOR. 123 

caused John Dubh to be executed. There is no 
truth in this story. The eight hostages placed by 
the representatives of the King in Angus's hands 
would be a sufficient guarantee to him that the 
prisoners in Duart Castle would be liberated. 
According to " The Feuds and Conflicts of the 
Clans," the man who was burnt to death with 
Macdonald Herrach "was a very near kinsman to 
Maclean, and the eldest of his surname, renowned 
both for counsel and manhood." According to 
Seannachie's history, he was a Maclean from Mor- 
vern. As John Dubh was Lachlan Mor's uncle, 
as he was well advanced in years, as he was the 
most influential counsellor among the Macleans, 
as he was an experienced warrior, and as he was 
bailie of Morvern, it is beyond all doubt that he 
was the man who perished with Macdonald 
Herrach. It is clear, then, that Macdonald of 
Ardnamurchan was not responsible for his death. 
Lachlan Mor paid a visit to King James in 
Edinburgh in the spring of 1587. His object was 
undoubtedly to urge the King to secure the release 
and safety of the hostages who were in the hands 
of Angus of Islay. It is evident that he received 
a very favourable reception. At a meeting of the 
Privy Council held at Holyrood House on the 
i6th of April, we find the King stating that he had 
remitted the great crimes of Angus Macdonald of 
Islay, that he had delivered eight hostages into 
his hands to procure the liberation of Lachlan 
Maclean of Duart, that it was unreasonable that 



124 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

the hostages should always remain in their state 
of bondage, and that he himself intended to take 
immediate steps to settle in an equitable manner the 
controversies between Angus of Islay and Lachlan 
of Duart. He then orders that Angus Mac- 
donald, Ranald Macdonald of Smerby, John Mac 
Ian of Ardnamurchan, Archibald Macdonald, son 
of Angus Ileach, Neil Mackay, officer of the 
Rhinns of Islay, Hector Mac Alister of Largie, 
Mac Alister, tutor of Largie, John Dubh Mac 
Ranald, and John Mor Mac Ian be commanded 
to deliver the eight hostages in their hands to 
Archibald, Earl of Argyll, or to any of his tutors, 
in order to be conveyed to His Majesty and kept by 
him until all the matters in dispute shall be settled. 
On the 2Oth of the same month, King James wrote 
a letter to the Earl of Huntly, requesting him to 
use all diligence to keep Donald Gorm Mor, Mac- 
leod of Lewis, Macleod of Harris, the captain of 
the Clanranald, and all others within the bounds 
of his lieutenancy, from taking part in the disputes 
between Lachlan Mor and Angus of Islay, as he 
himself intended to take special pains to settle 
these disputes as soon as possible. 

On the 3<% anb lector ^or. 

XIV. EACHANN OG. 

Hector Og was brought up and educated with 
Colin Cam Mackenzie of Kintail. He received a 
royal charter, in March, 1588, of the island of lona 
and certain lands in Mull, Tiree, and Islay ; all of 
which had formerly belonged to the abbot of 
lona. He was about twenty years of age when 
he became Lord of Duart. He felt it to be his 
first duty to punish the Macdonalds of Islay for 
the murder of his father. He was assisted in 
carrying out his purpose by Rory Mor Macleod 
of Harris, and especially by Allan Cameron of 
Lochiel. Maclean of Lochbuie supported Sir James 
Macdonald. Hector Og and his assistants invaded 
Islay with a large force. They encountered the 
Macdonalds and their associates at Benvigory, 
and inflicted a severe defeat upon them. Sir James 
was dangerously wounded by an arrow, and 



160 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Lochbuie taken prisoner by Allan of Lochiel. 
Immediately after their victory the confederates 
ravaged the greater part of Islay with fire and 
sword. The wars between the Macleans of Duart 
and the Macdonalds of Islay were now over. 
Benvigory was their last battle. In 1602 Hector 
Og was summoned to appear before the Privy 
Council to render obedience to the King, to give 
security to pay the King's mails and duties, and 
to answer " touching the slaughters, herships, and 
depredations committed by him upon the King's 
own tenants in the Isles of Oronsay and Colon- 
say." As he refused to appear he was declared a 
rebel and put to the horn. The people of Oronsay 
and Colonsay were active supporters of Sir James 
Macdonald. That, no doubt, was Hector Og's 
reason for attacking them. 

In the autumn of 1602, Kenneth, first Lord 
Mackenzie of Kintail, obtained a commission of fire 
and sword against the Macdonalds of Glengarry. 
As the latter were assisted by the Macdonalds of 
Moydart and Ardnamurchan, he paid a visit to 
Mull for the purpose of procuring the help of 
Hector Og, who had married his sister. Hector 
Og, at his request, invaded Ardnamurchan and 
ravaged that district. These acts brought Hector 
into trouble with the Earl of Argyll, who was the 
legal owner of Ardnamurchan. As, however, 
Lord Kintail, who had a right to punish both the 
Macdonalds of Glengarry and their supporters, 
offered to hold himself responsible for Hector Og's 



HECTOR OG, 161 

doings, Argyll did not press his complaint against 
the latter. 

On the 2Oth of September, 1603, Argyll obtained 
letters from the King charging Angus Macdonald 
of Islay and Hector Og of Duart to give up the 
castles of Dunnyveg and Duart to him. In case 
they should refuse to comply with this request, 
they were to be held as traitors and to be deprived of 
their estates. The authority thus given to Argyll 
proved of no use to him. But the fact that he 
went to the trouble of procuring it shows the hos- 
tile feelings which he entertained towards both the 
Macdonalds and the Macleans. 

On September 4th, 1604, James Cunningham, 
Earl of Glencairn, came under obligation to David 
Murray, Lord Scone, Comptroller of Scotland, to 
deliver Duart Castle to the King whenever required 
to do so, and to see the following payments made 
to the Comptroller, as part of the crown rents due 
by Hector Og : at Martinmas, 1604, 2,500 marks ; 
in August, 1605, 5,000 marks ; and at Martinmas, 
!6o5, ,5,000. Hector Og was now relaxed from 
the horn. 

In 1603, Angus Macdonald of Islay received 
information that his son and heir was meditating 
another plot against him. He arrested Sir James 
at once, and delivered him to Campbell of Auchin- 
breck, who handed him over to the Earl of Argyll. 
In 1604 the Privy Council confined him as a 
prisoner in the royal castle of Blackness. He 
tried twice to escape, but did not succeed. In 1607 

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1 62 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Argyll obtained from King- James a charter of all 
those lands in Kintyre and Jura, which had been 
forfeited by Angus Macdonald of I slay. One of 
the conditions on which the lands were given him 
was that he would not let any of them to persons 
of the name of Macdonald or Maclean without 
the King's consent. These lands are still in pos- 
session of the Campbells. 

In 1608, Andrew Stewart, Lord Ochiltree, was 
appointed by the King and Privy Council lieuten- 
ant over the Isles. Andrew Knox, Bishop of the 
Isles, Sir James Hay of Kingask, and others were 
appointed a council to assist him. He made an 
expedition to the Western Isles in the month of 
August. He had a small fleet and army under 
his command. The first place he visited was Islay. 
Angus Macdonald handed over to him the castle 
of Dunnyveg and the fort of Lochgorm. He 
placed a garrison of twenty-four men in the former, 
and razed the latter to the ground. He left Islay 
on the 1 4th of August and, after a very stormy 
passage, landed at Duart on the I5th. Hector 
Og surrendered Duart Castle to him without hesi- 
tation. He took possession of it on the iyth, but 
gave it back to its owner in the course of a few 
days. From Duart he went to Aros, where he 
held a court. Among the Islesmen who attended 
were the following : Angus Macdonald of Islay ; 
Donald Gorm Mor Macdonald of Sleat ; Donald 
Mac Allan, captain of the Clanranald ; Rory Mor 
Macleod of Dunvegan ; Hector Og of Duart ; 



HECTOR OG. 163 

Lachlan Maclean of Ardnacross, Hector Og's 
brother ; Allan, son of Charles Maclean, tutor of 
Ardgour ; and Neil Mac Ilduy and Neil Mac Rory, 
two of Hector Og's principal vassals, both un- 
doubtedly Macleans. Angus Macdonald of Islay 
readily agreed to all the conditions imposed on 
him, and was allowed to return home. As the 
other landlords were not quite so pliable, Lord 
Ochiltree, by the advice of the tricky Bishop 
Knox, resolved to kidnap them. He invited them 
to go with him on board the King's ship, called 
the Moon, to hear a sermon from the Bishop. All 
of them accepted the invitation except Rory Mor 
of Dunvegan. When the sermon was over, Lord 
Ochiltree prevailed upon the Islesmen to dine with 
him. As soon as the dinner was finished he told 
them that they would have to accompany him to 
Edinburgh, and immediately weighed anchor and 
sailed off with them. He arrived in Edinburgh 
about the beginning of October. Some of the 
captives were confined in Dumbarton, some in 
Blackness, and some in Stirling. King James 
was greatly delighted with the success of the expe- 
dition. He could now compel the Macleans and 
Macdonalds to obey his laws and pay him the rents 
which he demanded of them. Besides, he had a 
bishop after his own heart. Hector Og, Lachlan, 
his brother, Allan, son of the tutor of Ardgour, 
Neil Mac Ilduy, and Neil Mac Rory seem to have 
been all imprisoned in Dumbarton. On February 
24th, 1609, Hector Og appeared in Edinburgh 



164 THE CLAN GILLEAN, 

before the commissioners of the Isles and offered to 
be answerable for all the inhabitants of Tiree and 
Morvern r the inhabitants of his part of Mull, and 
the inhabitants of the lands which belonged to him 
in Islay, Coll, Jura, Kintyre, Scalpa, and Lochaber. 
He offered at the same time to give as pledges of his 
obedience such of his sons or brothers as the 
commissioners should name. As these offers were 
rejected, Hector was sent back to Dumbarton Castle. 
His brother, Lachlan Og, was sent back along with 
him. Allan Maclean, Neil Mac Ilduy, and Neil 
Mac Rory were confined in the Tolbooth in Edin- 
burgh. On May I2th, 1609, Angus Macdonald of 
Islay was imprisoned in the castle of Blackness. 
In the summer of 1609 Bishop Knox was sent 
by King James as commissioner to the Western 
Islands to make such arrangements with the chiefs 
and chieftains as would tend to support the cause 
of law and order, and advance the civilization and 
welfare of the people. The Bishop, accompanied 
by Angus of Islay and Hector Og of Duart, 
arrived in lona about the middle of July. At the 
meeting held by him the following prominent 
persons were present : Angus of Islay ; Hector 
Og of Duart ; Donald Gorm Mor of Sleat ; Rory 
Mor Macleod of Dunvegan ; Donald Mac Allan 
of Moydart ; Lachlan Maclean of Coll ; Lachlan 
Mackinnon of Strathordill ; Hector Maclean of 
Lochbuie ; Lachlan Og Maclean ; Allan Maclean, 
brother of Hector Og and Lachlan Og ; Gillespick 
Macquarrie of Ulva ; and Donald Macphie from 



HECTOR OG. 165 

Colonsay. All these men professed their adher- 
ence to the Episcopalian Church and acknowledged 
King James as " supreme judge under the eternal 
God in all causes, and above all persons, both 
spiritual and temporal." They also bound them- 
selves in the most solemn manner to act in 
accordance with the following regulations or 
statutes : i. That the ministers planted or to be 
planted in the parishes of the Isles should be 
reverently obeyed, that their stipends should be 
dutifully paid, that ruinous churches should be re- 
paired with reasonable diligence, that the Sabbaths 
should be solemnly kept, and that the marriages 
contracted for certain years should be considered 
illegal and those entering into such marriages 
punished as fornicators. 2. That inns should be 
established at convenient places for the convenience 
of travellers and the benefit of the people, who 
were put to inconvenience and trouble in enter- 
taining travellers. 3. That no idle persons or 
masterless vagabonds should be allowed to reside 
within the Isles. 4. That all persons, who were 
not natives of the Isles, and who should be found 
sorning, or living upon the inhabitants, should 
be punished as thieves and oppressors. 5. That 
while men of wealth might import wines and other 
liquors for their own use, and while any person 
could brew as much whiskey as he required in 
his own family, no merchant should be allowed to 
keep wines or any other liquors for sale. Liquor 
found with a merchant could be seized and de- 



1 66 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

stroyed ; while a person buying liquor from a 
merchant could be fined forty pounds for the first 
offence, one hundred pounds for the second, and be 
deprived of all he possessed for the third. 6. That 
every gentleman or yeoman within the Isles, 
worth in goods sixty cows, should send his eldest 
son to school in the Lowlands and keep him there 
until he should learn to speak, read, and write 
English. If he had only female children, he was 
to send his eldest daughter. 7. That no firearms 
should be used. 8. That wandering bards should 
be punished. 

These regulations were upon the whole well 
observed and had a beneficial effect. Bishop Knox 
took Angus of Islay and Hector Og back with 
him to Edinburgh. They were both released 
shortly afterwards. James, Earl of Glencairn, and 
Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail became securities 
for Hector Og. They were bound under a penalty 
f ,30,000 for his appearance before the Council 
whenever required. 

On the 28th of June, 1610, Hector Og of Duart, 
Angus Macdonald of Islay, Donald Gorm Mor of 
Sleat, Rory Mor Macleod of Dunvegan, Donald 
Mac Allan of Moydart, Lachlan Mackinnon of 
Strathordill, and Allan Cameron of Lochiel ap- 
peared before the Privy Council in Edinburgh. 
They bound themselves by a solemn promise to 
assist the King's lieutenant, justices, and com- 
missioners in securing obedience to the laws of 
the land ; to live at peace with one another ; and 



HECTOR OG. 167 

to bring* such disputes as might spring up 
among them before the courts of law and justice. 
This agreement, if carried out, would put an end 
to their ferocious feuds. About a month afterwards 
the Bishop of the Isles was appointed for life 
steward and justice of all the West and North 
Isles of Scotland, except the Orkney and Shetland 
Islands. He was at the same time appointed 
constable of the castle of Dunnyveg in Islay. In 
1613 we find Hector Og of Duart, Donald Gorm 
Mor of Sleat, Rory Mor of Dunvegan, and Don- 
ald Mac Allan of Moydart referred to as persons 
who had settled with the Exchequer. In the same 
year, Sir James Campbell of Lawers tried to 
obtain from King James a charter of the Maclean 
lands in Morvern. The King was willing to grant 
these lands to him. He was to receive them, how- 
ever, on condition that in case the Macleans should 
rise up in rebellion, the Earl of Argyll and himself 
were to reduce them to subjection at their own 
charge, or else give the lands back to the King. 
For some reason or other Sir James did not receive 
the lands which he was so anxious to obtain. 
Probably the Earl of Argyll was not disposed to 
give him the assistance which he would in all like- 
lihood require to gain possession of them. 

In December, 1613, Allan Cameron of Lochiel 
was proclaimed a rebel. The Government gave a 
commission of fire and sword against him to the 
Marquis of Huntly and his eldest son, the 
Earl of Enzie, both of whom were acting very 



1 68 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

unjustly towards the Camerons. The Gordons 
tried to capture Lochiel, but did not succeed. In 
the spring" of 1614, the Privy Council summoned 
Hector Og of Duart, Sir Rory Mor Macleod of 
Dunvegan, Mackinnon, Maclean of Coll, and 
Maclean of Lochbuie "for the reset of Allan 
Cameron of Lochiel and for remaining from the 
army of the Earl of Enzie." On the 8th of July 
we find the summons continued in force until the 
loth of next July. As the word " reset" means har- 
bouring an outlaw, it is evident that Lochiel had 
to flee from Lochaber. The Government called 
upon the Macleans, Macleods, and Mackinnons to 
support the Gordons against the Camerons. Of 
course they did not comply with this cruel order ; 
and it is very much to their credit that they did not. 
Angus Macdonald of Islay died about the year 
1612. Shortly after his death, Sir Ranald Mac- 
donald, afterwards Earl of Antrim, obtained a lease 
of the lands of Islay and held them about two 
years. In the spring of 1614, Ranald Og, an 
illegitimate son of Angus of Islay, seized the castle 
of Dunnyveg, which was in charge of the Bishop 
of the Isles. Angus Og, a legitimate son of 
Angus, besieged the castle, captured it, and com- 
pelled his brother Ranald Og to flee for safety. 
He placed Coll Macdonald, Colla Ciotach, in 
charge of it, and professed his readiness to restore 
it to the Bishop. Through the influence of the 
Earl of Argyll, Angus Og was led to keep posses- 
sion of the castle, and thus to put himself and his 



HECTOR OG. 169 

clan in the position of being in rebellion against 
the Government. Sir John Campbell, fourth of 
Calder, offered a very high feu-duty, or perpetual 
rent, for Islay, and agreed to accept a commission 
against Angus Og and his followers. On the 2ist 
of November the King granted him a charter of 
the whole island. He landed in Islay with a 
strong force on the 6th of January, 1615, and 
captured Dunnyveg on the 3rd of February. The 
Campbells had now possession of all the lands 
which had at one time belonged to Angus Mac- 
donald of Islay. 

In May, 1615, Sir James Macdonald escaped 
from prison. He went directly to Lochaber, and 
thence through Mor0r and Knoydart to the Isle 
of Skye. He sailed from Eigg at the head of 
about 350 men, and landed in Colonsay about the 
1 8th of June. He went from Colonsay to Islay, 
and made himself master of the castle of Dunny- 
veg about the 24th of the month. The Earl of 
Argyll was sent against him by the Government 
with a strong force in September. As he was 
unable to resist Argyll, he fled to Ireland, whence 
he made his escape to Spain. In 1626, King 
James recalled him from Spain, pardoned him for 
all his past offences, and gave him a pension of 
1000 marks sterling a year. He died shortly 
afterwards. 

The Ardgour MS. informs us that a few hours 
after the battle of Glenlivet in 1594, Lachlan Mor 
of Duart offered the Earl of Argyll, if he would 

22 



170 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

give him 500 men, to attack the Earl of Huntly 
with his own followers and these men, and to 
bring that nobleman, dead or alive, to him. The 
offer was rejected, but Huntly heard that it had 
been made, and was greatly annoyed. He had no 
opportunity to take vengeance upon the author 
of it. Hector Og, however, was not allowed to 
escape. At a convention of estates which was to 
be held at Stirling all the Highland landlords were 
to appear. Hector Og arrived on the morning of 
the day appointed for the meeting. He met 
Huntly on the street, and told him that he should 
like to change his clothes before going to the con- 
vention if he would have time. The latter gave 
him to understand that there was no special reason 
for hastening to the convention. As soon as 
Huntly had parted with Hector Og he went to the 
convention and caused Hector's name to be imme- 
diately called in connection with the estate of 
Garbhdhabhach in Lochaber. As Hector was 
not present to answer his name he was instantly 
deprived of that estate. Shortly afterwards the 
King granted it to Huntly's son George, Lord 
Gordon. 

There may be some truth in the foregoing story. 
It is probable, however, that the real cause of the 
animosity of the Gordons against Hector Og was 
the sympathy of the Macleans with the Camerons 
in 1614. We know that the Macleans possessed 
Inverlochy and other lands in Lochaber, and that 
they were deprived of them by the Gordons about 



HECTOR OG. 171 

the year 1615. That the Lochaber lands were 
taken from them by some very unfair means, is 
pretty certain. In June, 1616, Hector Og, Allan 
of Ardtornish, Allan's sons, and others attacked 
the castle of Inverlochy, cut down its gates with 
axes, took possession of it, and drove away its 
defenders. On the nth of the following July the 
Privy Council ordered the Macleans to deliver up 
the castle of Inverlochy to George, Lord Gordon, 
its legal owner. The Macleans, of course, were 
under the necessity of complying. Lord Gordon 
became Marquis of Huntly in 1636. He was a 
Jacobite, but through spite and jealousy refused 
to co-operate with the great Montrose. He was 
beheaded in Edinburgh in March, 1649. 

On July 1 2th, 1616, Hector Og appeared before 
the Privy Council and consented that a tack of his 
lands should be given for five years to James, Earl 
of Glencairn. On the 26th of July he named upon 
oath the following persons as his chief vassals: 
Lachlan Og, Allan, Gillean, and Charles, his broth- 
ers; Allan Mac Iain Duibh; Hector, son of Lachlan 
Og ; John Garbh Maclean ; Lachlan Mac Donald 
Mac Neil ; Hector, son of Allan Mac Iain Duibh ; 
Neil Macllduy; and Donald Mac Rory, captain of 
Duart. In the same month Hector Og, Sir Rory 
Mor Macleod, Donald Mac Allan of Moydart, 
Hector Maclean of Lochbuie, Lachlan Maclean of 
Coll, Sir Lachlan Mackinnon of Strathordill, and 
Lachlan Og Maclean appeared before the Privy 
Council, and bound themselves to act in accord- 



172 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

ance with the following obligations : i. That 
they should keep good order among their vassals 
and appear before the Privy Council annually on 
the loth of July. 2. That they should bring with 
them to the Council annually a certain number of 
their principal kinsmen. Duart was to bring four, 
Macleod three, Clanranald two, and Lochbuie, Coll, 
Mackinnon, and Lachlan Og one each. 3. That 
they were to maintain in their households only a 
certain number of gentlemen. Duart was allowed 
to maintain eight, Macleod and Clanranald six, 
and the others three each. 4. That they were 
to expel from their lands all sorners and idlers. 
5. That they were not to carry pistols, except when 
employed in the King's service, and that none but" 
themselves and their household gentlemen were to 
wear swords or daggers. 6. That they were to 
reside in certain places allotted to them. Hector 
Og was to reside at Duart, Sir Rory Mor Macleod 
at Dunvegan, Clanranald at Ellantirim, Lochbuie 
at Moy, Coll at Breacachadh, Mackinnon at Kil- 
morie, and Lachlan Og Maclean at Ardnacross. 
7. That they were to let lands to tenants at a 
certain fixed rent, in lieu of all exactions. 8. That 
none of them should keep more than one birlinn 
or galley. 9. That they should send those of 
their children who were over nine years of age 
to school in the Lowlands to be instructed in 
speaking, reading, and writing the English lang- 
uage. 10. That they were to use in their houses 
annually only a certain quantity of wine. Hector 



HECTOR OG. 173 

Og and Rory Mor were limited to four tuns each, 
Clanranald to three tuns, and the others to one 
tun, or about 252 gallons, each. 

Donald Gorm Mor was prevented by sickness 
from appearing before the Council, but came under 
the same obligations as the other Islanders in 
September. He was to exhibit three of his kins- 
men to the Council annually, to have six household 
gentlemen, and to reside in Duntulm. He was 
allowed to use three tuns of wine yearly. 

On July 2i 

IM.-A in H.uU-.uvh. I 1 1- f,Mii;IU .it llio 
k.tlK- ,.| Kilh.vi.mU..-, uhuh Itn-k pl.uv -luMtly 

afterwards. He was compelled to surrender the 
castle of Moy to the Earl of Argyll on October 
nd, 1690. Argyll r uced Colin Campbell of 
Braeglen, \vnii twenty-four men, in charge of the 

i-.l-.lU-. 

Hectoi "i Lochbute married Margaret, second 

;lilr. ,.| i\.Im l/.unpK-ll . Tilth Of Lodnu II, .uul 

i< ui by her seven children, Murdoch, John, Allan, 
Lachlan, Margaret, Mary, and another dam;!' 
i. Murdoch succeeded his tuiut > I > 

t. |>'lni u-vv-ivv.l llir I. uul . vl l\-niiv ? ;>ini in lilr- 

rent from his fattut >n 1705. 3. Allan n 

lli*- l.nu!-. ,.1 V..unu..n in In.- iv. n HI 1705. 1 If 
111.U..V-.I |uli. >, .Liu- ;htvi >! l.uhl.ui M.uU'.lU I'l 
tliv l\'iK.i.k taiuiU, h\ \\luMii lu- h.ul Jvlni, Julia, 
.uul 1 i.u.'l.i. )'hii I'w.uiu- l.uivl ' 1 
|ii!i. i \\.i- ni.u.u-,1 t,> J.unv.. --,MI v>l I Vn.iKI, (liiul 

of Brolas j and Pinvola, to John, son of Hev 

, -.>n ,'t iVn.iUl, !ii-.t v>t Uu'l.i-.. .}. 

i>! KiuvKi'v in life-rent 

l ; Ki.i, . : -litvi ,>i I .uhl.ui M.u 
l I'K.i, l>\ In-, uilv- V.'.ulu-Mnv, 

daughter of John Garbh of v'>n. 1 uhl.ui h.ul 

t>\ h nu-vl MuuUvh, \vlu> .11 V-M. -v 

of time became laird of LCKMHIU Hector of 
Lochbuie died souu t..uc after 1717. 

Mil. MuuUvh,iluUvmh't I vvhbuiv, u\v.w\l 
:'u- - . M v>m his l.uhvi in i >'>. 1 K- ni.uiu\l 



Tin. M \ri.KANS 01 1 .01 HBUI1 265 



\irne, tonilh dniltflltoi ol Sn I ln<;h 

ixth oi balder, .uul had In- her lour daughteri, 

I In- eldesl ol \\hom became the \vile ol Donald 
l/.iinphell nl Airds. llf \\.r- succeeded l>\ lir. 

brother, John oi l\-nn\ ;;uin. 

XIV. John of IVnny^min in.inu-J !-..\hcl, 
vl,iii:;h!ri ,>l Duncan Maoliuj;.ill ->l Munolly, by 
\\lunn In- It.rl l.achlan .uul cllin rhilihru. 
ln\-.inu- laird of L(H'hhiiir in 1727, .mil li. 
IM.IH.I;;IMIUM| i>l' llu- c-.litc |> his 

in 1733. 

ls.iln-1 M.u-.lo.ii;.ill U.IN ,t kiml hr.ii l-,| .mil brave 
\\oni.in, .nul was highly cstivinod. Sonu- linn- 
aftei the death ol lu-i husband, -.In- \\t-nt to reside 
on llu- latin ol I >i iinn.i nl i;; lu-an, which slu- hrld 
lor life liy ii;;hl of dowry, She liveil in a small 
ibaiclu-il cottag^i and had a very pretty garden in 

front of it. She had six tenant! on hn I. inn, |,, m 
brolhris <>! tin- name ol I .ivin-su n, and l\vo Mac- 
donjralls. ller lotal rent from them was ei^hl 
pounds |ter year, to[;rlhn \\ith l\vo poniuls o| 
lobaci-o. ller tenants h.-ali-d lu-t as il slie WCfC 
their mollu-i, worked for hn, and served lu-i 
laithlnlly. Slu- sued Jdhn, seventeenth of I.>eh- 
bnie, in I 750, loi i ei lain moiu-ys whii h slu- i-l.timnl 
from the estate. On on. ion she found 

Maclaine of Scallasdale and his men collecting 
kelp belou II-.T house. S AH! a knile, waded 

out to the spol on which they were al work, nil 
the ropes used by them in j;alhermij the kelp, and 
ordered them away. Scallasdale, inlliu neeil eitlu-i 

84 



266 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

by his knowledge of law or the fear of being 
scalped, promptly obeyed, and left the kelp alone. 
Isabel lived to a very great age, and spent the last 
years of her life at Dunolly. When she was dying 
she requested her friends to send for her tenants 
in Drimnantighean to carry her body to the grave. 
Her request was readily complied with by her 
attached tenants. 

XV. Lachlan of Lochbuie married a daughter 
of Macdougall of Dunolly, by whom he had two 
children, Hector and Mary. He died on Decem- 
ber 31 st, 1744. Hector, his only son, succeeded him. 

XVI. Hector obtained possession of the estate 
in June, 1742. He took no part in the rising of 
1745. He died unmarried about 1759. He was 
succeeded by John, son of Allan of Garmony. 

About 1750 the year in which Sir Hector Mac- 
lean died at Rome the Macleans of Lochbuie 
began to distinguish themselves from the Macleans 
of Duart, and other descendants of Gilleain na 
Tuaighe, by writing their name Maclaine. 

XVII. John Maclaine, Iain Mac Ailein Mhic 
Eachainn, was served heir male special to Hector 
Maclean of Lochbuie in February, 1751, and is 
described as "John McLean, son of Allan McLean 
of Garmony." He was served heir-general to his 
cousin, Lachlan Maclean of Lochbuie, in Novem- 
ber, 1751, and is described as "John McLean of 
Lochbuy." He was somewhat rough in his ways, 
proud of his dignity as laird ; but kind and very 
hospitable. 



THE MACLEANS OF LOCHBUIE. 267 

John of Lochbuie built a large and comfortable 
house near the old castle of Moy. It was forty 
feet long, twenty-eight feet wide within the walls, 
and eighteen feet high on the side walls. It was 
begun in May, 1750, and finished in 1752. Loch- 
buie arrested, in 1758, Hector, son of Maclean of 
Killean, and Allan Maclean of Kilmory, for certain 
misdemeanours, and confined them as prisoners in 
his castle for two days. On being set at liberty 
they sued him for damages. The result was that 
he was fined 500 marks Scots, and compelled to 
pay ,180 sterling for damages and expenses. It 
seems that the men whom he imprisoned actually 
deserved some punishment. He had no right, 
however, to take the law in his own hands. He 
received a visit from Dr. Johnson and Boswell in 
October, 1773. John of Lochbuie found the estate 
burdened with debts, and certainly did nothing to 
lessen them. It is indeed evident that through 
erecting new buildings, exposing himself to prose- 
cutions, and probably also through living beyond 
his means, he must have greatly increased them. 
He had a natural son named Gillean. He married 
Isabel, daughter of Donald Maclean, third of 
Brolas, and had three children by her, Archibald, 
Isabel, Catherine, and Margaret. Gillean was the 
progenitor of the Maclaines of Scallasdale. 

XVIII. Archibald, son of John of Lochbuie, 
received the estate from his father in 1775, or 
thereabouts. He was a hot-headed, proud, and 
stubborn man, and was in the habit of using his 



268 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

tongue too freely. In 1776 he placed the estate 
under two trustees, and resolved to seek his fortune 
in America. The trustees appointed John Maclean 
of Grulin as factor under them. Archibald became 
a lieutenant in the old 84th, or Royal Highland 
Emigrant Regiment. In due time he was pro- 
moted to the rank of captain. About 1779 he 
quarrelled with his commander, Brigadier Allan 
Maclean of Torloisk, and brought several charges 
against him. Captain, or rather captain-lieutenant, 
Maclaine was tried by court-martial in Quebec, 
and suspended for six months. When the report 
of the trial was sent home to Britain, the sentence 
of suspension was changed to that of dismissal. 
In 1784 Captain Maclaine left Canada to lay his 
case personally before the King. He married 
Barbara Lowther in Boston, and took her with him. 
During the passage to the Old Country, he had 
a dispute with a fellow-passenger named Daniel 
Munro. Munro tried to avoid him, but Captain 
Maclaine kept up the quarrel day after day. At 
last he became so enraged against Munro that he 
started to his state-room for his sword, with the 
avowed intention of killing him. Munro hid 
behind the door, and ran his sword through young 
Lochbuie as the latter was passing by on his way 
back from his state-room. Munro was tried in 
Britain, but was acquitted. Captain Maclaine 
was killed on the 6th of August, 1784. His wife 
received about ^800 from the estate. As Archibald 
predeceased his father, he was not a chieftain ; he 



THE MACLEANS OF LOCHBUIE. 269 

was merely a laird. He left his estate to Murdoch 
Maclaine, son of Lachlan of Knockroy. John of 
Lochbuie died in 1785. 

XIX. Murdoch was born in 1730, and entered 
the army as an ensign in October, 1761. He 
went to America shortly after the breaking- out of 
the Revolutionary War. He raised 100 men for the 
old 84th. He was appointed captain in that regi- 
ment in June, 1775. Shortly afterwards he was 
sent off with thirty recruits for the garrison at 
Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ship in which he 
sailed was attacked by an American privateer. 
He defeated his assailant, and inflicted on it a loss 
of eleven men killed and thirteen wounded. In 
1 778 he was sent from Halifax with dispatches to 
Sir William Howe. He was in South Carolina 
in 1782, with some companies of his regiment. 
He returned to Scotland in 1784. He was served 
heir to Captain Archibald Maclaine of Lochbuie 
in May, 1785. He sued the trustees of the Loch- 
buie estate in 1791, and compelled them to give 
an account of their management of its affairs. 
He built a new house for himself about the same 
time. He furnished 100 men for the Argyle 
Fencibles in 1793. He was appointed lieutenant- 
colonel of the Dumbarton Fencibles in 1794, and 
removed to the Argyle Fencibles in 1797. In the 
latter year those to whom he was indebted tried to 
get his estate sold, but did not succeed. The debt 
due by him at that time was ^11,120. 

Murdoch of Lochbuie married, in 1786, Jane, 



270 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

daughter of Sir John Campbell of Airds and 
Ardnamurchan, and had by her eleven children. 

1. Murdoch, the eldest son, succeeded his father. 

2. John was a lieutenant in the 73d Highlanders, 
and was killed in an engagement with the natives 
of Ceylon in 1817. He was a very popular young 
man. 3. Jane was married to Captain Campbell. 
4. Flora was married, first, to Dr. Allan Maclean ; 
and, secondly, to Dr. Whitehead, of Ayr. 5. Mar- 
garet was married to Dugald Macdougall of 
Gallanach. 6. Phcebe was married to Colonel 
Donald Gregorson of Barrichboye. 7. Elizabeth 
was married to Donald Campbell of Achnacreig. 
8. Harriet was married to John Stewart of Fas- 
nacloich. 9. Catherine died unmarried. 10. Mary 
was married to John Gregorson of Ardtornish. 
ii. Jane-Jervis was married to Mr. Scott, of 
Ettrick Bank, Selkirkshire. Murdoch of Lochbuie 
died at Moy in July, 1804. He was a man of 
good qualities, and was highly respected. 

XX. Murdoch of Lochbuie was born in 1791. 
He was for a few years a lieutenant in the 42d 
Royal Highlanders, and was present in some of 
the battles in which that regiment was engaged 
during the Peninsular War. He retired from 
the army in 1812. He married, in April, 1813, 
Christina, daughter of Donald Roy Maclean, of 
Kinloch,and had by her eleven children, Murdoch, 
Donald, John, Lillias, Jane, Allan, Elizabeth, 
Marion, Colquhoun, Alexander, and Margaret. 
He died in August, 1844. Murdoch, his eldest 



THE MACLEANS OF LOCHBUIE. 271 

son, was an officer in the gist Foot, or Argyleshire 
Regiment. He succeeded his father as chieftain 
of the Macleans of Lochbuie, but not in the estate. 
He died unmarried in 1850, and was succeeded in 
the chieftainship by his brother Donald. Alex- 
ander, the youngest son, married Marion-Palmer 
Sands, by whom he had one son, Alexander. 
Elizabeth, the third daughter, was married to Dr. 
Mackenzie. 

XXI. Donald, twenty-first laird of Lochbuie, 
was born in 1816. He went to Batavia in Java, 
entered into business as a merchant, and amassed 
quite a fortune. He purchased the estate of Loch- 
buie from those who held it for debt, and thus 
fortunately saved it from passing out of the hands 
of the descendants of Hector Reaganach. All 
the Macleans and Maclaines on earth have reason 
to be thankful for Donald's energy and prosperity, 
and his success in getting possession of the lands 
of his forefathers. May they remain in the hands 
of his descendants as long as Scotland must have 
lairds. Donald made a number of valuable im- 
provements on his estate, and was highly respected 
by his tenants. He was, like his ancestors before 
him from the time of Hector Odhar, a firm 
adherent of the Presbyterian Church. 

Donald of Lochbuie married, in 1844, Emilie- 
Guillaumine, daughter of Charles-Antoine Vincent, 
and had by her four children, Murdoch-Gillian, 
Antoine, Emilie-Guillaumine, Rosa-Elizabeth, and 
Christina-Sarah. He died on October i2th, 1863. 



272 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

He was succeeded by his elder son, Murdoch- 
Gillian. Emilie-Guillaumine, his eldest daughter, 
was married to Frederick Campbell. 

XXII. Murdoch-Gillian Maclaine, twenty-sec- 
ond laird of Lochbuie, is the present chieftain of 
the Maclaines of Lochbuie. He was born in 
Batavia on September ist, 1845, and came to 
Scotland with his father in 1853. He entered the 
6th regiment of dragoon guards in 1864, and at- 
tained the rank of captain. He married, in June, 
1869, Catherine-Marianna, youngest daughter of 
Salis Schwabe, of Glengyrth, Anglesey, and has 
seven children by her, Kathlein-Emilie, Mabel- 
Julia, Edith-Jane, Kenneth-Douglas-Lorn, and 
Ranald-Gillian. He belongs to the Episcopalian 
Church. 

THE MACLEANS OF SCALLASDALE. 

Murdoch, son of Hector, fourth of Lochbuie, 
was the first Maclean of Scallasdale. He married 
a daughter of Stewart of Appin. In 1785 there 
were four brothers in Mull who were descended 
from him in the male line. Their names were, 
John, Lachlan, Malcolm, and Hugh. John went 
to Glasgow, started in the cotton business, and 
built up quite an industry ; but failed in the great 
financial crisis of 1825. Lachlan studied medicine, 
and settled in London. He married a Miss Goring. 
Hugh came to America, settled in Georgia, and 
became a successful planter. He had a daughter 
who became somewhat noted in the Civil War. 



THE MACLEANS OF UISKEN. 273 

John, eldest son of the first of the four brothers, was 
born in Glasgow. He married Isabella Findlay, 
of Rothes, came to America, and settled in On- 
tario. William F. Maclean, eldest son of John, 
was born in Ancaster, Ontario, in 1854. He 
graduated at the University of Toronto in 1880, 
and in the same year established "The World," 
an independent Conservative journal, which is 
published in Toronto. He was elected to the 
House of Commons in May, 1892. 

THE MACLEANS OF UISKEN. 

We find in 1656 Duncan Maclean, son of Pat- 
rick, son of John, described as servant to Murdoch 
Maclean of Lochbuie. This Duncan was in all 
probability the father of Angus Maclean of 
Assapol. Angus married Elizabeth, daughter of 
Duncan Campbell of Dunstaffnage, and had four 
children by her, Duncan, Marion, Catherine, and 
Mary. Duncan lived at Uisken in Mull. He 
married Mary, daughter of John Maclean of Gru- 
lin, by whom he had four sons, Alexander, John, 
Archibald, and Duncan. Duncan died in 1770. 
Alexander, the eldest of his sons, was lieutenant- 
colonel of the 3d W T est India regiment. According 
to his own account, he was of the race of the three 
Duncans and belonged to the family of Lochbuie. 
He left the sum of ,20,000 for the support and 
education of boys of the name Maclean. John, 
second son of Duncan, was a captain in the army, 
and was killed in the Irish Rebellion. Archibald 



35 



274 THE CLAN GILLEAN, 

was a lieutenant in the 56th regiment. He was 
married, and had John-Ralph and other children. 
Duncan was a lieutenant in the army. John- 
Ralph Maclean is the only representative of the 
Uisken family now living". 

THE MACLAINES OF SCALLASDALE. 

Gillean, son of John, seventeenth of Lochbuie, 
studied law, but settled in Scallasdale as tacksman. 
He married, in 1771, Maria, eldest daughter of 
Lachlan Macquarrie of Ulva, and had by her 
five sons and five daughters, i. Allan, the eldest 
son, succeeded his father in Scallasdale. He 
married Marjory, daughter of Angus Gregorson 
of Ardtornish, by whom he had two sons, Gillean 
and Angus. Gillean was a merchant in Java. 
Angus was minister of Ardnamurchan from 1827 
to 1841, and died at Ardrishaigin 1877. 2. Archi- 
bald will be noticed afterwards. 3. Murdoch was 
a captain in the 2oth regiment, and was killed at 
the battle of Maida in 1806. He was a twin 
brother of Archibald. 4. John was a major in 
the 73d regiment, and was killed at Waterloo in 
1815. 5. Hector was a lieutenant-colonel in the 
army. He married Martha, only child of William 
Osborne, of Knyeton, in the county of Gloucester, 
and had by her one child, William-Osborne. 
Hector died in 1847. William-Osborne, Hector's 
son, married Anna, daughter of John Thorburn 
of Murtle, in Aberdeenshire, by whom he had two 
sons, Hector and John-Thorburn. Hector was a 



THE MACLAINES OF SCALLASDALE. 275 

lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery. He was 
taken prisoner at the battle of Maiward, kept for 
a month in Ayoub Khan's camp, and murdered 
a few minutes before General Roberts entered 
Candahar, on September ist, 1880. John-Thor- 
burn inherited through his mother the property of 
Murtle. He died without issue in 1892. 6. Alicia, 
eldest daughter of Gillean of Scallasdale, was 
married to John Wood, Edinburgh. 7. Julianna 
was married to Thomas Ross, by whom she had 
Mary, authoress of " Banners are waving* o'er 
Morvern's dark heath." 8. Flora died unmarried. 
9. Mary died unmarried. 10. Margaret-Ann was 
married to William Craig in Edinburgh. 

Archibald Maclaine, second son of Gillean of 
Scallasdale, was born on January i3th, 1777. He 
entered the army in early life, and was a captain 
in the 94th regiment in 1810. In that year he 
greatly distinguished himself by his gallant defence 
of Fort Matagorda for fifty-five days, with only 
155 men, against 8,000 men under Marshal Soult. 
For his services on this occasion he was knighted, 
and promoted to the rank of major in the 87th 
regiment. He was for some time lieutenant-colonel 
of the 7th West India regiment. He married, in 
1823, Elizabeth Bridges. He died, without issue, 
in March, 1861. He was at the time of his death 
a lieutenant-general. 



CHAPTER XII. 
gmcnbants 0f lerlach ^flat lector. 

I. THE MACLEANS OF URCHART. 

I. TERLACH MAC HECTOR, or Tearlach Mac 
Eachainn, was the progenitor of the Macleans of 
Urchart, Kingerloch, Dochgarroch, and Knock. 
He was the eldest son of Hector Reaganach, first 
Maclean of Lochbuie. It is said that he possessed 
Ardmeanach in Mull, Kilmalieu in Morvern, and 
Balmaccaan, or Baile-Mhic-Eachainn, and other 
lands in Glenurchart. He was constable of Urch- 
art Castle from 1394 to 1411. Tradition affirms 
that the castle of Bona, Caisteal Spioradan, near 
the lower end of Lochness, was built by him. He 
seems to have married either a daughter of Ferchar 
Mackintosh, chief of the Mackintoshes, or of 
Ferchar Cumming of Altyre, probably a daughter 
of the former. He had a son named Ferchar. 

II. Ferchar Mac Terlach seems to have prede- 
ceased his father. He left two children, Terlach 
and a daughter. The daughter was married to 



THE MACLEANS OF URCHART. 277 

Rory Macneil of Barra, by whom she had Gilleo- 
nan, and other children. 

III. Terlach Mac Ferchar was a warlike and 
prominent man. He witnessed a charter in favour 
of his youthful nephew, Gilleonan Macneil, in 
1427. He was a prisoner in Tantallon Castle in 
1431, and had for companions the Lord of the 
Isles, Lachlan Bronnach of Duart, Torquil Mac- 
neill, and " Duncan Persoun," apparently Duncan 
Macpherson, chief of the Macphersons, and son-in- 
law of Ferchar Mackintosh. In 1439 Lachlan 
Bronnach, Terlach Mac Ferchar, and Hector Mac 
Terlach witnessed an obligation given by Alexander 
of the Isles to Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath. 
It is evident that Terlach Mac Ferchar was a de- 
voted follower of Lachlan Bronnach ; and it is just 
possible that he derived some benefit in the way of 
getting lands, from the marriage of the latter with 
Mar's daug-hter. He had three sons, Hector Buie, 
Lachlan, and Donald. Lachlan was killed at the 
battle of Park in 1484. Donald had a daughter 
named Anna, who was prioress of lona, and died 
in 1511. 

IV. Hector Buie was chamberlain of Urchart 
in June, 1440. He became constable of Urchart 
Castle in 1454, and entertained John, Lord of the 
Isles, there in 1466. 

In Hector Buie's time the Camerons and Ken- 
nedies of Lochaber were in the habit of making 
raids into Glenmoriston and Glenurchart, and 
carrying off the cattle. But Hector Buie was not 



278 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

a man to be trifled with ; he entered Lochaber, 
plundered the country, and carried off Cameron of 
Glen-nevis andothersasprisoners. Lochiel pursued 
him with a strong force, and succeeded in capturing 
several of his followers, among whom were two 
of his sons. On arriving at Castle Bona, Lochiel 
demanded the release of the prisoners in Hector 
Buie's hands, and at the same time threatened, in 
case of refusal, to hang the prisoners in his own 
hands. The end was that each of them hanged 
all the prisoners that he had taken. According to 
the "Memoirs of Lochiel," Hector Buie refused 
to exchange prisoners, and killed all the captives 
in his hands. Provoked by Hector's savage con- 
duct, Lochiel retaliated by hanging in front of the 
castle, Hector's sons, and the other men whom he 
had captured. According to the " History of the 
Clan Terlach," Hector Buie who had a much 
larger number of prisoners than his opponent 
offered to make a fair exchange, but refused to 
comply in full with Lochiel's demands. Owing to 
this refusal the latter hanged Hector's two sons. 
Hector took immediate vengeance by putting all 
his prisoners to death. It may be safely taken for 
granted that so far as moral qualities were con- 
cerned, Hector Buie and Lochiel stood on the 
same level ; they were both, no doubt, capable of 
committing very cruel deeds. Tradition assures 
us that ever after the hangings and murders caused 
by them, the castle of Bona was haunted by noisy 
and troublesome ghosts. It seems that it became 
a very unpleasant place to live in. 



THE MACLEANS OF KINGERLOCH. 279 

It is asserted that Hector Buie married, first, 
a daughter of Allan Mac Rory of Moydart ; 
secondly, Margaret, daughter of Malcolm Beg 
Mackintosh ; and, thirdly, a daughter of Hugh 
Fraser, Lord Lovat. It is also said that he had six 
sons, Allan Dubh, Neil, Ewen, Terlach, Ferchar, 
and Alexander. Three of his sons survived him, 
Ewen, Terlach, and Ferchar. Ewen became laird 
of Kingerloch. Terlach and Ferchar appear as 
witnesses in 1498. Terlach was rector of Killin- 
dyke in the diocese of Lismore in 1542. Ferchar 
was Bishop of the Isles in 1529. He resigned his 
bishopric in 1544. It is said that he was killed at 
the battle of Pinkie in 1547. According to the 
"History of the Clan Terlach," he left six children: 
Roderick, Dean of the Isles ; Donald, tacksman 
of Dochgarroch ; James, priest of Glenurchart ; 
Mary, prioress of lona in 1548 ; and a daughter 
who was married to Rory Mor Mackenzie, first of 
Achilty. 

II. THE MACLEANS OF KINGERLOCH. 

i. Ewen, first Maclean of Kingerloch, must 
have been born between 1450 and 1455. He held 
possession of the Maclean lands in Urchart only 
for a few years. On July ist, 1476, James III. 
deprived John, fourth Lord of the Isles, of the 
earldom of Ross, and placed the castle and lands 
of Urchart, and also the lands of Glenmoriston, 
in charge of George Gordon, second Earl of 
Huntly. Huntly appointed Hugh Rose of Kil- 



280 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

ravock as his chamberlain, and also as constable 
of Urchart Castle. Ewen Maclean resolved to 
hold his lands by the sword, and was supported 
by the Clann Mhic Uidhein of Glenurchart, the 
Macdonalds of Glenmoriston, and Duncan Mack- 
intosh, captain of the Clan Chattan. In March, 
1479, Duncan Mackintosh and Hugh Rose agreed 
to submit to arbitration all matters in dispute be- 
tween them. The arbitrators decided in favour of 
Rose, and decreed that he was entitled to possess 
in peace the lands which Ewen Maclean claimed. 
As Ewen had nothing to do with the appointment 
of the arbitrators he refused to be bound by their 
decision. He was deserted by the chief of the 
Mackintoshes, but was still supported by the 
Clann Mhic Uidhein and the Macdonalds of 
Glenmoriston. He had also a good friend in 
Lachlan Badenoch, second son of Malcolm Beg 
Mackintosh. In June, 1482, Hugh Rose was in 
so much trouble that he was glad to give up 
all connection with Urchart and Glenmoriston. 
Huntly appointed Sir Duncan Grant of Freuchie 
in his place. In 1509 Sir Duncan became pro- 
prietor both of Glenurchart and Glenmoriston. 
In the same year James IV. granted to Ewen 
Maclean a charter of Kilmalieu, Blaaich, and other 
lands. It is probable that the lands thus granted 
to him had belonged to his father. They were 
erected into the barony of Kingerloch in 1530. 

Ewen of Kingerloch was evidently a resolute 
and active man. He supported Donald Dubh in 



THE MACLEANS OF KINGERLOCH. 281 

1513. He had apparently three sons, Hector, 
Allan Mor, and Ferchar. Allan Mor was put to 
death by Sir Duncan Grant in 1498, Ferchar 
was slain by one of Sir Duncan's followers about 
1510. Ewen died some time after 1530. He was 
succeeded by Donald, who was probably his 
grandson, and a son of Hector, 

II. Donald was laird of Kingerloch in 1545. 
He married Jean, daughter of Lachlan Beg 
Mackintosh by his wife, Jean, daughter of Sir 
Alexander Gordon of Lochinvar. 

III. Hector, son of Donald, was laird of Kin- 
gerloch in 1609. 

IV. Donald, son of Hector, appears as heir- 
apparent of Kingerloch in 1609. 

V. Hector, son of Donald, joined Montrose 
in June, 1645. He fought at Kilsyth, and took 
part in plundering Knapdale, Cowall, and other 
Campbell lands. He was killed by the Camerons 
of Morvern about 1650. He was succeeded by 
his son, whose name was probably Lachlan. 

VI. The sixth Maclean of Kingerloch had three 
sons, Donald, Hector, and Alexander. He died 
about 1675, and was succeeded by his eldest son, 
Donald. Hector, his youngest son, was killed at 
Dunkeld in 1689. 

VII. Donald took an active part, in 1680, in 
supporting the Macleans of Duart against the 
Campbells. He had two sons, Lachlan and Allan. 
Lachlan succeeded his father. Allan married 
Una, daughter of John Maclean of Pennygoun. 
Donald died in May, 1726. se 



282 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

VIII. Lachlan of Kingerloch had three sons, 
Hugh, John, and Lachlan. Hugh succeeded his 
father. John entered the Black Watch as a 
lieutenant in 1739. He killed an officer named 
Mackenzie, in a duel, and had to leave the army. 
He was a captain in the Maclean battalion at the 
battle of Culloden, and fell bravely fighting" for the 
hapless Stewarts. Lachlan settled at Rochester. 
Kingerloch died in 1756. 

IX. Hugh of Kingerloch was a very intelligent 
man, and was well versed in the genealogy of his 
clan. He married Mary Stewart, and had nine 
children by her. i. Donald, the eldest son, suc- 
ceeded his father. 2. Murdoch was a captain in 
the 2d West India regiment, and was killed at St. 
Vincent. 3. Colin was a lieutenant in the 37th 
regiment, and was killed at the battle of Tournay 
in 1794. 4. James was a planter in Jamaica, and 
was killed in the war with the Caribs. 5. Hector 
succeeded Donald in Kingerloch. 6. Mary was 
married to the Rev. Donald Skinner, of Ardna- 
murchan, and had two sons : James, a doctor in 
Pictou, Nova Scotia ; and Hugh, who kept a 
light-house in Cape Breton. 7. Margaret was 
married to Hugh Cameron. 8. Jane was married 
to John MacCormick. 9. The youngest daughter 
was married to Hugh Dunoon in Pictou. Hugh 
of Kingerloch died in March, 1784. 

X. Donald of Kingerloch married Ann, daugh- 
ter of Hugh Maclean of Ardgour. He died 
without issue. 



THE MACLEANS OF KINGERLOCH. 283 

XI. Hector, eleventh and last Maclean of Kin- 
gerloch, was a lieutenant in the Dumbartonshire 
Fencible regiment. He was served heir to his 
brother Donald in March, 1801. He found the 
estate in debt, and sold it. He came to Pictou, 
Nova Scotia, about 1812. He opened a store, 
but failed in a short time. He married Harriet- 
Elizabeth, daughter of Captain John Fraser of the 
82d regiment, by whom he had four children. 
i. Murdoch, his elder son, succeeded him as chief- 
tain of the Macleans of Kingerloch. 2. Simon 
was a sea-captain. He married a Miss Noonan, 
and had by her three children, John, Fannie, and 
Christina. John died in prison in the Southern 
States at the time of the Civil War. Captain 
Simon Maclean died in Australia. 3. The elder 
daughter was married to George Mackay in Cape 
Breton. 4. The younger daughter was married 
to the Rev. Kenneth-John Mackenzie, of Pictou. 
Hector of Kingerloch died in Pictou town, and is 
buried in the old cemetery there. 

XII. Murdoch, elder son of Hector of Kinger- 
loch, was born in March, 1807. He was sheriff of 
the county of Guysborough, Nova Scotia, for a 
number of years. He married Elizabeth, daughter 
of the Hon. R. M. Cutler, and had by her eight 
children : Sophia, Elizabeth, Kenneth-John, 
Robert-Cutler, William-Murdoch, Charles-Shrieve, 
Norman, and Francis-George. He died in April, 
1865. William-Murdoch, his third son, is married, 
and has six sons. Norman is married, and has 
three sons. 



284 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

XIII. Kenneth-John, eldest son of Sheriff Mac- 
lean, died unmarried in 1873. 

XIV. Robert-Cutler, second son of Sheriff Mac- 
lean, was born in 1846. He resides in Lynn, 
Massachusetts. He is married, and has three 
daughters. He is the present Mac-Mhic-Eachainn. 

THE MACLEANS OF ROCHESTER. 

Lachlan, third son of Lachlan of Kingerloch, 
fought at Culloden in 1746. He escaped to 
Holland, but returned in 1747. He settled at 
Rochester, in Kent, England, and engaged in 
mercantile pursuits. He married a Miss Ferry in 
1757, and had eight children by her, Charles, John, 
Lachlan, William, Elizabeth, Jane, Ann, and Sarah, 
i. Charles died unmarried. 2. John was a navy 
agent. He was married, and had four children, 
John, Edward, Elizabeth, and Harriet. 3. Lachlan 
was an officer in the navy. H e died in 1 830, and left 
one daughter, Charlotte. 4. William was a surgeon 
in the Royal Marines. He was married and had 
two sons and three daughters. Lachlan, his 
eldest son, was a captain in the 6th regiment of 
Madras Native Infantry. William-Henry, the sec- 
ond son, was a clerk in the office of the Paymaster- 
General in London. He was married, and had 
four daughters. 5. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, 
was married to William Maclean of Dochgarroch. 
Natural affection would have led Lachlan of 
Rochester to call his first son after his brother 
John. But Lachlan was a most loyal Jacobite, 



CAPTAIN JOHN MACLEAN'S DESCENDANTS. 285 

and therefore he called his first son after Prince 
Charles. 

THE DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN JOHN MACLEAN. 

Jqhn Maclean belonged to the Kingerloch 
branch of the Macleans, and was born in 1753. 
He was captain of a vessel in the mercantile service 
of Anderson and Company, Edinburgh. He was 
presented by that firm, in 1794, with a large silver 
cup, for his gallantry in saving the vessel under 
his command from two French frigates which 
tried to capture it. He married, in 1795, Sibella, 
daughter of Alexander Maclean of Sollas, by 
whom he had eight children, Alexander-Anderson, 
Francis- Murray, Sibella, Johanna, Alexander, 
Susanna, John-Anderson, and Mary-Ann. He 
died in 1832. Alexander-Anderson, his eldest 
son, married, in 1837, Maria, daughter of Joseph 
Lightfoot, of Walworth, and had by her four 
sons, Henry, Joseph-John, Francis-William, and 
Septimus. Henry married, in 1864, Marion, 
daughter of James Abernethy, of Whiteness, by 
whom he had five children, Alexander, Harry- 
Abernethy, Francis- John, Edith- Marion, and 
Anne-Alice. Alexander was educated at Oxford. 
He resides in London, and is an artist by profes- 
sion. Francis-William, third son of Alexander- 
Anderson, studied law, and is now Chief Justice of 
Bengal. He was knighted a few years ago. He 
is married, and has one son, Montague. 



286 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

III. THE MACLEANS OF DOCHGARROCH. 

I. Donald, son of Ferchar, son of Hector, son 
of Terlach, was the first Maclean of Dochgarroch. 
He settled there as tacksman in 1557. He received 
from the Bishop of the Isles a legal claim to the 
island of Raasay and a part of Troternish in Skye. 
As he was not able to obtain possession of these 
lands, his claim to them was of no use to him. He 
married, first, a daughter of the laird of Grant, and 
had by her four children, Alexander, John, Hector, 
and Elizabeth. He married, secondly, a Mackenzie 
woman, and had a son named Donald by her. 
Alexander succeeded his father in Dochgarroch. 
It is said that John was an officer under Gustavus 
Adolphus, and that he was killed at Altenburgh 
about the year 1632. Hector lived at Culcabok, 
and married, about 1621, Margaret, daughter of 
Paul Macpherson of Lonnie. Elizabeth was 
married to Walter Urquhart, sheriff of Cromarty. 
Donald of Dochgarroch died some time after 1606. 
According to the " History of the Clan Terlach," 
he was the second son of Bishop Ferchar, son of 
Hector Buie of Urchart. 

II. Alexander of Dochgarroch was a man of 
good business capacity, and was in very prosperous 
circumstances. It is said that he was at the battle 
of Glenlivet in 1594. In 1609 he entered into a 
bond of manrent with Mackintosh, captain of the 
Clan Chattan. He purchased the lands of Doch- 
garroch and Dochnalurg from the Earls of Enzie 



THE MACLEANS OF DOCHGARROCH. 287 

and Huntly, and obtained a feu charter of them 
in May, 1623. It is said that he was married 
three times: first, to a daughter of Maclean of 
Kingerloch; secondly, to Margaret Grant, daughter 
of Grant of Glenmoriston ; and, thirdly, to Anna- 
bella, daughter of Andrew Munro of Daan. He 
married his last wife in 1628. He had at least 
four sons and three daughters, i. John, the eldest 
son, succeeded his father. 2. Charles settled in 
Culbokie. 3. David lived in Buntaite. He was a 
captain in Colonel Strachan's regiment, and was 
killed at Red Castle in a skirmish with some 
of Montrose's followers. He left a son named 
Hector, who had a son named Lachlan. Lachlan 
fought under Dundee at Killiecrankie in 1689. He 
settled some time afterwards at Droughty Ferry. 

4. James, the fourth son, was born about 1630. 
He was a medical doctor, and was at one time 
provost of Inverness. He married Alice, daugh- 
ter of Captain Kenneth Mackenzie, of Suddie. 

5. Agnes, the eldest daughter, was married in 
1614 to William Baillie, of the Dunain family. 

6. Marion was married to William Baillie of Doch- 
four. 7. Janet w r as married, first, in 1625, to 
James Cumming of Dalshangie ; and, secondly, 
to James Grant of Sheuglie. 

III. John of Dochgarroch was known as Iain 
Mac Alasdair. He was born probably about 1600. 
He married, in 1629, Agnes, daughter of Thomas 
Fraser of Struy. It is said that he fought under 
Montrose in 1645, and at Inverkeithing in 1651. 



288 THE CI^N GILLEAN. 

He had by his wife six sons and three daughters. 

1. Alexander, the eldest son, succeeded his father. 

2. John lived in Leys in 1676. 3. Hector settled 
at Dochnalurg, and was killed at Killiecrankie. 
4. Donald was a merchant burgess of Inverness. 
He was married and had at least one son, John. 
He died probably in 1693. John, his son, was 
served heir to him in May, 1694. 5. With regard 
to David, the fifth son, we have nothing to state. 
6. Farquhar lived at Kinmylies, and was killed at 
Killiecrankie. 7. Elspet, the eldest daughter, was 
married, prior to 1657, to Angus Macqueen, in 
Inshes, Strathdearn. 8. Catherine was married, 
first, to Donald Munro of Culcabok ; and, sec- 
ondly, in 1669, to Duncan Macpherson in Daltochy 
of Ardclash. 9. Janet was married in 1665 to 
Malcolm, son of William Mackintosh of Holme. 
John Mac Alister died on October 8th, 1674. 

IV. Alexander of Dochgarroch married, in 
November, 1656, Agnes, daughter of Alexander 
Chisholm of Comar, by whom he had two sons, 
John Og and Allan. He made his will on Angust 
3d, 1671. He left his estate to his eldest son, and 
nominated John of Leys, his own brother, tutor to 
his son. He died in the following September. It 
is said that Allan, his second son, settled in 
Sutherlandshire. 

V. John Og of Dochgarroch was only about 
fourteen years of age when his father died. He 
married, in 1682, Margaret, daughter of David 
Fowler, bailie of Inverness. He was an ardent 



THE MACLEANS OF DOCHGARROCH. 289 

Jacobite. He appointed his brother Allan factor 
of his estate in October, 1688. He fought with 
his followers under Dundee at the battle of 
Killiecrankie in 1689. His loyalty to the Stewarts 
and to his chief, Sir John Maclean of Duart, led 
him into serious difficulties. He was declared an 
outlaw, and was thus under the necessity of hiding 
himself wherever he could find shelter, until the 
general amnesty of 1693 was passed. In 1694 his 
brother Allan handed back the management of 
the estate to him. John Og died in 1707, in the 
fiftieth year of his age. He left by his wife six 
sons and three daughters, i. John, his eldest son, 
Iain Mac Iain Oig, succeeded him in Dochgarroch. 
2. Alexander was a writer in Inverness. He was 
a greedy and dishonest man. He died at Borlum, 
leaving two sons, Robert and William. Robert 
was tacksman of Craigscorrie. He married a 
daughter of Fraser of Aigish, by whom he had 
Hugh and two daughters. Hugh married a 
daughter of the Rev. Malcolm Macnicol in Kil- 
tarlity, and had three sons, Malcolm, Robert, and 
Peter ; all of whom died unmarried. William, 
second son of Alexander, married a Miss Fraser, 
by whom he had two sons, Alexander and Hugh, 
and also three daughters. 3. David, third son of 
John Og, was a dyer by trade. He was a burgess 
of Inverness. He was married and had two sons, 
John, and Alexander of Lochgorm. John was 
married and left a son named Robert. Alexander 
of Lochgorm was the father of David Maclean, 

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290 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

of West Branch, East River, Pictou. 4. Donald, 
fourth son of John Og, settled in Argyleshire. 
He married a daughter of Campbell of Airds, by 
whom he had Lachlan and others. Lachlan 
married Jane, daughter of Maclean of Kingerloch, 
by whom he had six children, Donald, Murdoch, 
Allan, Hector, Charles, and a daughter. Donald 
settled in Jamaica. Murdoch was a surgeon in 
the Royal Navy. Allan was married, and left one 
son, Charles. Hector was a jeweler in London. 
He married a Miss Miller, of Bungay in Suffolk, 
and had by her five children, Hector, Thomas, 
Sarah, Anne, and Mary. Hector was a purser in 
the Royal Navy. Thomas was a print-seller in 
London. Charles, fifth son of Donald, died in 
the military service of the East India Company. 
5. With regard to Lachlan, fifth son of John Og, 
we have no information. 6. Ferchar, or Farquhar, 
the seventh son, was a man of roving habits. It is 
not known what became of him. 7. Janet, eldest 
daughter of John Og, was married in 1723 to 
William Mackintosh, son of Duncan, son of 
William of Borlum. She had one son, Alexander 
Mackintosh, a sea-captain. 8. Margaret was 
married in 1725 to William, son of John Grant of 
Corriemonie. 9. Annie was married to James Ross, 
a notary in Edinburgh, and had two children, 
Peter and Mary. 

VI. John of Dochgarroch, Iain Mac Iain Oig, 
was noted for his strength and chivalrous dispo- 
sition. Influenced by Sir John Maclean of Duart 



THE MACLEANS OF DOCHGARROCH. 291 

and Lord Lovat, he joined the Earl of Mar in the 
rising of 1715, and fought at the battle of Sheriff- 
muir. Before leaving home to join the Jacobite 
army, he appointed his brother Alexander factor 
of the estate. Shortly after his return from Sheriff- 
muir he found four Hessian soldiers plundering on 
his lands. He attacked them, and killed one of 
them with his sword. He remained in concealment 
for some time. At last he surrendered himself to 
the officers of the law in Inverness. He was put 
on trial for killing the Hessian soldier, but as there 
was no one mean enough to testify against him, 
he was acquitted for want of evidence. He had a 
good deal of trouble with his brother Alexander, 
who tried to keep the management of the estate in 
his own hands and get it for himself. 

John of Dochgarroch married, in 1710, Chris- 
tina, daughter of Alexander Dallas of Contray, 
by whom he had three sons, John, Charles, and 
William. He died in 1748. John, the eldest son, 
died at a comparatively early age, and probably in 
Jamaica. Charles succeeded his father in Doch- 
garroch. William joined the Black Watch as an 
ensign in 1 743. He married Mary, second daughter 
of Lachlan Mackintosh, son of William of Bor- 
lum. In his contract of marriage, which is dated 
November 6th, 1751, he is described as the "second 
lawful son of the deceased John Maclean, late of 
Dochgarroch." He was killed at the storming of 
Guadaloupe in 1759. He left two sons, Lachlan 
and John. Lachlan died young. John served in 



292 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

the old 84th, and settled in America. As William 
was the second lawful son of John of Dochgarroch 
in 1751, it is evident that John, his eldest brother, 
had died before that date. 

VII. Charles of Dochgarroch entered the Black 
Watch in 1743. He left the Episcopalian Church 
and became a Presbyterian. He had a lawsuit 
with the Duke of Gordon, by which he lost heavily. 
He married, in 1753, Marjory, second daughter of 
Angus Mackintosh of Drummond, by whom he 
had seven children, John, Phineas, Angus, Wil- 
liam, Janet, Marjory, and Barbara. He died in 
1778, in the sixty-first year of his age. i. John, 
his eldest son, succeeded him in Dochgarroch. 
2. Phineas died young. 3. Angus was a captain 
in the military service of the East India Company. 
He became administrator of his brother's estate in 
1789. He died at Calicut in 1794. He was a very 
promising young man. 4. William succeeded his 
brother John in Dochgarroch. 5. Janet was born 
in 1756, and was married, in 1779, to Alexander 
Mackintosh, captain of a West India merchant 
ship. She had seven children, Charles, Phineas, 
William, Angus, Mary, Janet, and May. Angus 
made a good deal of money in Calcutta. He died 
at Forres without issue about the year 1856. May 
was married to Alexander Eraser, tacksman of 
Dochnalurg, by whom she had four children, 
Alexander, William, Charles, and Mary. Charles, 
her youngest son, is the accomplished and well- 
known antiquarian, Dr. Charles Eraser-Mackintosh 



THE MACLEANS OF DOCHGARROCH. 293 

of Drummond. 6. Marjory, second daughter of 
Charles of Dochgarroch, was married to Alexander 
Lee, a merchant in Inverness. 7. Barbara died 
in June, 1849, aged eighty-eight years. 

VIII. John of Dochgarroch was educated at 
the University of Aberdeen. He received an ap- 
pointment in the civil service in the island of 
Grenada in 1775. He had an attack of sunstroke 
in 1777, which affected his brain to such an extent 
that he became permanently insane. He returned 
to Scotland shortly afterwards. He died on 
October 7th, 1826. 

IX. William, ninth and last Maclean of Doch- 
garroch, entered the 73d Foot, or old Macleod 
Highlanders, as an ensign in 1779. He embarked 
for Madras in 1780, along with others who had 
been drafted from the regiment. The ship which 
carried him was seized by a Spanish privateer and 
taken to Cadiz. The soldiers were well treated by 
the Spaniards, and in a short time exchanged as 
prisoners of war and sent to Gibraltar. William 
Maclean arrived in Madras in 1784. He returned 
to Britain in 1788, and in the same year married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Lachlan Maclean of 
Rochester. He was appointed captain in the 
Breadalbane Fencibles in 1790, and in 1794 captain 
in the 83d regiment of the line. On the death of 
his brother Angus in 1794, he became heir of 
Dochgarroch. In 1796 he retired from the army 
and took the management of the estate into his 
hands. In 1826 he succeeded his brother John as 
proprietor. 



294 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

William of Dochgarroch was a careless and 
imprudent man, and got deeply into debt. In 
January, 1832, the estate was sold by the creditors, 
and purchased by Evan Baillie of Dochfour, who, 
it is said, had been looking upon it with a covetous 
eye for a long time. The price paid for it was 
.10,000. Allan Maclean, William's son, had a 
lease on the mansion at the time of the sale. As 
soon as the lease expired, which was in 1839, 
William had to leave the house of his forefathers. 
He died at Clach-na-harry, in a house which be- 
longed to the canal engineer, on November 24th, 
1841. He was eighty years of age. He left 
three sons, Allan, Charles-Maxw r ell, and William. 
Allan succeeded him in the representation of the 
Dochgarroch family. Charles- Maxwell was born 
in 1791, and joined the 72d in 1807. He was 
appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 3d West India 
regiment in 1850. He retired from active service 
in 1852, and settled at Woodside, Fortrose. He 
married, in 1823, Sarah- Amelia, daughter of 
Samuel Marshall, by whom he had one child, 
Charlotte-Amelia. He wrote a history of the Clan 
Terlach, a useful but exceedingly inaccurate work. 
He was a gentlemanly and honourable man. He 
died in December, 1864, and was buried with his 
forefathers in the Old Greyfriars churchyard in 
Inverness. William, third son of William of 
Dochgarroch, was for some time a clerk in the 
Royal Dock Yard at Sheerness. He was after- 
wards connected with the Imperial Fire Office, 



THE MACLEANS OF CULBOKIE. 295 

Cornhill. He lived, during his later years, at 
Maize Hill, Greenwich Park. He married Eliza- 
beth, only daughter of Dr. Thomas Henderson, 
in the island of Dominica, and had by her three 
children, William-Thomas-Henderson, Allan, and 
Marion. He died in October, 1841. His eldest 
son was for some time a subaltern in the 78th 
Highlanders. 

X. Allan Maclean, eldest son of William of 
Dochgarroch, was born in 1790. He died unmar- 
ried, at the old house of Drummond, in 1876. He 
was succeeded as representative of the Macleans 
of Dochgarroch, by Allan, second son of his 
brother William. 

XI. Allan married, in 1871, Marion, daughter 
of the Rev. Edward Guilie, vicar of St. Luke's, 
Jersey, by whom he has two sons and one daughter, 
Allan-Mackintosh, Hector, and Jessie. He is a 
life member of the Maclean Association, and lives 
at Brighton, England. His sons are both minis- 
ters of the Church of England. 

THE MACLEANS OF CULBOKIE. 

Charles, second son of Alexander, second of 
Dochgarroch, settled in Culbokie. He married, in 
1625, a Miss Cumming, probably a daughter of 
Cumming of Dalshangie, and received a marriage 
portion of 1,000 marks with her. He had a large 
family. One of his grandsons in the male line had 
two sons, Simon of Kinmylies, and Charles. The 
latter was a draper in Inverness. His shop is 



296 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

referred to in one of Burt's Letters. He married 
Margaret Mackenzie. 

1. Simon, or Sween, portioner of Kinmylies, 
was a writer in Inverness. He married Janet 
Baillie, and had at least two children, John and a 
daughter. He died on March 2Oth, 1754. His 
daughter was married to a Campbell, by whom 
she had two children, Donald and a daughter. 
Donald died in the West Indies at the age of forty, 
and left an estate which was worth about ,15,000. 

2. John was born in 1746. He married Mar- 
garet Patterson, by whom he had five children, 
Alexander, John, Donald, Finlay, and Jane. He 
lived in Inverness, and died in 1852, at the good 
old age of 106 years. He was known as the 
Centenarian. Alexander, his eldest son, was a 
sergeant in the army, and was wounded at 
Waterloo. Alexander settled in Limerick, and 
was married there. Finlay was a printer. He 
published his father's reminiscences, and also 
traditions related by him. He died in 1857. He 
was married and left a family. 

3. Donald, third son of the Centenarian, came to 
Newfoundland in 1812, and to Cape Breton a year 
or two afterwards. He lived at Judique. He 
married Flora Macdonald, by whom he had five 
children, John, Donald, Allan, Mary, and Donald- 
Charles. He died in 1838. Allan lives in Halifax, 
Nova Scotia. 



THE MACLEANS OF KAFFRARIA. 297 

THE MACLEANS OF KAFFRARIA. 

According to the " History of the Clan Terlach," 
David Maclean of Buntait, third son of Alexander, 
second of Dochgarroch, had a son named Hector, 
who had a son named Lachlan, who settled at 
Broughty Ferry in 1690. It is possible, but by no 
means certain, that this Lachlan was the grand- 
father of Murdoch Maclean, of the Aird, Aird 
Mhic Shimi, near Inverness. 

Murdoch Maclean, of the Aird, was born prob- 
ably about 1725. He married a Miss Mackenzie, 
by whom he had a son named Roderick. Roderick 
settled in Strathspey, and married a Miss Macbean. 
He had three sons, Alexander, John, and William. 
William was born about 1785. He entered the 
army in the 27th, or Enniskillen regiment, in 1805. 
He was appointed lieutenant in 1806, captain in 
1820, and major in 1831. He married a Miss 
Grant, of Strathspey, by whom he had three 
children, John, Jessie, and Eliza. Jessie was 
married to Major Macpherson of the 27th regi- 
ment, and Eliza to Surgeon Mostyn of the same 
regiment. John, only son of Major William 
Maclean, was born at Enniskillen Castle on August 
23d, 1810. He entered the army in the 27th 
regiment when quite young, and rose to the rank 
of lieutenant-colonel. He was for some time 
lieutenant-governor of Kaffraria, and afterwards 
governor of the colony of Natal. He spent the 
latter part of his life at East London in Cape 

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298 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Colony. He had five children, William- Alexander, 
Allan -Cromdale, John- Kenneth, Ranald, and 
Annie -Matilda. William- Alexander, known as 
Lexy Maclean, captured a famous freebooter, Klaas 
Lucas, single-handed, and carried him into Cape 
Town. Allan was noted for his deeds of daring 
in the field. John married Jessie Macglashen, by 
whom he has five children. Ranald was born in 
1851. He married Elizabeth- Jane Arnold, and 
has eight children, John- Kenneth, Ranald - Mac- 
pherson, William- Alexander, Allan -Cromdale, 
Clifford- Arnold, Grace- Annie, Lillian -Maud, and 
Clara. He resides in East London, Cape Colony. 
He is a captain in the Kaffrarian volunteers. He 
has been through six campaigns. He holds the 
Albert Medal of the first class and the Humane 
Society's Bronze Medal. Annie, only daughter of 
Major Maclean, was married to Captain Wilson of 
the 95th regiment. 

According to Seannachie's History, Major 
William Maclean was the son of Roderick, son of 
Murdoch, and belonged to the Dochgarroch family. 
As this information was undoubtedly obtained from 
Major William himself, it may be regarded as 
correct. 

THE MACLEANS OF PITMAIN AND WESTFIELD. 

John of Leys, second son of John Mac Alister 
of Dochgarroch, fought under Dundee at Killie- 
crankie in 1689. It is said that he settled shortly 
afterwards in Strathdearn. He left a son who had 



THE MACLEANS OF PITMAIN. 299 

a son named John. John, grandson of John of 
Leys, was born in 1725. He got a wadset from 
the Duke of Gordon of the lands of Pitmain in 
Badenoch. He married, first, Isabel, daughter of 
James Fordyce, by whom he had Hugh, James, 
and Grace. He married, secondly, Isabel, daughter 
of Donald Macpherson of Kinlochlaggan, by 
whom he had one daughter. He married, thirdly, 
Margaret, daughter of John Macpherson of Inver- 
nahaven, by whom he had John, Alexander, and 
Isabel. He married, fourthly, a daughter of Lewis 
Macpherson of Dalraddie, and by her had Lewis, 
Alexander, Christina, Una, Margaret, and Eliza- 
beth. He died in 1808. James, second son of John 
of Pitmain, was minister of Urquhart in Moray- 
shire. He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of 
George Todd, by whom he had John, George, 
and Hugh. He married, secondly, Elizabeth, 
daughter of William Todd, by whom he had one 
son, James. He died in 1840. John died at the 
age of twenty-four. George became governor of 
the Gold Coast, Africa, in 1829. He married 
Letitia E. Landon. He died in 1847. Hugh 
was a surgeon in the service of the East India 
Company. He purchased Westfield in Elgin. 
He married Isabel Gordon, by whom he had one 
son, John-Alexander, who succeeded him in West- 
field, and died without issue. James, fourth son 
of the Rev. George Maclean, was a captain in the 
Gold Coast corps. He married Barbara, daughter 
of Harry Munro, of Seafield, by whom he had four 



300 THE CLAN GILLEAN, 

children, Hugh, James, George-Alexander, and 
Elizabeth. He died in 1877. James, his second 
son, succeeded his cousin in Westfield. James died 
in 1888 and was succeeded by his brother, George- 
Alexander, now of Westfield. 

John, third son of John of Pitmain, entered the 
Royal Scots as an ensign on April 3Oth, 1794. 
On the following day he was promoted to a 
lieutenancy in the g2d regiment, or Gordon High- 
landers. He fought a duel with Captain John 
Cameron of Fassiefern at Gibraltar in 1795. He 
became a captain in 1797. He was transferred to 
the 27th, or Enniskillen regiment, in 1804, and 
appointed major. He served in Holland, Egypt, 
and the Peninsula, and was wounded severely on 
four different occasions. He was created a K.C.B. 
in January, 1815. He was married and had one 
son, Alexander, who died without issue. Sir John 
died at Pitmain in 1860. He was at the time of his 
death a lieutenant-general. He left the greater part 
of his money to his nephew, Dr. Hugh Maclean 
of Westfield. 

THE MACLEANS OF LOCHGORM. 

I. Alexander Maclean of Lochgorm was the 
second son of David, third son of John Og, fifth 
of Dochgarroch. He married a Miss Macbean of 
the Kinchyle family, by whom he had two sons, 
David and Donald. Donald entered the army, 
and fought at the battle of Waterloo, and shortly 
afterwards retired with a pension. He spent his 



THE MACLEANS OF LOCHGORM. 301 

later years in Pictou, Nova Scotia. He was for 
some time crier of the court, and also held some 
other easy positions which suited an old pensioner. 
He died unmarried. 

II. David, elder son of Alexander of Loch- 
gorm, was for some time a sergeant in the old 73d, 
or Macleod Highlanders. He came to Pictou 
about 1784, and settled at the West Branch of the 
East River. He was a good scholar, and was 
quite a prominent man in the district in which he 
lived. He was a surveyor, a magistrate, and an 
elder in the Presbyterian Church. He married 
Isabel, daughter of Alexander Fraser, of Middle 
River, Pictou, and had ten children by her, Alex- 
ander, John, Donald, David, Catherine, William, 
Simon, Hugh, Margaret, and Marion. The sons 
were all big men. There was none of them under 
six feet in height. Donald was the tallest, being 
six feet eight inches in height. David himself 
was a big man. At any rate he was known as 
Daibhidh M6r Mac Gilleain, or Big David Mac- 
lean, i. Alexander, eldest son of David Maclean, 
settled on a portion of his father's farm. He 
married Mary Macdonald, by whom he had 
Hannah, Mary-Ann, John, David-Hugh, and 
Peter. David -Hugh married Mary Gray, by 
whom he had John, Enon, Mary, and Ella. 
2. John, second son of David Maclean, settled on 
a part of his father's farm. He married Elizabeth 
Munro, by whom he had seven children, Isabella, 
Jessie, David, Henry, Alexander, Margaret, and 



3O2 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Thomas. Henry, John's second son, was engaged 
in business at Hopewell. He married Annie, 
daughter of John Gray, of Hopewell, and had by 
her six children, Jessie, Ella, Elizabeth, John- 
Brown, Alister, and Harry-Gray. Ella is married 
to the Rev. J. H. Hattie. John-Brown, now the 
Rev. J. B. Maclean, B.A.,B.D., studied at Dal- 
housie University, Halifax, at the Presbyterian 
College, Halifax, and afterwards for one term in 
Edinburgh. He is settled at Upper Stewiacke, 
Nova Scotia. It is scarcely necessary to add that 
he belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Alister, 
second son of Henry Maclean, is a machinist. 
Harry-Gray, the third son, is a pattern-maker 
with the Robb Engineering Company, of Amherst, 
Nova Scotia. 3. Donald, third son of David 
Maclean, married Barbara Mackay, by whom he 
had five children, Isabella, Catherine, Simon, 
Daniel, and David. 4. David, fourth son of David 
Maclean, married Nancy Eraser, but had no issue. 
5. William, the fifth son, married Marion Murray, 
by whom he had four sons, David, John, Alex- 
ander, and William. Simon and Hugh died 
unmarried. Margaret, his eldest daughter, was 
married to Alexander Maclean, of Maclennan's 
Brook, and had three sons and three daughters. 
Marion was married to Alexander Eraser, miller, 
near New Glasgow, and had five sons and five 
daughters. Catherine was married to John Mac- 
lean, Iain Ruadh, and had four sons and three 
daughters. 



THE MACLEANS OF KNOCK. 303 

IV. THE MACLEANS OF KNOCK. 

I. The Rev. Angus Maclean was rector of 
Morvern in 1626. He was the son of John, son 
of Angus, son of John, son of John, a priest, son 
of John, son of Charles Maclean of Glenurchart. 
He possessed Knock and Ulline in Morvern, 
Killean in Mull, and Scarinish in Tiree. He left 
two sons, John and Hector. He died in 1635. 
John, his elder son, seems to have died without 
issue. 

II. Hector, second son of Angus, was born in 
1605. He succeeded his father as minister of 
Morvern, and was appointed Bishop of Argyll in 
1680. He married Jean, daughter of the Rev. 
Thomas Boyd, son of Bishop Andrew Boyd. He 
had six children, Andrew, Angus, Alexander, 
John, Janet, and another daughter. Angus was 
minister of Kilfinan and Cowall. Alexander was 
a prominent member of his clan. In 1686 he 
received the lands of Otter from James II., who 
had deprived Alexander Campbell of them. He 
was knighted shortly afterwards, and is known in 
history as Sir Alexander Maclean of Otter. He 
was severely wounded at Killiecrankie. He was 
taken to Duart Castle, and kept there until he got 
well. He entered the French service and was 
appointed lieutenant-colonel. He died at Aix-la- 
Chapelle. John, fourth son of Bishop Hector, 
was a lieutenant in the Earl of Portmore's regiment 
of Foot. He was killed at Kaizerswerth, probably 
about 1702. 



304 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

III. Andrew, eldest son of Bishop Hector, 
possessed the lands of Knock ; but owing" to the 
depredations of the Camerons, was forced to sell 
them and remove to Mull. He was a captain in 
Dundee's army at Killiecrankie. He married 
Florence, daughter of Charles Maclean of Ardna- 
cross, and had by her one son, Angus. He was 
the author of several Gaelic songs. 

IV. Angus, son of Captain Andrew, was a major 
in the Spanish army. He married Grace, daughter 
of Colonel Gerald Fitzgerald, by whom he had 
three sons and a daughter. The sons were all in 
the Neapolitan service. Angus, the eldest of them, 
died in 1780. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

Besattbants of $onalb of Jtrbgour. 

I. THE MACLEANS OF ARDGOUR. 

I. DONALD, son of Lachlan Bronnach, Domhnall 
Mac Lachainn Bhronnaich, was the first Maclean 
of Ardgour. He was a bold, resolute, and active 
man. About 1432 he received the lands of Ard- 
gour from Alexander, third Lord of the Isles. It 
is said that the Lord of the Isles was at the time 
displeased with Macmaster, who had been in 
possession of these lands, but had no legal claim 
to them. Donald invaded Ardgour, attacked 
Macmaster, and slew himself and his sons. It is 
true that the Lord of the Isles and Lachlan 
Bronnach were very good friends, and had been 
companions for some time in Tantallon Castle. 
At the same time it is just possible that the 
influence of the Earl of Mar had something to do 
with getting Ardgour for Lachlan's son. 

Donald of Ardgour was married to a daughter 
of Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, son of Donald 

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306 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Dubh, and had three sons, Ewen, Neil Ban, and 
John. He had also a natural son named Archi- 
bald. Ewen succeeded his father in Ardgour. 
Neil Ban was the progenitor of the Macleans of 
Boreray. Archibald's descendants were known as 
Clann Eog'hain an Fhraoich, or the children of 
Ewen of the heather. t 

II. Ewen of Ardgour was chamberlain of the 
house to John, fourth Lord of the Isles, in 1463. 
He was in possession of Ardgour at least from 
1479 to 1495. He married a daughter of Thomas 
Chisholm of Comar, by whom he had five sons, 
Lachlan, Terlach, Allan, John Roy, and Hector. 
Lachlan succeeded his father in Ardgour. Ter- 
lach had one son, John. Allan married a daughter 
of Mac a Ghlasraich in the Braes of Lochaber, and 
had a son named John, who had a son named 
Allan. John was captain of Cairnburgh Castle. 
Hector was the first Maclean of Blaaich. It is 
from Ewen that the chieftains of the Macleans 
of Ardgour derive their patronymic of Mac-Mhic- 
Eoghain. 

III. Lachlan of Ardgour was a young man of 
warlike character. He took an active part under 
Lachlan Cattanach of Duart, in 1513, in seizing 
the royal castles of Cairnburgh and Dunscathaich. 
He supported Sir Donald Gallda of Lochalsh in 
1517. He died without issue, and was succeeded 
by his nephew, Iain Mac Thearlaich, or John the 
son of Charles. 

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THE MACLEANS OF ARDGOUR. 307 

succeeded to the estate. He supported Donald 
Dubh in 1545, and died about 1547. As he left 
no lawful heirs, his estate reverted to the crown. 
In March, 1549, the Government gave a charter 
of it "the lands and barony of Ardgour" to 
Hector Mor of Duart. Hector Mor conveyed it 
to Allan, son of John, son of Allan, third son of 
Ewen of Ardgour. 

V. Allan of Ardgour handfasted with a daughter 
of Macdonald of Ardnamurchan, and had two 

sons by her, John of Inverscadale, and Hector. 
He had a natural son who was known as Iain 
Gleannach, or John of the Glens. He married, 
first, a daughter of Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, 
Ewen Mac Allan, by whom he had one son, Ewen. 
He married, secondly, a daughter of Macdonald 
of Moydart, and had two sons by her, Charles 
and Lachlan. John of Inverscadale, Iain an 
lonair, was distinguished for his strength, bravery 
and activity. He was one of Sir Lachlan Mor's 
grandest warriors. Ewen became laird of Ard- 
gour. Charles was the progenitor of the Macleans 
of Inverscadale. According to the Ardgour MS. 
the six sons of Allan were all men of great sub- 
stance, while the most of them had a numerous 
issue. 

VI. Ewen of Ardgour was known as Eoghan 
na h-Iteige, or Ewen of the feather, an appellation 
which indicated that he was quick and active in 
his movements or like a bird flying from place to 
place. He was laird of Ardgour in 1587. He 



308 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

married a daughter of Stewart of Appin, by 
whom he had two sons, Allan and John. He was 
killed in his boat, by the Macdonalds of Keppoch, 
at Sgeir-thir-Muir, a rock near the seashore oppo- 
site the farm of Coire-chaorachain in Lochaber. 
The Keppoch men mistook him for Cameron of 
Lochiel, against whom they had a bitter grudge. 
He was slain probably about the year 1590. Allan, 
his elder son, became laird of Ardgour. John had 
a son named Allan. This Allan was the father of 
John Maclean, the famous Mull poet, who was 
known as Iain Mac Ailein Mhic Iain Mhic 
Eoghain. 

, VII. Allan of Ardgour was a hostage in the 
hands of Angus Macdonald of Islay in 1587. He 
was only a young boy when his father was killed. 
His uncle Charles acted as tutor to him. Charles 
was a greedy and dishonest man, and succeeded 
by some crooked means in getting himself served 
heir male to the lands of Ardgour, in September, 
I 593 > When Allan came to be of age, Charles 
refused to give up the estate to him. His mother's 
people then advised Allan to apply to the Earl of 
Argyll for assistance. Argyll agreed to obtain 
possession of the estate for him, on condition of 
holding it of himself as superior instead of holding 
it of the Crown. Allan accepted Argyll's terms. 
Charles was seized by a stratagem, by Stewart of 
Appin, and imprisoned on Stalker's Island Eilein 
an Stalcaire where he was detained for some 
time. Through the influence of Hector Og of 



THE MACLEANS OF ARDGOUR. 309 

Duart, to whose aunt Charles was married, Allan 
agreed to give to Charles Inverscadale and certain 
other lands, on condition of his paying to him 
yearly the feu-duty which was to be given to 
Argyll. This duty consisted of twenty-five marks 
Scots, and a cuid oidhche, or night's entertainment. 
It was afterwards commuted to fifty marks Scots, 
or two pounds fifteen shilling's and sixpence. 
Allan received Ardgour in November, 1618. He 
was served heir to John Mac Terlach Mac Ewen, 
son of the brother of his great-grandfather. He 
married Catherine, daughter of Allan Cameron of 
Lochiel, and had fourteen children by her : John 
Crubach, his successor; Hector; Allan; Charles, 
whose son John settled at Anderton near Glasgow; 
Donald, who was killed at Inverkeithing; Lachlan 
Mor ; Lachlan Og ; Ewen the elder ; Ewen the 
younger ; Archibald ; John Og ; Mary, who was 
married to Charles Maclean of Ardnacross; Marion, 
who was married to John Maclean of Totaranald ; 
and Christy. The Rev. John Maclean, D. D., 
minister of Gorbals, Glasgow, was the son of John 
Maclean, of Anderton. He married, in 1797, Ann 
Ballentine, and had by her John, James, John, 
Patrick, William, Robert, Alexander, Walter, 
Margaret, Euphemia, and Elizabeth. William 
was a merchant in Buenos Ayres. Robert was a 
merchant in Manchester. 

VIII. John Crubach, eighth Maclean of Ard- 
gour, was a daring and active man. He was an 
ardent lover of the chase, and was always ready 



3io THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

to draw the sword in support of his chief and 
king. He sprained his foot severely when he 
was quite young, and was ever afterwards lame. 
He was consequently known as Iain Crubach, or 
Lame John. He was in possession of Ardgour in 
1680. He received a crown charter of his lands 
from James II., on September i2th, 1688. He 
was married twice. By his first wife, a daughter 
of Campbell of Dunstaffnage, he had five sons : 
Ewen, Lachlan, Donald, Allan, and Archibald. 
By his second wife, Marion, daughter of Hector 
Maclean, second of Torloisk, and relict of Hector 
Roy of Coll, he had one son, John. He was 
ninety-two years of age at the time of his death. 
He was buried in Coll. Ewen, his eldest son, 
succeeded him in Ardgour. Lachlan was the 
progenitor of the later Macleans of Blaaich. 
Donald lived in Arighoulan. 

IX. Ewen of Ardgour married Mary, daughter 
of Lachlan Maclean, eleventh of Lochbuie, and had 
by her five sons, Allan, Donald, Charles, John, 
and Lachlan. Allan succeeded his father. Don- 
ald married Janet, daughter of Lachlan Maclean 
of Calgary, by whom he had three sons, Ewen, 
John, and Lachlan. Lachlan, the youngest of 
Ardgour's sons, was a lieutenant in the Spanish 
service. He was killed at Madrid in a duel with a 
man named Cockpen. 

X. Allan of Ardgour was born in 1668. He 
married Anne, second daughter of Sir Ewen 
Cameron of Lochiel, and had by her nine children : 



THE MACLEANS OF ARDGOUR. 311 

Donald, Ewen, John, Archibald, Allan, James, 
Isabel, Margaret, and Mary. He was a very ex- 
travagant man and utterly mismanaged his affairs. 
He made over his estate to Donald, his eldest son, 
but Donald was as foolish and reckless as himself. 
Between them they sank the estate so deeply in 
debt that they brought it to the brink of ruin. 
Ewen, the second son, died at sea on his way 
home from Virginia. Allan died in Georgia. 
James was a lieutenant in the Montgomery High- 
landers. He was killed at sea, in an engagement 
with a privateer, on June ist, 1761. He was on 
the way to Minorca, and was in charge of a de- 
tachment of soldiers. Isabel was married to 
Donald of Brolas ; Margaret, to Angus of Kin- 
lochaline ; and Mary, to John, son of Charles of 
Inverscadale. 

XI. Donald of Ardgour predeceased his father, 
and was succeeded by Ewen, son of his brother 
John. John, third son of Allan of Ardgour, mar- 
ried Marjory, daughter of Allan Maclachlan of 
Corry, and had three children by her, Ewen, 
Hector, and Margaret. On the death of his 
brother Donald in 1731, he became heir to the 
estate. He died in Mull in March, 1739, and was 
buried at Kilmore in Quinish. 

After the death of Donald of Ardgour, Hector 
Maclean of Coll, Donald Maclean of Torloisk, 
the Rev. John Maclean of Kilninian, and the 
Rev. Archibald Maclean of Kilvicewen, took the 
management of the estate into their own hands, 



312 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

and went to a good deal of trouble and expense 
in connection with it. They appointed Donald 
Cameron, of Strontian, factor under them. At the 
end of two or three years Donald pretended that 
he had some business to settle in Edinburgh. He 
went away, but never returned. It was believed, 
at the time, that he left Scotland. After his flight 
the management of the estate fell principally into 
the hands of John, third son of Allan of Ardgour. 
When John died, the Maclachlans of Corry tried to 
get control of the estate. Hector of Torloisk at 
once stepped in and prevented them from obtaining 
their object. Hector was a good Maclean, and a 
good lawyer, and knew what to do. He took 
charge of the estate and associated with him in the 
management of it the following persons : Donald 
Campbell of Airds; John Campbell of Clahombie; 
James Maclean, sixth son of Allan of Ardgour ; 
Lachlan Maclean, a merchant in Glasgow ; and 
Dr. Hector Maclean of Grulin, who was then 
living- in Glasgow. He placed Ewen, the youthful 
heir of Ardgour, in charge of Lachlan Maclean, the 
Glasgow merchant. He managed the affairs of 
the estate successfully, and was apparently the 
means of preserving it from passing out of the 
hands of the descendants of Donald Mac Lachlan 
Bronnach. John Maclean's widow went to Glas- 
gow and resided there for a number of years. 
Lachlan Maclean acted in the kindest manner 
towards herself and her children. Hector, the 
second son, died young. Margaret also died at an 



THE MACLEANS OF ARDGOUR. 313 

early age. Allan of Ardgour died in November, 
1756, at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years. 

XII. Ewen of Ardgour was born about 1736. 
He was brought up in Glasgow. He was served 
heir to his uncle Donald in July, 1744. He mar- 
ried, in 1763, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander 
Houston of Gordon Hill, by whom he had two 
children, Alexander and Anne, He was for some 
time a captain in the first regiment of Argyle 
Fencibles, which was raised in 1758. He died in 
1768. He was succeeded by his son, Alexander. 
Anne, his daughter, was born in November, 1765, 
and died in Edinburgh in April, 1860. Several 
of the Ardgour family lived to a very old age. 

XIII. Alexander, thirteenth of Ardgour, was 
born on April i6th, 1764. He entered the army 
as an ensign in 1780, and rose to the rank of 
major in the 8th regiment of Light Dragoons. 
He was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the third 
regiment of the local militia of Argyleshire in 181 1. 
Like his ancestor, John Crubach, he delighted in 
the chase. He was a magnificent horseman and 
was the most daring rider in the Caledonia Hunt. 
He married, in 1795, Margaret, daughter of John 
Hope, second Earl of Hopetoun, and had by her 
fourteen children, i. Hugh, the eldest child, died 
in infancy. 2. John-Hugh was educated for the 
Scottish bar. He died at Rome in 1826. 3. Archi- 
bald was a captain in the navy. He died in 
Edinburgh in 1832. 4. Alexander became laird 
of Ardgour. 5. Henry-Dundas was senior major 

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314 THE CLAN GILLEAN, 

of the 95th regiment. He became owner of Laz- 
enby Hall in Cumberland. He died without issue 
in 1863. 6. James-Charles was for some time 
barrack-master of Fort William, Bengal. He 
died at Calcutta in 1825. He was married and left 
two daughters. 7. Charles-Hope was educated 
at Balliol College, Oxford, and was called to the 
English bar in 1829. He took a deep and prac- 
tical interest in his clan. He bore the expense of 
publishing Seannachie's "Account of the Clan 
Maclean" in 1838. He was married and had two 
daughters. He died in 1839. 8. Thomas was for 
some time assistant adjutant-general at Nagpore. 
9. William was a commander in the Royal Navy. 
He married, in 1838, Elizabeth- Mary Charter, 
by whom he had three children, William-Gunston, 
Allan, and Frances-Margaret. 10. George was a 
colonel in the Royal Artillery. He married, in 1842, 
Amelia-Jane, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell, 
governor of Ceylon. n. Robert died unmarried 
in 1835. 12. Peter was a colonel in the Royal 
Artillery. He married, in 1841, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Som- 
erset, by whom he had seven children, Allan- 
Henry, John-Hugh, Henry- Eardley, Charles- 
Hope-Adrian, Margaret-Ann, Louisa-Charlotte, 
and Elizabeth-Frances. Alexander of Ardgour 
died at Ardgour House on September 8th, 1855. 
He was buried at Cille-Mhaodain. 

XIV. Alexander of Ardgour was born in 1/99. 
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THE MACLEANS OF BORERAY. 315 

Company, and became collector of the Jaghire. 
He married, in 1833, Helen-Jane, eldest daughter 
of Major-General Sir John Dalrymple, by whom 
he had two sons, Alexander -Thomas and John- 
Dalrymple. Alexander -Thomas succeeded his 
father. John-Dalrymple lived at Lazenby Hall, 
Cumberland. 

XV. Alexander-Thomas was born in Madras in 
1835. He was educated at Harrow. He entered 
the civil service of the East India Company in 
Bengal in 1857, and rose to the position of judge 
of the high court of judicature at Fort William. 
He was married, in 1875, to Selina- Philippa, 
daughter of William S. Dicken, by whom he had 
four children, Alexander- John- Hew, Catherine- 
Helen-Dalrymple, Margaret, and Flora. He died 
a few years ago. He was succeeded by his only 
son. 

XVI. Alexander-John-Hew was born in 1880. 
He is the sixteenth Maclean of Ardgour. 

II. THE MACLEANS OF BORERAY. 

I. Neil Ban, second son of Donald, first laird 
of Ardgour, was the progenitor of the Macleans of 
Boreray. According to tradition, Patrick Roy 
Obeolan, lay abbot of Applecross, had three 
children, Norman, Austin Mor, and a daughter. 
Alexander, third Lord of the Isles, took the 
daughter to live with him, and had by her a son 
named Austin or Hugh. This son was brought 
up in Donald of Ardgour's family. He received 



316 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

the lands of Sleat and others from his father, and 
was the progenitor of the Macdonalds of Sleat. 
Neil Ban Maclean married a daughter of Norman 
Obeolan. His wife and Hugh of Sleat were thus 
first cousins. Hugh was very much attached to 
Neil Ban, the companion of his childhood, and 
gave him the lands of Boreray, Peinn Boreray, 
Claddach Carinish, Grimsay, Gearndu, Scotvein, 
Rhudu, Ardnastriiban, and Kallin. The con- 
ditions imposed were : first, that Neil Ban and 
his successors should furnish Macdonald of Sleat 
with a certain number of fighting men whenever 
required ; and, secondly, that each of the Macleans 
of Boreray, on taking up the succession, should 
deliver to his superior in the lands held by him 
fifteen cows and a bull. It is said that about the 
time of Sir Lachlan Mor of Duart, the Maclean 
who held Boreray refused to comply with the 
conditions, and was consequently deprived of his 
lands. They were leased, however, to his son, 
about 1612, at an annual rent of sixteen pounds 
three shillings and fourpence. The Macleans of 
Boreray were known as Sliochd Neill Bhain, or 
the offspring of Neil Ban. 

II. John, son of Neil Ban, was the second 
Maclean of Boreray. 

III. The name of the third Maclean of Boreray 
we do not know. 

IV. Alexander seems to have been the fourth 
Maclean of Boreray. 

V. Ailein na Tuaighe was probably the dream- 
ing Boreray of Sir Lachlan Mor's time. 



THE MACLEANS OF BORERAY. 317 

VI. Donald of Boreray had three sons, Archi- 
bald, Neil Ban, and Lachlan. Archibald was 
killed at Inverkeithing. Lachlan lived at Vallay. 

VII. Neil Ban married Ann, daughter of 
Alexander Mackenzie of Kilcoy, and had twelve 
children by her, John, Donald, Charles, Archibald, 
Murdoch, Allan, Ewen, Hector, Alexander, and 
three daughters. John succeeded his father in 
Boreray. Charles settled in Tiree. Archibald 
was tacksman of Kirkibost. Ewen had a son 
named John, who was a captain in the army or 
navy, and died at the siege of Carthagena. Hector 
settled in Tiree. 

VIII. John was tacksman of Boreray when 
Martin visited the island in 1695. He married a 
daughter of Campbell of Strond, by whom he had 
four children, Archibald, John, Neil, and Ann. 
He died in 1723. i. Archibald succeeded his 
father in Boreray. 2. Neil married a daughter 
of Lachlan Maclean of Vallay, and had three 
daughters by her. The eldest was married to 
Roderick, son of Macleod of Contullich. The 
second was married, as his second wife, to William 
Macdonald, tutor of Sleat. The third was mar- 
ried to Hugh Macdonald, the tutor's son. 3. John 
was minister of North Uist. He was married and 
left a son named John, who settled in Greenock. 
4. Ann was married to John Macdonald of Castle- 
ton in the Isle of Skye. 

IX. Archibald of Boreray was served heir to 
his father in 1723. He was married twice. By 



318 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

his first wife, a daughter of Samuel Macdonald in 
Sleat, he had Neil Ban, John, and a daughter. By 
his second wife, a daughter of John Macdonald of 
Balkany, Bail'-a-Chanaich, he had Alexander, 
Hector, and John. He was a man of intelligence 
and good sense. He died in 1739. He was suc- 
ceeded by his eldest son, Neil Ban. Alexander 
was a tenant in North Uist and had a son named 
Archibald, who was in the year 1790 served heir 
male to his grandfather, Archibald Maclean of 
Boreray. 

X. Neil Ban married a daughter of William 
Macdonald, tutor of Sleat, and had seven children 
by her, Donald, John, Archibald, William, Allan, 
Marion, and Margaret. John was a captain in the 
army. 

XI. Donald of Boreray married a daughter of 
Campbell of Strond. He was in possession of the 
estate in 1760, but his father was still living. He 
was married to a daughter of Campbell of Strond. 
He was succeeded apparently by Archibald, son of 
Alexander, son of Archibald of Boreray. 

XII. Archibald of Boreray had two children, 
John, his successor, and Christina, who was married 
to Macneil of Pabbay and Kyles, and had a son 
named William. 

XIII. John of Boreray was born in 1758. He 
purchased the estate of Drimnin and went to live 
on it. He married, in 1797, Jessie, daughter of 
Donald Macleod of Bernera, and had eight chil- 
dren by her : Donald ; John, who died young ; 



THE MACLEANS OF BORERAY. 319 

Archibald- Neil ; Roderick- Norman, who was an 
officer in the Bengal army and died in 1845 ; 
William-Campbell; Alexandrina, who was married 
to Major -General Duncan Macpherson of the 
Bengal army; Marion who died in 1892; Mar- 
garet, who was married to the Rev. Dr. John 
Maclean, minister of Morvern ; and Helen, who 
was married to Donald Macleod. He died on 
April 3d, 1821, and was buried at Ard-a-Mhorain 
in North Uist. 

XIV. Donald of Boreray sold the lands of 
Drimnin a few years after his father's death. He 
sold his lease of Boreray, in 1865, to Sir John 
Campbell-Orde for .3,000. The lease was for 
" three lives and three nineteens." When Donald 
sold it there were twelve years of it to run. Donald 
died in North Devon, England, in 1874. He was 
married, but had no issue. 

XV. Archibald-Neil, third son of John of Bor- 
eray, was a major-general in the Bombay army. 
He died in 1875. 

XVI. William-Campbell, fifth son of John of 
Boreray, was born in 1811. He was a military 
surgeon in India for a long time. He married, 
in 1845, Louisa, daughter of John Macpherson, 
factor in Skye, and had by her several sons and 
daughters. He was appointed professor of mili- 
tary medicine at Netley School in England in 1860. 
He held the rank of surgeon-general, and was an 
LL.D., and a C. B. He printed for private cir- 
culation, in 1895, " Memoirs of a Long Life," a 
very interesting work. He died in 1898. 



320 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

i. THE DESCENDANTS OF TERLACH MAC 
NEIL BAN. 

Charles, Tearlach Mac Neill Bhain, third son of 
the second Neil Ban of Boreray, settled in Tiree, 
and was in very comfortable circumstances. He 
married Florence, daughter of Neil of Drimnacross, 
and had nine children by her, Neil, Archibald, 
Lachlan, Donald, John, Catherine, Ann, Isabel, 
and Mary. Neil married Florence, daughter of 
Donald Maclean of Arighoulan, by whom he had 
Alexander, Lachlan, and daughters. Alexander 
was in the army and died in Holland. Lachlan 
was a captain in the military service of the East 
India Company. He settled at Craigebete in 
Mull. Lachlan, third son of Charles, was a cap- 
tain in Colonel Lamby's regiment in Holland. 
He married Maria Fatmangle, by whom he had a 
daughter named Florentia. He died at the Brill 
in 1752. Catherine, eldest daughter of Charles, 
died unmarried. Ann was married to Hector 
Maclean ; Isabel, to the Rev. John Maclean ; and 
Mary, to John of Treshnish. 

THE MACLEANS OF SCOUR. 

Archibald, second son of Charles Mac Neil Ban, 
graduated at the University of Glasgow in 1713, 
and became minister of Kilvicewen, or Kilfmichen, 
in Mull, in 1720. He was an amiable and excellent 
man. He married Susanna, daughter of Donald 
Campbell of Ardtun and Scamadale, by whom he 



THE MACLEANS OF SCOUR. 321 

had Charles, John, Neil, Florence, Margaret, Ann, 
and Barbara. Neil was for some time in the 
commissary department at Niagara. He was 
married, and left a daughter. Florence was married 
to Donald of Muck. Margaret was married in 
1756 to the Rev. Neil Macleod of Kilfinichen, a 
brother of Donald Macleod of Swordale in Skye, 
and a nephew of the Rev. Norman Macleod of 
Morvern. She had four children, Alexander, 
Mary, Susanna, and Ann. Alexander studied for 
the ministry, settled in New York, and was the 
author of several works. Ann, third daughter of 
the Rev. Archibald Maclean, was married to Hugh 
Maclean of Langamuli. Barbara was married to 
Hugh Maclean, a lawyer in Glasgow. 

Charles, eldest son of the Rev. Archibald Mac- 
lean, was a kind and pleasant man, and possessed 
of extraordinary strength. He was for some time 
in the army. He settled at Scour in Mull, He 
married Catherine, daughter of Lachlan Maclean, 
third of Muck, by whom he had three children, 
Archibald, Mary, and Isabel, Mary died un- 
married. Isabel was married on May 2Oth, 1801, 
to the Rev. Edmund Macqueen, minister of Barra. 

Archibald, second Maclean of Scour, was a 
mild and kind-hearted man. He was known as 
Gilleasbuig na Sgurra, or Archibald of Scour. 
He was for some time in the yist regiment. He 
was appointed lieutenant -colonel in the 79th, or 
Cameron Highlanders, in 1801. He served in 
America, Holland, and Egypt. He was noted for 

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322 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

his great strength. He was an officer of the most 
undaunted courage. He retired from the army in 
1807. He died, unmarried, in 1817. 

THE MACLEANS OF PRINCETON. 

John, second son of the Rev. Archibald Maclean 
of Kilfinichen, was a doctor. He married, in April, 
1756, Agnes Lang, of Glasgow, by whom he had 
five children, all of whom died young, except John. 
He was appointed surgeon in Eraser's Highlanders 
in 1757. He was present at the capture of Louis- 
burg in 1758, and of Quebec in 1759. He is said 
to have been the third man who scaled the Heights 
of Abraham with General Wolfe. He returned to 
Scotland in 1762. 

John, son of Dr. John Maclean, was born in 
Glasgow in 1771, and graduated at the University 
there as physician and surgeon in 1791. He 
studied chemistry for some time in Edinburgh, 
and surgery in Paris. He went to the United 
States in 1795, and was appointed professor of 
chemistry and natural philosphy in Princeton. 
He married Phcebe, daughter of Dr. Absalom 
Bainbridge, and a sister of Commodore Bainbridge. 
He had six children, John, William-Bainbridge, 
George-Mackintosh, Archibald, Mary, and Agnes. 
He died in 1814. He was a man of good ability 
and high character. John, his eldest son, was 
born in 1800. John studied for the ministry, and 
became president of Princeton College in 1853. 
He resigned in 1886, and was succeeded by Dr. 



THE MACLEANS OF KILMOLUAIG. 323 

McCosh. He was the author of several valuable 
review articles and of a history of Princeton Col- 
lege. He was a benevolent, honourable, and 
amiable man. He died, unmarried, in 1886. Two 
of his brothers, William and Archibald, also died 
unmarried. They were both lawyers. 

George-Mackintosh, third son of Professor John 
Maclean, studied medicine. He was for some 
time professor of chemistry and natural history in 
Hanover College, Indiana. He was married three 
times. By his first wife, Catherine O. Smith, he 
had one son, John. By his third wife, Caroline 
M. Fitch, he had three daughters, Mary-Agnes, 
Louisa-Bragdon, and Caroline-Fitch. He died in 
1886. John, his only son, studied for the ministry. 
John died in 1870. He was married, and left a 
daughter named Phoebe. 

THE MACLEANS OF KILMOLUAIG. 

I. Donald, fourth son of Charles Mac Neil Ban, 
was the only one of his father's sons that remained 
in Tiree. He was tacksman of Kilmoluaig, He 
married Isabel, daughter of John Campbell of the 
family of Dunstaffnage. He had six children, 
John, Charles, Archibald, Florence, Isabel, and 
Elizabeth. i. John, his eldest son, was factor of 
the estate of Ardgour. John married Florence, 
daughter of John Maclean, son of Charles of 
Inverscadale, and had eight children, Charles, 
John, Donald, James, Hugh, Isabel, Ann, and 
Barbara, (i). Charles was a physician. He mar- 



324 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

ried Mary, daughter of Dr. Hector Campbell, of 
London, by whom he had six children, Hector,, 
Charles, Frederick, Emma, Mary, and Adelaide. 
(2). John was collector of customs in the island 
of St. Domingo. He died in London in 1837^ 
(3). Donald was a merchant in London. He 
married Jane, daughter of George Brown, and 
had eight children ; John-George, Donald-James, 
William-Henry, Charles-Edward, Margaret-Ann, 
Jane, Anna, and Catherine. (4). James was a 
captain of dragoons in India. (5). Hugh was a 
merchant in New York. He died unmarried, 
(6). Isabel was married to John, son of Donald 
Maclean of Muck. (7). Ann was married to 
Lieutenant-General Skinner, and had six children, 
Thomas, John, James, Allan-Maclean, Anne, and 
Mary-Ann. 2. Charles, second son of Donald of 
Kilmoluaig, was a major in the 43d regiment. 
He died unmarried. 3. Archibald succeeded his 
father in Kilmoluaig. 4. Florence was married 
to Donald, son of Macdonald of Glencoe, and 
was the mother of Colonel Alexander Macdonald 
of the Royal Artillery. 5. Isabel was married to 
the Rev. John MacCubbin, minister in Galloway. 
6. Elizabeth died unmarried. 

II. Archibald, second of Kilmoluaig, married 
Catherine, daughter of Donald Campbell of 
Scamadale, and had five children ; Donald, Charles, 
John, Annabella, and Mary. Donald and Charles 
died in the West Indies. John succeeded his 
father in Kilmoluaig. 



THE MACLEANS OF HEISKER. 325 

III. John, third of Kilmoluaig, married Mar- 
garet, daughter of the Rev. Archibald MacColl, 
minister of Tiree, by whom he had at least one 
son, Donald. 

IV. Donald, son of John of Kilmoluaig, went 
to New Zealand about 1840. He learned the Maori 
language, and could speak it as fluently as Gaelic. 
He was appointed local protector of the aborigines 
at Taraniki about 1844, and Native Administrator 
and Minister of Colonial Defence in 1869. He 
was created knight commander of the order of St. 
Michael and St. George in 1874. He married 
Susan - Douglas, daughter of Robert R. Strang, 
by whom he had one son, Robert-Douglas-Donald. 
He died in January, 1877. 

The Hon. Sir Donald Maclean possessed ad- 
ministrative talent of a high order. He pursued 
a policy of fair dealing and kindness towards the 
natives, and wielded an immense influence over 
them. To his ability and sagacity, New Zealand 
was .indebted to a large extent for its peace and 
prosperity in the early period of its history. Sir 
Donald was greatly lamented by the Maori tribes. 
His death was to them the loss of a great chief 
and kind father. 

2. THE MACLEANS OF HEISKER. 

Archibald, fourth son of the second Neil Ban of 
Boreray, was tacksman of Heisker and Kirkibost 
in North Uist. His son, Gilleasbuig Og, married, 
first, a daughter of Samuel Macdonald, and had 



326 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

by her two sons, Archibald, a coppersmith in 
Glasgow, and John. He married, secondly, a 
daughter of Ranald Macdonald of Ballishear, by 
whom he had Lachlan and two daughters. John, 
his second son, Iain Mac Ghilleasbuig Oig, resided 
for some time at Mingary in Mull. He married 
Catherine, daughter of the Rev. John Maclean. 
It is said that he had five sons, Archibald, Neil, 
Donald, John, and James. He left Mingary, and 
went back to North Uist. Archibald was tacks- 
man of Heisker. He quarrelled with Macdonald 
of Vallay, and shortly afterwards emigrated to 
Canada. He was succeeded in Heisker by his 
brother, Captain James Maclean of Penmore. 
Neil, second son of John, son of Gilleasbuig Og, 
was born at Mingary in 1759. He was for some 
time a lieutenant in the 84th regiment. He settled 
at St. Andrews in the county of Stormont, Ontario, 
shortly after June, 1782. He was appointed 
lieutenant-colonel of the Stormont militia in 1812. 
He fought at the battle of Chrysler's Farm. He 
became a member of the Legislative Council of 
Upper Canada in 1815. He married, in 1784, a 
daughter of John Macdonald, of Leek, and had by 
her eight children, John, Archibald, Alexander, 
Catherine, James, Jessie, Isabel, and Ann. He 
died in 1832. John, his eldest son, was a sheriff. 
He was married and left three sons. Archibald 
was born in 1794, and began studying law in 1808. 
He joined the militia in 1812. He was dangerously 
wounded at the battle of Queenstown Heights and 



THE MACLEANS OF BALLIPHETRISH. 327 

taken prisoner at the battle of Lundy's Lane. He 
was called to the bar in 1815. He was elected 
to the Legislative Assembly in 1820, and was for 
some time speaker. He was appointed to the 
bench in 1837, and became chief justice of Upper 
Canada in 1862. He married Joan Macpherson, 
and had by her, John, Archibald, Thomas, Neil, 
Duncan, Isabel, Mary, and Elizabeth. He was 
an honourable and amiable man, and a good 
judge. He died in 1865. He was a Tory in 
politics and a thorough Presbyterian in religion. 
Alexander, third son of Neil Maclean, was married 
and left two sons, Neil and Alexander. 

3. THE MACLEANS OF BALLIPHETRISH. 

I. Hector, eighth son of the second Neil Ban, 
settled at Balliphetrish in Tiree. He was appar- 
ently a merchant. He married Marion, daughter 
of John Macquarrie of Ulva. He had at least 
two sons, Neil and Ewen. Neil had a son named 
John. Ewen lived at Balliphetrish. The Ardgour 
MS. refers to him as " a worthy gentleman of the 
family of Boreray." He had two daughters : 
Catherine, who was married to Allan Maclean of 
Grishipol ; and Mary, who was married to Hector 
Maclean, son of John Diurach. 

John, son of Neil, son of Hector of Balliphe- 
trish, was born in Tiree in August, 1707. He 
was an ensign in the Black Watch. He left Scot- 
land on May 2oth, 1757, and arrived in America 
on August i4th. He settled at Danbury, 



328 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Connecticut, and on October i2th, 1759, married 
Deborah, daughter of Samuel Adams, of Fairfield, 
Connecticut. He was a merchant, and prospered 
in his business. He joined the American army in 
the time of the Revolution, and acted as com- 
missary for four or five years. When the British 
were approaching Danbury in 1777 he knew that 
his wife and children would be safe, but he was 
somewhat anxious about his w r hiskey. In order to 
preserve it, he put it in jars and hid the jars under 
his barn, and perhaps under the ground. The 
British burnt Danbury, but some of John Maclean's 
whiskey escaped. It seems that the jars were all 
destroyed except one. That lucky jar is still in 
existence ; but to what use it is now put we do not 
know. In 1800 he was one of the heaviest tax- 
payers, and one of the wealthiest men in Danbury. 
He died on April 7th, 1805. 

John Maclean and Deborah Adams had nine 
children ; Mary, Anne, Deborah, Alexander, Lilly, 
John, Lany, Sally, and Hugh, or Ewen. Anne, 
was married to John Dodd, by whom she had 
Sally, Eliza, James, Frederick, and John. Deb- 
orah was married to Zadoc Starr, by whom she 
had Hugh, Flora, Sally, Amos, George, Clarissa, 
Mary, and Angeline. Lilly was married to Wil- 
liam Chappell, by whom she had Julia, William- 
Ogden, Hannah, Mary, and Eliza. Lany was 
married to Samuel- Henley Philips, by whom she 
had William, Charles, Hannah- Amelia, and 
Thomas-Henley. Sally was married to Philo J. 



THE MACLEANS OF BALLIPHETRISH. 329 

Calhoun, by whom she had Nancy, Mary-Jane, 
Philo C., and Sarah. Hugh died at the age of 
nineteen. 

Alexander, eldest son of John Maclean, was 
born in 1768. He married Laura Warner, by 
whom he had five children, Alexander, Mary, 
Laura, Deborah, and Hugh. Alexander was 
married twice. He had six children by his first 
wife; George, Sarah, Catherine-Amanda, Emiline, 
Julia, and Mary-Ellen ; and two children by his 
second wife, William and John. Hugh, second 
son of Alexander, John's son, settled in Ohio. 
He was married and had nine children. Laura, 
daughter of Alexander, John's son, was married 
to John Hurlburt. Deborah was married to 
Cebra Lake. 

John, second son of John Maclean, was born in 
1773. He married, in 1797, Sally Chappell, by 
whom he had John-Adams and Sally. Sally was 
married to George Wade and had one son and three 
daughters. John -Adams was born in 1798. He 
was a medical doctor, and practised his profession 
at Norwalk, Connecticut, during sixty-three years. 
He married Elizabeth Jarvis, by whom he had 
one son, John-Wilson. He died in March, 1883. 
John-Wilson was like his father a doctor, and also 
lived at Norwalk. He served as a surgeon in the 
Northern army during the Civil War, He married 
Harriet Grumman, by whom he had two sons, 
Charles and Frederick. He died in April, 1897. 



330 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

III. THE MACLEANS OF TRESHNISH. 

Ewen, second Maclean of Ardgour, had five 
sons ; Lachlan, Terlach, Allan, John, and Hector 
of Blaaich. Hector was the ancestor of the 
Macleans of Treshnish and the first Macleans of 
Blaaich. 

I. John, fourth son of Ewen, second of Ardgour, 
was the first Maclean of Treshnish. He was 
known as Iain Ruadh, or John Roy. He was 
appointed hereditary constable of the fortress of 
Cairnburgh. He acted for some time as tutor to 
John Mac Terlach, fourth of Ardgour. He had 
two children, Donald and Marion. Donald suc- 
ceeded his father in Treshnish. Marion was 
married to Lachlan Cattanach of Duart, and had 
at least two sons, Hector Mor and Ailein nan Sop. 

II. Donald of Treshnish died without issue, 
and was succeeded by his cousin-german, Donald 
Dubh, son of Hector of Blaaich. 

III. Donald Dubh was known as Domhnall 
Dubh a Chaisteil, or Black Donald of the Castle. 
He married, first, a daughter of Macmartin of 
Letterfinlay, by whom he had at least one son, 
Ewen. He married, secondly, a daughter of Clan- 
ranald, by whom he had at least three sons, Ewen 
Uaibhreach, John Odhar, and Lachlan Fionn. 
Besides the four sons mentioned he had also Lach- 
lan and Donald, and several daughters. Donald 
Dubh was a bold and rough sort of man, but 
remarkably faithful to his chief. Ewen, his eldest 



THE MACLEANS OF TRESHNISH. 331 

son, succeeded him in Treshnish and in the con- 
stableship of Cairnburgh. Ewen Uaibhreach, or 
Ewen the Haughty, succeeded him in Blaaich. 
John Odhar held the lands of Achnadale in Loch- 
aber. He was also bailie for Maclean of Duart of 
the lands of Garbhdhabhach. Lachlan Fionn, or 
Lachlan the Fair, was the first Maclean of Hynish 
in Tiree. 

IV. Ewen of Treshnish was an active and 
prosperous man. He loved to distinguish himself 
and make a figure in the world. He married Ann 
Maclean of the family of Lethir, and had seven 
sons by her; Hector, Lachlan, Allan, John, Donald, 
Charles, and Archibald. He was buried in Icolm- 
kill. Hector, his eldest son, succeeded him 
in Treshnish. Lachlan was an intelligent and 
prudent man, and acted for some time as bailie for 
Lachlan Og Maclean of Torloisk. Allan was a 
prominent warrior. He was killed in a skirmish 
with the Macdonalds at Sron-na-Cranalaich, near 
Lecklee. He was buried in Icolmkill. 

V. Hector of Treshnish was an active man 
and a good manager. He was very well off. He 
is described in 1579 as Hector Mac Ewen Vic 
Donald Dow, captain of Cairnburgh. He ob- 
tained from Hector Og of Duart a charter of 
the lands of Treshnish, the half of the island of 
Gometra, and Gott, Vaal, and Hynish in Tiree. 
He married, first, Ann, daughter of Macquarrie of 
Ulva, and, secondly, Flora, daughter of Macneil of 
Barra. He had four sons; Donald, John, Neil, 



332 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

and Charles. Donald was by the first wife. He 
was a hostage in the hands of Angus Macdonald 
of Islay in 1587. He died shortly afterwards. 
Hector was succeeded by his second son, John. 

VI. John of Treshnish married Margaret, 
daughter of Charles, son of Allan Og, son of 
Hector, son of Ailein nan Sop. He had a natural 
son, who was known as Iain a Ghanbhair. He had 
three sons by his wife ; Ewen, Lachlan, and John 
Og. He was succeeded by his son Ewen. 

VII. Ewen was a born warrior. Owing to a 
misunderstanding with his chief, he went to France 
about the year 1632. He spent ten years as a 
captain in the French service. He returned to 
Mull about 1642, and, having become reconciled 
to his chief, was sent to Ireland to command a 
company of Macleans in Sir Duncan Campbell's 
regiment. He returned to Scotland about twenty 
days before the battle of Inverlochy. He was 
present at that battle, and saved the life of an old 
companion, Campbell of Skipness, who was then 
fighting against him. Skipness was severely 
wounded. Ewen brought him to Cairnburgh, and 
thence went home with him to Skipness. He 
returned immediately to Montrose's army. He was 
a captain under his chief, Sir Lachlan of Duart. 
He was a great favourite with Montrose. While 
the latter, shortly after the battle of Alford, was 
marching towards Auchterader, he was annoyed 
by 300 horse sent in pursuit of him, under Sir 
John Urry. He ordered Ewen of Treshnish to 



THE MACLEANS OF TRESHNISH. 333 

select twenty good marksmen and check the 
cavalry. Ewen made his selection from the Mac- 
leans and the Camerons and placed his men behind 
rocks and bushes. They shot a number of their 
pursuers, and Urry deemed it prudent to retreat. 
Ewen was severely wounded at the battle of 
Inverkeithing, and died shortly afterwards. 

Ewen of Treshnish married Catherine, daughter 
of Allan Maclean of Achnasaul, and had three 
sons by her. He was succeeded by Hector, the 
eldest of his sons. 

VIII. Hector married Margaret, daughter of 
John Garbh, son of John Dubh of Morvern, and 
had one son by her, Ewen, his successor. He died 
in 1693. 

IX. Ewen of Treshnish had two natural sons, 
John and Lachlan. He married Margaret, daugh- 
ter of Neil Maclean of Drimnacross, and had by 
her two sons, Hector and John. 

John, the eldest son of Ewen, was born about 
the year 1680. He became minister of Kilninian 
and Kilmore in Mull in 1702. He was a man of 
high character and a faithful minister. He went 
regularly through his parish, catechising and in- 
structing his people. He married Isabel, daughter 
of Charles Mac Neil Ban, by whom he had four 
children ; Alexander, Ann, Mary, and Catherine. 
Alexander succeeded his father as minister of 
Kilninian. Ann was married, first, to John, son 
of Allan Maclean of Grishipol ; and, secondly, 
to Hugh, son of Hector Maclean of Kilmorie. 



334 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Mary was married to Alexander, son of Donald 
Maclean of Calgary. Catherine was married to 
John, son of Archibald Og Maclean of Heisker. 
The Rev. John Maclean was an excellent poet. 
He died on March i2th, 1756. He was buried 
with his father at Kilninian. Alexander, son of 
the Rev. John Maclean, was born in 1722. He 
was licensed to preach in 1745, and became min- 
ister of Kilninian and Kilmore in 1750. He 
married, in 1750, Christy, daughter of Donald 
Maclean of Torloisk, by whom he had John, 
Donald, Lachlan, and two daughters. John was 
a captain in the American War, and was drowned 
near Halifax. Lachlan was a major-general in 
the army. He died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
Lachlan, second son of Ewen of Treshnish, mar- 
ried Jean, daughter of Donald Maclean of Calgary, 
by whom he had one son and several daughters. 
His only son was drowned while on his passage 
from Mull to Glasgow. Hector, third son of Ewen 
of Treshnish, was born in 1696. He became minis- 
ter of Coll in 1733. He received a visit from Dr. 
Johnson in 1773. He married Janet, daughter of 
Hector Maclean, tacksman of Knock in Coll, by 
whom he had three children ; Allan, Florence, and 
Margaret. Allan was a lieutenant in the army, 
and was lost at sea on his passage from New York 
to Scotland. Florence was married to Captain 
Lachlan Maclean, of the Coll family, and Mar- 
garet, to Alexander Maclean of Mingary. The 
Rev. Hector Maclean died in April, 1775. John, 



THE FIRST MACLEANS OF BLAAICH. 335 

fourth son of Ewen of Treshnish, succeeded his 
father. 

X. John of Treshnish married Mary, daughter 
of Charles Mac Neil Ban, by whom he had Hugh, 
or Ewen, and several daughters. He was dispos- 
sessed of his estate by the managers of the Duke 
of Argyll, in 1738. 

Treshnish was in possession of the Macleans for 
nearly three hundred years. Ewen, fourth of 
Treshnish, obtained a charter of his lands from 
Lachlan Mor of Duart. The charter was renewed 
by Hector Og, Lachlan Mor's son, the witnesses 
being Roderick Macleod of Harris and Roderick 
Macneil of Barra. When Ewen, seventh of 
Treshnish, was in France, his brother Lachlan 
gave the charter to Sir Lachlan of Duart for safe 
keeping. It was lost along with other papers 
which were in Sir Lachlan's possession. Owing 
to this loss, it was an easy matter for the Duke 
of Argyll to make himself the legal owner of 
Treshnish. 

XI. Hugh, eleventh representative of the Mac- 
leans of Treshnish, was a lawyer by profession. 
He married Barbara, youngest daughter of the 
Rev. Archibald Maclean of Kilfinichen, and had 
by her five sons and two daughters. 

THE FIRST MACLEANS OF BLAAICH. 

I. Hector, fifth son of Ewen, second Maclean 
of Ardgour, was the first Maclean of Blaaich. 
He had three sons : Donald Dubh ; Ewen, first 



336 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Maclean of Cornaig in Tiree ; and Hector Odhar. 
According to the Ardgour MS. the descendants of 
Hector Odhar, Sliochd Eachainn Uidhir, were 
scattered over Mull and Tiree. 

II. Donald Dubh, second of Blaaich and third 
of Treshnish, had six sons ; Ewen of Treshnish, 
Ewen Uaibhreach of Blaaich, John Odhar of 
Achnadale, Lachlan Fionn of Hynish, Lachlan, 
and Donald. 

III. Ewen Uaibhreach was succeeded in Blaaich 
by his son, Hector. 

IV. Hector was succeeded by his son, Ewen. 

V. Ewen, son of Hector, was the next Maclean 
of Blaaich. 

VI. Hector, son of Ewen, was served heir to 
his father in 1615. 

THE MACLEANS OF ACHNADALE. 

John Odhar, third son of Donald Dubh of 
Treshnish, was the first Maclean of Achnadale. 
According to the Ardgour MS. the Macleans of 
" Keppernack " belonged to the Achnadale family. 
The first Maclean of Kepparnach had three sons, 
Alexander, William, and Lachlan. Alexander 
was a major in the army. He was killed in Ger- 
many in the year 1762. He was the subject of 
a very beautiful elegy by Rob Donn Mackay, 
or Calder, the celebrated Sutherlandshire bard. 
William was a lieutenant in Colonel Montgomerie's 
Highland regiment. Lachlan was a merchant in 
Barbadoes. 



THE MACLEANS OF HYNISH. 337 

THE MACLEANS OF HYNISH. 

I. Lachlan Fionn, fourth son of Donald Dubh 
of Treshnish, was the first Maclean of Hynish 
in Tiree. He was a bold, active, and resolute 
man, and accumulated a good deal of wealth. He 
had nine sons, all of whom lived in Tiree. 

II. Ewen, son of Lachlan Fionn, had a son 
named John. 

III. John had a son named Donald. 

IV. Donald, who was known as Donald Og, 
had two sons, Lachlan and Allan. Allan was the 
father of Charles, father of Donald Roy. 

V. Lachlan, son of Donald Og, had a son 
named Charles. 

VI. Charles, son of Lachlan, had three children; 
Lachlan, John, and Mary. 

1. Lachlan had two sons, Charles and Archi- 
bald. Charles, the elder son of Lachlan Mac Ter- 
lach, had a son named Donald. Donald married 
Mary, daughter of Alexander Macfadyen, Alasdair 
Mac Neill Mhic Dhomhnaill Mhic Dhughaill, and 
had by her Charles and Archibald. Archibald, 
second son of Lachlan Mac Terlach, was known as 
Gilleasbuig Laidir, or Strong Archibald. He was 
a poet of fair ability. He married Flora Maclean, 
by whom he had John, Archibald, Alexander, 
James, and Hector. He died at Kilmoluaig. j 

2. John, second son of Charles, lived at Ho^h r3 
in Tiree. He was drowned near Mull at an 
early age. He was married and left one child, 

43 



338 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Allan. Allan settled at Cnoc Mhic Dhiighaill in 
Caolas, Tiree. He married Margaret, daughter 
of Neil Macfadyen, Niall Mac Dhomhnaill Mhic 
Dhiighaill, and had by her, Donald, Charles, John, 
Neil, and Mary. i. Donald, Domhnall Cubair, 
or Donald the Cooper, settled at Bailephuill in 
Tiree. He married Mary Macdonald, by whom 
he had Margaret, Mary, Marion, Catherine, Ann, 
Christy, Archibald, and John. Archibald died 
young. John succeeded his father in Bailephuill. 
He married Mary Sinclair, by whom he had Isabel, 
Mary, Catherine, Christy, Archibald, Dugald, 
and Donald. Margaret, the eldest of Domhnall 
Cubair's family, was married to Neil Brown. Mary 
was married to Donald Maceachern ; Catherine, 
to Colin Macmillan; and Christy, to John Macleod. 
Ann died unmarried. 2. Charles, second son of 
Allan, married Mary Lamorit, by whom he had 
one son, Allan. He died in his boat at Tobermory 
about 181 1 . Allan, his son, married Mary Cameron 
and had two sons and a daughter. 3. John, third 
son of Allan, came to America. 4. Neil, fourth 
son of Allan, succeeded his father at Caolas. He 
married Marion Macdonald, by whom he had nine 
children; Margaret, Ann, Neil Og, Charles, Isabel, 
Catherine, Flora, Mary, and James. He died about 
1847. Neil Og succeeded his father at Caolas. 
He married Flora Macfadyen, by whom he had 
five children; Christy, Neil, Mary-Ann, Alexander, 
and Marion. Charles, second son of Neil, married 
Ann Brown, by whom he had seven children; John, 



THE MACLEANS OF GLENBARD. 339 

Christy, Marion, Johanna, Catherine, Neil, and 
Hector. James, third son of Neil, lives in Glas- 
gow, and is married. Margaret, eldest daughter of 
Neil, was married, in 1844, to Archibald Macdonald 
in Caolas. Ann was married to Lachlan Maclaine 
in Caolas. Neil Maclaine, vice-president of the 
Maclean Association, Glasgow, is her son. Isabel 
was married to Dugald Maclellan from Islay. 
Mary was married to Lachlan Maclean. 5. Mary, 
only daughter of Allan Maclean, was married to 
Roderick Macdonald in Caolas, and had by her 
eleven children; Allan, Lachlan, John, Alexander, 
Marion, Charles, Catherine, Margaret, Isabel, 
Duncan, and Lachlan. Roderick Macdonald died 
in 1883 at the advanced age of 103 years. He 
was a very kind and pleasant man. He visited 
lona with us in August, 1869. 

THE MACLEANS OF GLENBARD. 

John, third son of Allan Maclean Ailein Mac 
Iain mhic Thearlaich mhic Lachain mhic Dhomh- 
naill Oig mhic Iain mhic Eoghain mhic Lachainn 
Fhinn was born at Cnoc Mhic Dhughaill in 
Caolas, Tiree, on January 8th, 1787. He mar- 
ried in Glasgow, on July igth, 1808, Isabel, 
daughter of Duncan Black in Lismore. He 
published his own poems, and some poems by 
other Gaelic bards, in 1818. He came to Nova 
Scotia in 1819, and settled at Bail'-a-Chnoic in 
Barney's River, Pictou County. He removed to 
Glenbard in Antigonish County in 1831. He 



340 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

died on January 26th, 1848. He was known in 
Scotland as Bard Thighearna Chola, or the Laird 
of Coil's Poet, and in America as Am Bard Mac- 
Gilleain, or the Bard Maclean. His poems were 
published in Clarsach na Coille in 1881. His wife 
died in 1877. He had an intimate acquaintance 
with the poetry, legends, and history of the 
Macleans. 

John Maclean and Isabel Black had six children; 
Christy, Charles, Archibald, John, Allan, and Eliza- 
beth. Charles was born in Tiree in 1813. He 
succeeded his father in Glenbard, and died in 1880. 
He was never married. Archibald married Cath- 
erine Macphie, by whom he had three children; 
Isabel, Mary, and Christy-Ann. He was born in 
Tiree in 1815, and died on January 26th, 1899. 
He was with his father when the latter died. He 
died himself precisely fifty-one years afterwards. 
John, the poet's third son, was born at Bail'-a- 
Chnoic, or Balknock, in 1820. He married Mar- 
garet Robertson, by whom he had John, Alexander, 
Duncan, Isabel, Allan-Robert, Annie, Christy, and 
Charles-Sinclair. He succeeded his brother in 
Glenbard. He died on May i5th, 1897, and was 
succeeded in Glenbard by his second son, Alexander. 
Allan, the poet's fourth son, was born at Balknock 
in 1822. He married Rebecca Maclaughlan, 
by whom he had seven children ; Rebecca, John, 
William, Charles, Anthony, Jane, and Isabel. He 
died in 1871. Christy, the eldest of the poet's 
family, was born in Tiree on December 25th, 1809. 



THE MACLEANS OF INVERSCADALE. 341 

She was married, as his second wife, in 1839, to 
John Sinclair from Strath-Halladale in Suther- 
landshire, and had by him one child, Alexander- 
Maclean. She died on March yth, 1887. Eliza- 
beth, the youngest of the poet's family, was born 
at Balknock in 1826. She lives in Glenbard. 

THE MACLEANS OF INVERSCADALE. 

The Macleans of Inverscadale are descended 
from Charles, third lawful son of Allan, fifth 
Maclean of Ardgour. 

I. Charles was tutor of Ardgour for some time. 
He is referred to as such in public documents in 
1592 and 1601. He succeeded, through the in- 
fluence of Hector Og of Duart, in procuring a 
hereditary right to the lands of Inverscadale, 
Arighoulan, Achaphubuill, and others. He married 
Marion, daughter of Hector Og of Duart, and 
relict of Hector Roy of Coll, and had two sons, 
Allan and Ewen. Allan succeeded his father in 
Inverscadale. Ewen, known as Ewen Dubh, 
obtained from his father a charter of Arighoulan 
and other lands. 

II. Allan of Inverscadale was succeeded by his 
son, Ewen. 

III. Ewen was succeeded by his son, Allan. 

IV. Allan had two sons, Charles and Allan. 
Charles succeeded his father. Allan settled in 
Killean in Mull. He married Margaret, daughter 
of Lachlan Og, seventh son of Allan, seventh of 
Ardgour ; and had two sons by her. Lachlan, the 



342 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

elder of the two, lived in Dublin. He was captain 
of a ship, and was in comfortable circumstances. 
He was shipwrecked on the south-west coast of 
Ireland. He got ashore, with most of his men, in 
the long-boat ; but was murdered by the inhabit- 
ants, who carried off all the plunder which they 
could obtain. 

V. Charles of Inverscadale was known as 
Tearlach Og. By his first wife, a daughter of 
Donald Cameron of Glendessary, he had Allan, 
his successor. By his second wife, a daughter of 
Archibald Maclean of Ardtun, he had John and 
others. John was known as Iain Mac Thearlaich 
Gig. He was a well-informed man and full of 
humour. He was the author of some excellent 
comic songs. He lived at Sorn in Mull. He 
married Mary, daughter of Allan, tenth of Ard- 
gour, by whom he had two children, John and 
Florence. The latter was married to John Maclean 
of Kilmoluaig. 

John, son of Iain Mac Thearlaich Oig, went to 
Jamaica in 1760 to obtain possession of an estate 
which had been left to him by the son of a paternal 
uncle. After his return he married Sibella, second 
daughter of Sir Allan Maclean of Brolas, and 
had two children by her, Allan and Mary-Ann. 
Allan was a captain in the 6oth regiment, and 
died in the West Indies. Mary-Ann was married 
to Dr. Mackenzie Grieve. 

VI. Allan of Inverscadale married Marjory, 
daughter of Allan Mac Ian Diurach, of the 



THE LATER MACLEANS OF BLAAICH. 343 

family of Torloisk, and had issue by her. He 
sold the reversion of the lands of Inverscadale to 
the Camerons, from whom they were purchased by 
Alexander, thirteenth of Ardgour. 

THE LATER MACLEANS OF BLAAICH. 

The later Macleans of Blaaich are descended 
from Lachlan, second son of John Crubach of 
Ardgour. He seems to have been succeeded in 
Blaaich by his son, Allan. In March, 1758, we 
find William Maclean, lately a journeyman barber 
in Edinburgh, returned heir general to his grand- 
father, Allan Maclean of Blaaich. 

MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCIS MACLEAN. 

William Maclean, of the Ardgour family, was 
born in Mull, about 1660. He was an accomplished 
musician, and was appointed by James, Duke of 
York, master of the revels for Scotland. He had 
a son named William, who was a captain under the 
Duke of Marlborough. Captain William married 
a daughter of Sir Francis Kinloch, by whom he 
had two sons, Francis and James. The latter died 
in the West Indies in 1748. Francis entered the 
army, in the regiment in which his father served, 
at a very early age. He was a lieutenant in the 
Scottish brigade at the capture of Bergen-op-zoom 
in 1747. Allan, son of Maclean of Torloisk, was 
also a lieutenant in that brigade. Both were taken 
prisoners. When carried before General Lowen- 
dahl, that distinguished commander addressed 



344 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

them as follows: " Gentlemen, consider your- 
selves on parole. If all had conducted themselves 
as you and your brave corps have done, I should 
not now be master of Bergen-op-zoom." Francis 
was appointed senior captain in the 2d battalion 
of the Black Watch in July, 1758. He was a 
lieutenant -colonel in 1762, and was in that year 
sent to Portugal to assist the Portuguese in their 
war with Spain. He was governor of Almeida 
for several years, and afterwards commander of the 
troops in Estramadura and Lisbon. He returned 
from Portugal in 1778, and was immediately sent 
to Nova Scotia to take charge of the forces in that 
province. He landed in Halifax on the i4th of 
August. He was accompanied by three regiments, 
one of them being the 74th, or Argyle Highlanders. 
In June, 1779, he went to Penobscot in Maine 
with 700 men, and began at once to erect a fort. 
Before he had completed his defences, a New 
England fleet arrived from Boston, having on 
board 2,500 men, under the command of General 
Lovell. The New Englanders landed on the 
25th of July and began to lay siege to the newly 
erected fort. On the i3th of August Sir George 
Collier came to its relief with a fleet, attacked the 
besiegers, and destroyed their ships and transports. 
General Maclean received high praise for his 
gallant defence of Penobscot. He strengthened 
the fort, and placed it in charge of Lieutenant- 
Colonel Alexander Campbell of Menzie, with 600 
men of the Argyle Highlanders. He returned to 



MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCIS MACLEAN. 345 

Halifax on November 23d. He died on May 4th, 
1781, and was buried on the morning of May 
9th in the vault of St. Paul's Church, Halifax. 
He was a major-general, and in the sixty-fourth 
year of his age. 

According to the Ardgour MS., General Francis 
Maclean was descended from Hector Odhar, third 
son of Hector, the first of the earlier Macleans of 
Blaaich. According to Seannachie's History, the 
General's grandfather, William Maclean, master of 
the revels, was a grandson of Lachlan, progenitor 
of the later Macleans of Blaaich. 



CHAPTER XIV. 
^Btscenbants ot Ml ot 

I. THE MACLEANS OF LEHIR. 

I. NEIL, second son of Lachlan Bronnach of 
Duart, was the progenitor of the Macleans of 
Lehir, Ross, and Shuna. He was born probably 
about the year 1418. He received from his father 
the sixty marklands of Lehir in fee simple, to 
compensate him for the loss of Duart and the 
chiefship. His place of residence was called Baile 
Neill, Balneil, or Neil's Town. His estate was 
known as Leithir Baile Neill, or Lehir of Balneil. 
In course of time the name Baile Neill was changed 
to Torloisg, or Torloisgte, in English, Torloisk. 
The name of the estate was then changed to 
Leithir Thorloisg, or Lehir of Torloisk. Neil of 
Lehir was succeeded by his son, Neil. 

II. Neil, second laird of Lehir, fought under 
Hector Odhar at the battle of Bloody Bay in 1484. 
Owing to the number of thumbs which he cut off 
as his opponents were trying to board his galley, 



THE MACLEANS OF LANGAMULL. 347 

he was afterwards known as Niall nan Ordag, or 
Neil of the thumbs. He was succeeded by his 
son, John. 

III. John, third laird of Lehir, seems to have 
been known as John Dubh, and to have married a 
daughter of Malcolm Macneill of Gigha. He had 
apparently three sons, John Og, Malcolm, and 
Neil. 

IV. John Og was slain by Ailein nan Sop about 
the year 1540. Allan seized the estate and kept 
possession of it. It was never given back to the 
lawful heirs. 

THE MACLEANS OF LANGAMULL. 

Neil Maclean, son of Malcolm, Niall Mac Gille- 
chaluim, was captain of Aros in 1592, and had a 
son named Malcolm. Hugh Maclean, Eoghan 
Mac Eachainn Mhic Eoghain Mhic Gillechaluim, 
was the representative of the Macleans of Lehir 
in 1762. Malcolm, his great-grandfather, was 
probably a grandson of Malcolm, son of the cap- 
tain of Aros. At the same time all that we really 
know about his pedigree is that he was the son 
of Hector, son of Ewen, son of Malcolm. He 
married a daughter of Captain Allan Maclean. 
Lieutenant Hugh Maclean, of the Dutch service, 
was tenant of Langamull in 1762. He married 
Ann, daughter of the Rev. Archibald Maclean, 
minister of Ross and Brolas. He had at least two 
children, Lachlan and Archibald, who died young. 
His wife died in 1772. He died himself about 



348 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

1775. In what relationship he stood to Hugh 
Maclean, the representative of the Lehir family in 
1762, we do not know. 

John Maclean of Langamull was known as Iain 
Mac Eoghain. As his father's name was Hugh, 
and as he succeeded Lieutenant Hugh in Langa- 
mull, the probability is that he was the son and 
heir of the latter. He may, however, have been 
a son of Hugh, the son of Hector, son of Ewen, 
son of Malcolm. He was, at all events, the ac- 
knowledged representative of the Macleans of 
Lehir. He was an intelligent man, an elder in the 
Church of Scotland, an ardent Jacobite, an excel- 
lent swordsman, and a composer and singer of 
Gaelic songs. He married Mary, daughter of 
Donald, son of Eachann Mac Iain Diuraich, and 
had by her nine children ; Donald, Hugh, Alex- 
ander, Lachlan, Mary, Ann, Christy, Flora, and 
Margaret. Donald was a major in the Royal 
Scots. Donald married Catherine, daughter of 
Dr. Alexander Maclean of Pennycross. He died 
without issue in 1819. Hugh was a lieutenant 
in the goth regiment, and died at Portsmouth. 
Alexander was a doctor, and died in India in 1821. 
Lachlan died young. Mary was married to Allan 
Maclean of Crossapol ; Ann, to John Maclean of 
Tirouran ; Christy, to Alexander Maclean of 
Kinnegharar ; Flora, to Peter Macarthur ; and 
Margaret, to Lieutenant Fraser. John of Langa- 
mull was drowned in February, 1810. His wife 
died in December, 1811. 



LACHLAN ODHAR OF AIRDCHRAOISHNISH. 349 

II. THE MACLEANS OF Ross. 

The Macleans of Ross were descended from Neil 
of Ross, and were known as SHochd a Chlaidhibh 
larainn, or the race of the iron sword. They were 
remarkably brave and warlike. 

Neil of Ross was a great-grandson of Neil of 
Lehir, or Neil Mac Lachlan Bronnach, Niall Mac 
Lachainn Bhronnaich. He was probably the third 
son of John, third laird of Lehir. He settled in 
Ross some time after 1540. He had two sons, 
Donald and John Mor. Donald had at least 
three sons ; Lachlan Odhar of Airdchraoishnish, 
Ewen of Ormsaig, and John Odhar. 

i. LACHLAN ODHAR OF AIRDCHRAOISHNISH. 

Lachlan Odhar was a distinguished warrior. 
He fought at the battle of Glenlivet in 1594, and 
at the battle of Benvigory in 1598. We find 
him described in 1616, as Lachlan Mac Donald 
Vic Neil, Lachainn Mac Dhomhnaill mhic Neill. 
He lived at Airdchraoishnish in Mull. He was 
married and had a large family. It is said that 
five of his sons, Murdoch, Allan, Lachlan, Ewen, 
and John, were killed at Inverkeithing. 

Tradition tells us that Allan Mac Eachann and 
Lachlan Odhar performed the horrible rite known 
as Taghairm nan Cat, or the invocation of the cats. 
They collected a number of cats and took them 
with them to a barn at Pennygoun in Mull. They 
began their invocation at the middle of the night 



350 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

between Friday and Saturday and continued it for 
four days, without tasting any food. Allan was 
the elder of the two, and acted as high priest. He 
stood at the door with a drawn sword, and gave 
the necessary directions. Lachlan's work consisted 
in putting a live cat on a spit, and roasting him to 
death before a huge peat fire. In the course of a 
day or two a black cat appeared and said to him, 
A Lachainn Uidhir mhic Dhomhnaill mhic Neill 
is olc an diol sin air cait, Lachlan Odhar, son of 
Donald, son of Neil, that is a bad treatment of 
cats. Allan at once shouted to Lachlan, Ge b' e 
chi no chluinneas tu cum an cat mu'n cuairt, 
whatever you see or hear keep the cat turning. 
As Lachlan took the advice given him, he had a 
large number of black cats before him in a short 
time. They joined their yells to those of the cat 
on the spit, and thus tried to frighten him and 
make him give up his work. They did not enter 
by the door, which was guarded by Allan. It is 
evident, then, that they were not real cats ; they 
were demons in the guise of cats. On the fourth 
day Cluas Mhor, or Big Ear, made his appearance. 
He was a cat of enormous size, and was black like 
all the other cats that came in. There was now 
a cat at the foot of each of the rafters of the barn. 
Cluas Mhor threatened the performers with the 
severest punishment, but they paid no attention to 
him. Indeed they threatened to take hold of Cluas 
Mhor himself and put him on the spit. When 
Cluas Mhor saw their determination, he agreed 



LACHLAN ODHAR OF AIRDCHRAOISHNISH. 351 

to grant them their petitions. Allan asked for 
wealth ; Lachlan asked for wealth and progeny ; 
each of them received a promise of getting what 
he desired. It is said that the yells of the cat were 
at one time so terrific that they were heard distinctly 
in Morvern. 

The word taghairm is derived from to-ghairm, 
and means a calling to, or invocation. The Irish 
form of it, which is the oldest, is toghairm. It 
was really a sacrifice to the devil, in order to bring 
him before one in a visible form. The purpose for 
which he was wanted was to get certain worldly 
benefits from him. 

There is no ground for the supposition that 
Allan Mac Hector and Lachlan Odhar ever offered 
cats in sacrifice, or ever petitioned the evil one for 
blessings. It is certain that they never heard a cat 
talk. It is equally certain that they never saw 
demons in the shape of black cats. Allan Mac 
Eachann was evidently Allan Og, son of Hector, 
son of Ailein nan Sop. The Macleans in general 
looked upon him as an extremely wicked man, 
and were ready to believe any bad story about 
him. He seems to have lived among the Macleans 
of Lochbuie. We suspect that Lachlan Odhar 
and himself were not intimate friends. The prob- 
ability is that they were enemies. They were both 
men of undoubted courage, and were probably the 
most daring fighters among the Macleans in the 
year 1600. 



352 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

THE MACLEANS OF MONACHUICH. 

Captain Allan Maclean of the goth regiment 
was descended from Lachlan Odhar, and according 
to some persons, his actual representative. Captain 
Allan, resided at Monachuich, or the Cuckoo's 
Moor, which is half-way between Ardfinaig and 
the Sound of lona. He seems to have been living 
in 1838. Donald Roy, who was either a brother 
or a son of Captain Allan, had two sons, Donald 
Ban and Hector. The latter entered the army as 
a private and became an officer. He died unmar- 
ried. Donald Ban settled in Glasgow and engaged 
in business as a tailor and clothier. He left a son 
who was also known as Donald Ban. This Don- 
ald Ban was a law clerk in Glasgow. He died at 
Partick about the year 1868. He was the last of 
the Monachuich family in the male line. 

LACHLAN BAN OF BUNESSAN. 

Lachlan Ban Maclean was a descendant of 
Lachainn Odhar. He lived at Bunessan in Mull, 
and was known as Lachainn Ban Bhuneasain, or 
Lachlan Ban of Bunessan. He kept the inn at 
Bunessan, and was at one time in very comfortable 
circumstances. He married Mary, daughter of 
Hector Maclean of Torren, by whom he had eight 
children ; John, Hector, Allan, Charles, Sibella, 
Mary, Catherine, and Isabel. John, his eldest son, 
was for some time a dry-salter in Glasgow. He 
left Glasgow and took charge of the inn which 



LACHLAN BAN OF BUNESSAN. 353 

had been kept by his father. He died unmarried 
about 1848. Hector, second son of Lachlan Ban, 
was a captain in the 93d regiment. He married 
Ann, third daughter of the Rev. Neil Macleod 
of Kilfinichen in Mull, and had by her three 
children; Margaret- Burnett, Lachlan- Allan, and 
Mary-Sibella. After retiring from the army, 
Captain Maclean took up his residence at Carsaig 
in Mull. He removed to Campbellton about 1831. 
Margaret, his elder daughter, was married to 
George Grierson, teacher at Aberfeldy, and had 
six children. Mary-Sibella, his younger daughter, 
was born at Carsaig in November, 1821. She 
was married in August, 1851, to the Rev. Duncan 
B. Blair, D. D., minister of Barney's River and 
Blue Mountain in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. 
She had five children ; Ewen, Thomas, Margaret, 
Lachlan, and John. She died on the 6th of June, 
1882. She was a pious and friendly woman. Her 
husband died on June 4th, 1893. Dr. Blair was 
an excellent Gaelic scholar, and a good poet. 
Allan, third son of Lachlan Ban, was a lieutenant 
in the gist regiment. Charles, the fourth son, 
was a surgeon in the army. He was for some 
time inspector -general of hospitals. He died in 
Ireland. He was married, but had no issue. 

Lachlan-Allan, son of Hector, son of Lachlan 
Ban Maclean of Bunessan, came to America in 
1842. He landed in New York, and went thence 
to Missouri. He fought in the United States 
army during the Mexican War. After the war he 

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354 THE CLAN GILLEAN, 

settled at Lexington, Missouri, as a surveyor. He 
fought in the Confederate army in the war between 
the Northern and Southern States. He was a cap- 
tain under Major-General Sterling Price in July, 
1862, and a major from October of that year to 
March, 1864. He was afterwards for a few months 
a major under Brigadier-General T. F. Dray ton. 
On December 23d, 1864, he was stabbed and 
killed in his office at Lexington, Missouri, by 
Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Wood. 

Major Maclean married Eliza, daughter of 
Colonel Robert N. Smith, of Missouri, by whom 
he had one son, Nelson-Robert. Nelson was 
living in 1883 on a farm near Ellsworth in Kansas. 
He was married, and had one child, a daughter 
named Hope. 

2. EWEN OF ORMSAIG. 

Ewen, second son of Donald of Ross, had two 
sons, Allan and Hector. Allan is described in 
June, 1618, as " Allane McEwne in Ormesag." 
Allan had a grandson named Charles. Charles 
had a son named Donald. John, son of Donald, 
was known as Iain Mac Dhomhnaill mhic 
Thearlaich. He was born in 1724. He was a 
doctor, and lived in Brolas. He married Christina, 
daughter of Captain Allan Maclean, son of Lach- 
lan, second of Brolas. He had three children by 
his wife; Allan, Donald, and Marion. He died in 
March, 1808. His wife was born in 1718, and 
also died in March, 1808. Dr. Maclean was 



THE MACLEANS OF KILLEAN. 355 

eighty-four years of age and his wife ninety. 
They were buried at Kilpatrick in Brolas. Donald, 
their younger son, was a lieutenant in the Cameron 
Highlanders. He died without issue about 1799. 

Allan, elder son of Dr. Maclean, followed his 
father's profession. He was in 1800 lieutenant 
and surgeon in the 4th Fencible Infantry. He 
served for several years as surgeon in the Cameron 
Highlanders. On leaving the army he settled in 
Brolas. He was a very popular man. He is de- 
scribed in a well-known song as doctair ruadh 
nam blath shuilean, or the red-haired doctor of 
the warm eyes. He married, when well advanced 
in years, Flora, daughter of Murdoch Maclaine 
of Lochbuie, a girl of about seventeen years of 
age, and had a large family by her. He died in 
October, 1827. 

According to the inscription on the tombstone 
of Dr. John Maclean, he was "the eighth lineal 
descendant and the legal representative of Neil 
Maclean of Ross." It is apparently true enough 
that the doctor was the eighth lineal descendant of 
Neil of Ross. It does not follow, however, that 
he was the representative of the Macleans of Ross. 
He was simply the representative of Ewen, second 
son of Donald, son of Neil of Ross. 

THE MACLEANS OF KILLEAN. 

Hector, second son of Ewen of Ormsaig, had a 
son named John, who had a son named Donald. 
Donald lived in Killean. He married Mary, 



356 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

daughter of Charles Maclean, son of John Garbh 
of Bunessan, and had by her John and others, 
John, second of Killean, married Catherine, 
daughter of Hector Maclean of Kilmory, and had 
by her five sons ; Donald, Hector, Neil, John, and 
Lachlan. He was living in 1760. Donald, his 
eldest son, served as a volunteer in Majoribank's 
regiment, and died in Holland. Hector succeeded 
his father in Killean. Neil was a lieutenant in 
Lacell's regiment. John was an ensign in the old 
84th. Lachlan followed the sea. 

Hector of Killean was a lieutenant in the 
army. He married Janet, second daughter of 
Alexander Maclean of Shuna, by whom he had nine 
children ; Donald, Dugald, Neil, John, Catherine, 
Jessie, Jane, Eleanor, and Anne. Neil, the third 
son, was lieutenant of the Leda frigate, and was a 
brave and skilful officer. On Sunday night, July 
29th, 1804, he attempted, with the boats of the 
Leda, to cut out one of the French gunboats under 
Portel, near Boulogne. He got on board the 
gunboat with his men, killed the Frenchmen, 
about fifty in number, and took their vessel in 
tow. The tide having set in to the eastward, the 
Britons drifted down upon a brig full of soldiers. 
They boarded the brig in the face of a destructive 
fire, slew a number of the soldiers, but were finally 
overcome. When last seen, Lieutenant Maclean 
had his back against the mainmast of the brig. 
Though there were several bayonets in his body, 
he was cutting away with his sabre, and calling 



THE MACLEANS OF KILLEAN. 357 

out " Victory," which was the rallying-word of 
his men. The captain of the forecastle killed 
upwards of seven Frenchmen before he fell. The 
men who boarded the brig* were all slain, except 
fourteen, most of whom had been thrown over- 
board. A few weeks before he was killed at 
Boulogne the gallant Neil married Ann, daughter 
of Donald Maclean of Muck. He had no issue. 
John, fourth son of Hector of Killean, was an 
ensign in the 6th West India regiment, and was 
killed in action. 

Donald, eldest son of Hector of Killean, was a 
lieutenant in the 74th regiment, or Argyle High- 
landers. He came with his regiment to Halifax, 
Nova Scotia, in 1778, and was with it at Penobscot 
from 1779 to 1783, in which year the regiment was 
reduced. He retired on half pay. He received 
a grant of land from the Government in New 
Brunswick. He lost his house by fire and left 
New Brunswick. He spent several years in 
Danville, Vermont. He removed from the United 
States to Canada when the War of 1812 broke out. 
He received a grant of 2,600 acres on the St. 
Francis River, Quebec, and settled on it. The 
place in which he lived is now known as Maclean's 
Ferry. He married Susan Haney, daughter of a 
sea-captain in Castine, Maine, and had by her 
nine children ; Catherine, Susan, Janet, Hector, 
Archibald, Eleanor, Betsey, Margaret, and John. 
He died in 1825. His wife was born in 1760. 
The Government granted her, in 1830, a pension of 



358 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

forty pounds a year. She died on May iQth, 1868, 
at the great age of 108 years and five months. 
Hector, eldest son of Lieutenant Maclean, married 
Lucretia Elkins, by whom he had John, Hector, 
Susanna, Catherine, Helen-Lucretia, and Samuel. 
Helen-Lucretia was married to Colonel Kimball, 
and resides in Washington. Archibald, second son 
of Lieutenant Maclean, married Hannah Lyster, 
and had by her, Donald, Archibald, Margaret, 
John, Alexander, Margaret - Reef, Susanna, 
Benjamin, and Elizabeth. John, third son of 
Lieutenant Maclean, was born in 1804. He ran 
the Maclean Ferry on the St. Francis River about 
sixty years. He married Deborah Harris, by 
whom he had Donald -Neil, John-Sinclair, and 
several daughters. He died in 1883. Donald- 
Neil died at the age of twenty-five. John-Sinclair 
resides at Martinville, Quebec. Catherine, eldest 
daughter of Lieutenant Maclean, was married to 
John Whicher. Susanna was married to Colonel 
James Morrill ; Janet, to Ebenezer Morrill ; 
Eleanor, to William Minneall ; and Betsey, to 
Elisha Andrews. 

THE MACLEANS OF ARDFINAIG. 

Dugald, second son of Hector of Killean, lived 
at Ardfinaig in Mull. He was for some time an 
officer in the Dumbarton Fencibles. He was after- 
wards captain in the Argyleshire regiment of 
Fencibles. He married Susanna, daughter of 
the Rev. Neil Macleod, minister of Kilfinichen 



THE MACLEANS OF ARDFINAIG. 359 

and Kilvicewen, now Ross and Brolas, and had 
by her five children ; Janet, Margaret, Hector- 
Neil, Susanna, and Donald-William. He was 
drowned near Crinan, on June 29th, 1818, while 
returning" from Glasgow. His eldest daughter, 
Janet, died young. Margaret and Hector died 
unmarried. Susanna was born in 1808. She 
was married in 1837 to the Rev. Donald McVean, 
Free Church minister of lona, and had seven 
children; Colin -Alexander, Annie -Catherine, 
Susan- Isabella, Mary -Helen, Dugald - Hector, 
Isabella-Merriman, and Archibald-Arthur. She 
died in 1883. 

Colin -Alexander McVean is a prominent and 
well-known man. He was born in lona, and is a 
civil engineer by profession. He was for some 
time surveyor-in-chief of Japan. He returned to 
Scotland in 1886, and settled at Kilfmichen in 
Mull. He married Mary-Wood Cowan, of Edin- 
burgh, by whom he has four sons and five 
daughters. Donald, his eldest son, is a lieutenant 
in the 45th regiment. 

Donald-William, second son of Captain Dugald 
Maclean of Ardfinaig, was born in 1819. He emi- 
grated to Australia in 1839, and settled on a farm 
near the town of Inverell in New South Wales. 
He called his place of residence Killean. He 
married Catherine, youngest daughter of Finlay 
Macdonald, of Ellerston, New South Wales, and 
had by her seven children; Hector-Neil, Dugald- 
John, Francis-John, William-Fender, Neil-Finlay, 



360 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Susan-Catherine, and Archibald-Alexander. He 
was an energetic man, managed his affairs with 
prudence, and made a comfortable home for himself 
and his family. He died in 1875. Hector succeeded 
his father on the Killean farm. Susan and Archi- 
bald live with him. Dugald married Elizabeth, 
daughter of R. F. Kremlin. Francis married 
Caroline, daughter of James Cheadle. William 
came to America in 1894. He is a journalist by 
profession, and resides in Brooklyn, New York. 
He married Mary, daughter of the Hon. Otis 
Johnson, of Nassau, Bahama Islands. Neil 
married Emily, daughter of Alexander Currie. 
Dugald, Francis, and Neil have each of them sons 
with the good old clan names. It is a pleasure to 
see these names preserved. The Lachlans, Hec- 
tors, Allans, and Neils should not be forgotten. 

3. JOHN ODHAR. 

John, third son of Donald of Ross, was known 
as Iain Odhar. Donald, eldest son of John, had 
a son named Neil, who lived at Ballinahard. Neil 
was, in 1618, one of the principal followers of 
Hector Og of Duart. It is said that Donald and 
John Maclean, merchants in Blackburn, were de- 
scended from him. 

III. THE MACLEANS OF SHUNA. 

According to the traditions of the Macleans of 
Shuna, as preserved in the Ardgour MS., they 
were descended from a younger son of Neil of 



THE MACLEANS OF SHUNA. 361 

Ross. They also maintained that their ancestor 
was parson of Kilvicewen in Mull, On the 
assumption that their traditions respecting their 
origin are substantially correct, the Rev, Ewen 
Maclean must have been their ancestor. There 
was no other parson of Kilvicewen from whom 
they could have sprung, Ewen was not a son of 
Neil of Ross ; he may, however, have been his 
grandson. The probability is that he was the son 
of John Mor, son of Neil of Ross, He was minister 
of Coll in 1621, of Killean in 1626, and of Kilvic- 
ewen at a later date. He married "Fionnaghal, 
nighean Ailein," Finvola the daughter of Allan, 
probably the daughter of Allan Mac Ian Duy. 
We find it stated in May, 1642, that "his widow 
intromitted with the stipend, according to custom, 
for herself and children." 

L Allan, first Maclean of Shuna, was born 
probably about the year 1625. If the Shuna tra- 
dition be correct, he must have been a son of Ewen 
Maclean, minister of Kilvicewen. On April 2d, 
1679, he obtained from Lord Neil Campbell, a 
charter of the lands of Shuna in life-rent for him- 
self and in fee for Donald, his eldest son. The 
charter was confirmed by the Earl of Argyll. 
Allan had at least three children, Donald, Archi- 
bald, and Ann. He died about 1706. 

II. Donald, second Maclean of Shuna, had 
three sons. The eldest son, whose name was 
Archibald, died in 1698. The second son left a 
son named Alexander. The third son left a son 

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362 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

named John. Donald was succeeded by his grand- 
son, Alexander. 

III. Alexander, third of Shuna, was, in March, 
1731, served heir to his uncle Archibald. He was 
served " heir male of taillie and provision special 
in a redeemable annual rent of sixty pounds Scots 
over Shuna." In October, 1740, he received a 
precept of Clare Constat in his favour as heir to 
Donald Maclean, his grandfather. He was suc- 
ceeded by John, son of the third son of Donald 
of Shuna. 

IV. In September, 1765, John, fourth of Shuna, 
received a precept of Clare Constat as heir to 
Alexander Maclean of Shuna, his cousin-german. 
John married a daughter of Campbell of Ardlarach, 
by whom he had five children; Alexander, Samuel, 
and three daughters. Alexander succeeded his 
father in Shuna. Samuel married his first cousin, 
Jane, fourth daughter of Dugald Campbell of 
Ardlarach, and had two sons by her, Dugald and 
James, both of whom died in Jamaica, and with- 
out issue. One of Shuna's daughters was married 
to a Macaulay who lived in Greenock. 

V. Alexander, fifth and last Maclean of Shuna, 
became laird of that island in March, 1787. He 
was the son of John, grandson of Donald, son of 
Allan, first of Shuna. He married the widow of 
Campbell of Sunderland, and had by her Mary-Ann 
and Janet. He was deeply in debt, and was 
under the necessity of placing his estate, on Decem- 
ber 5th, 1796, in the hands of Alexander Keay, 



THE MACLEANS OF LAGGAN. 363 

accountant in Edinburgh, as trustee for the 
creditors. In January, 1798, Major Alexander 
Macdonald of Lyndale took charge of it. Major 
Macdonald sold it in 1815 to James Yates, who 
in 1829 bequeathed it in trust to the provost and 
magistrates of Glasgow. 

Alexander of Shuna spent his later years in 
Edinburgh. He was a good-looking man, and full 
of wit and humour. Mary-Ann, his elder daughter, 
was married, first, to a Captain Shaw of the 
British Army, and, secondly, to an Edinburgh 
lawyer named Handyside. Captain Shaw was 
killed in a duel by Maclean of Kilmory. Tradition 
throws the blame for the whole trouble upon the 
latter. 

THE MACLEANS OF LAGGAN, ISLAY. 

Allan, first Maclean of Shuna, had two sons, 
Donald and Archibald. The descendants of 
Donald, second of Shuna, are now extinct in the 
male line. 

I. Archibald, second son of Allan of Shuna, 
settled in Islay. 

II. Donald, Archibald's son, married Elizabeth 
Macnab, by whom he had two sons, Archibald and 
Allan. One of Allan's sons went to the Crimea, 
and rose to a good position in the Russian service. 
Donald died in 1711. 

III. Archibald, Donald's eldest son, was born 
in 1699, and died in 1750. He was married, and 
left a son named John. 



364 THE CLAN GILLEAN, 

IV. John lived at Octofad in Islay. He was a 
capital scholar, and could converse freely in several 
languages. He had a powerful voice and could 
be heard on a calm day across Lochindaal. He 
married, first, Janet, daughter of Archibald Camp- 
bell of Jura, by whom he had Lachlan and other 
children. He married, secondly, either a daughter 
or very near relative of the Rev. John Murdoch, 
minister of Kilarrow and Kilmeny, and had by 
her Charles and Barbara. Charles was known as 
Tearlach Ghoirtein-taoid. 

V. Lachlan married Lucy, daughter of James 
Campbell of Balinaby, by whom he had Donald, 
James, Alexander -Colin, Jessie, and another 
daughter. Donald and James died unmarried. 
The second daughter was the mother of Thomas 
Pattison, the poet and translator, and of Mrs. 
Archibald Robertson. Lachlan, died at a com- 
paratively early age. 

VI. Alexander- Colin, or Colin as he was 
invariably called, was a captain in the merchant 
service and also a ship-owner. He amassed a 
good deal of wealth. He gave up going to sea 
when he was about thirty-six years of age, and 
settled at Laggan in Islay. He received two 
medals from the Humane Society for rescuing 
shipwrecked crews on the Laggan Strand on two 
different occasions. He was the subject of a 
very pretty Gaelic song by John Maceachern, am 
Piobaire Cam, of Bowmore in Islay. The bard 
praises his fine looks, his gentlemanliness, and his 



THE MACLEANS OF LAGGAN. 365 

skill with the gun and rod. Probably, inasmuch 
as he was a sea-captain, he thought it unnecessary 
to say that he was a thorough steersman. Captain 
Maclean was evidently a popular man. He married 
Margaret, daughter of Neil Macneill of Ardna- 
cross in Mull, by whom he had five children ; 
Lachlan, Neil, Lucy-Campbell, Annabella-Gillies, 
and Flora -Ann. Lucy was married to Robert- 
Holmes Hunter, and Annabella to Robert Ballin- 
gal. Flora lives in Edinburgh. Captain Maclean 
died in 1861. 

VII. Lachlan, eldest son of Captain Alexander- 
Colin Maclean, was born on the 24th of August, 
1830. He spent a number of years in Java. He 
returned in 1870. On his return he rented Islay 
House in Islay, and resided there. He married 
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Cam- 
eron of Kilchoman in Islay, and had by her 
Alexander-Colin, Alexander, Neil, Mary-Stiles, 
Lucy -Campbell, and Elizabeth -Nora. Lachlan 
died on August Qth, 1880. Mary is married to 
Percy Howard in London. 

VIII. Alexander-Colin, eldest son of Lachlan 
Maclean, is a captain in the Cameron Highlanders. 
He married Dora, daughter of the late Sir Rivers 
Thomson, lieutenant-governor of Bengal, and has 
a son named Colin and two daughters. 

Neil, second son of Captain Alexander- Colin 
Maclean of Laggan in Islay, was born on June 
9th, 1836. He spent a number of years in Java 
with his brother Lachlan. He married, in 1871, 



366 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Macneill of Bor- 
lands, fifth son of Neil Macneill of Ardnacross, 
and had by her six sons and two daughters ; 
Colin, Alexander-Ellister, Lachlan, Godfrey, Neil- 
Gillean, Loudon-Macneill, Isabel -Agnes, and 
Elizabeth -Marjory. He purchased, about the 
year 1892, the property of Breda, near Alford in 
Aberdeenshire, and resides there. He is a thor- 
oughly loyal Maclean just as loyal as the 
Macleans of Ross used to be in the fighting days 
of old. His eldest son, Colin, is a lieutenant in 
the Black Watch. 



CHAPTER XV. 
Bescenbants of John 4latbh of Coll. 

I. THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 

I. John Garbh, third son of Lachlan Bronnach 
of Duart, was the first Maclean of Coll. He 
received a charter from Alexander, Lord of the 
Isles, of the twenty pound lands of Coll, the 
eighteen marklands of Quinish in Mull, and the 
six marklands of the Isle of Rum. He received 
some time afterwards a charter from Alexander of 
the Isles of the twenty pound lands of Lochiel in 
Lochaber. Both charters were confirmed by 
James II. 

There is a tradition to the effect that Gilleonan 
Macneil of Barra claimed the island of Coll and 
tried to keep John Garbh from getting possession 
of it. The latter, having collected about fifty 
armed men, sailed from Mull and landed with his 
followers in Coll, at the place known as an Acarsaid 
Fhalaich. He marched in all haste to Grishipol, 
attacked Macneil, who had 120 men, and defeated 



368 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

him. Macneil and all his followers were slain. 
According" to tradition Macneil was more than a 
match for John Garbh with the battle-axe, and 
was killed by one of the followers of the latter, 
who was known as An Gille Riabhach, or the 
Speckled Youth. Immediately after the battle of 
Grishipol, John Garbh sailed to Barra and took 
possession of that island. He kept it for a few 
years and then gave it up to the lawful heir. 

John Garbh was a tall, powerful, and cour- 
ageous man ; possessed great shrewdness and 
determination ; and was well fitted for the rough 
times in which he lived. He married Isabel, 
daughter of Fraser of Lovat, and had John, 
Lachlan, and other children. He became laird of 
Coll shortly after 1431. He was alive in 1469. 

II. John, Iain Mac Iain Ghairbh, lived at Cor- 
pach in Lochaber, and was in possession of the 
twenty pound lands of Lochiel. The Camerons 
attacked and slew him, and destroyed all his 
charters. His wife and children were protected 
by the Macgillonies and sent to Coll. He was 
succeeded by his son, John Abrach. 

The Macleans of Coll were so grateful to the 
Macgillonies for their kindness to the family of 
their slain chieftain that they caused the following 
inscription to be placed on a stone over the door 
of Breacachadh Castle: " If any man of the Clan 
Gillonie shall appear before this castle, though he 
came at midnight with a man's head in his hand, 
he shall here find safety and protection against all 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 369 

but the King-." In further token of their grati- 
tude the Macleans of Coll were, for over two 
hundred years, in the habit of educating the 
representative of the man who saved John Abrach. 

III. John Abrach received from James V. on 
December ist, 1528, a charter of the lands of 
Coll, Quinish, and Rum. He received also from 
the King on the same day a charter of the three 
marklands of Achalennan, the forty shilling lands of 
Drimnin, and the twenty pound lands of Lochiel. 
In the spring of 1539 he presented a petition to 
the Privy Council, in which he states that his 
predecessors had peaceably enjoyed the lands of 
Lochiel for forty years, that his father was slain 
while living on these lands, and that afterwards 
Ewen Mac Allan unjustly took possession of them. 
He prays for relief. The Council appointed a 
commission on all the matters referred to. What- 
ever the action of the commission may have been, 
Ewen Mac Allan retained possession of Lochiel. 
John Abrach had at least two sons, John and 
Hector. He had his lands conveyed to John, the 
elder of the two, in September, 1542. 

IV. John, fourth of Coll, Iain Mac Iain Abraich, 
joined Donald Dubh in the rebellion of 1545. 
He died without lawful issue about the beginning 
of 1558, and was succeeded by his brother, Hector. 

V. Hector, Eachann Mac Iain Abraich, received 
a good education, and was known as An C16ireach 
Beag, or the Little Clerk. He was a man of genuine 
piety, and a good poet. Some of his poems were 

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370 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

written in Gaelic, and some in Latin. Two of his 
Gaelic poems are still in existence, and are pub- 
lished in the Maclean Bards. Tradition relates 
that on a certain occasion, about the year 1537, he 
happened to make some uncomplimentary remarks 
with regard to Ailein nan Sop's conduct. Allan, 
deeply provoked by these remarks which were 
no doubt just sailed to Coll with his fleet, seized 
the pious but rash bard, and carried him off to 
Tarbert Castle. Hector, in order to appease his 
wrath, composed a song" in praise of his captor. 
Allan was so well pleased with the song that he 
set his prisoner at liberty. He gave him, how- 
ever, a friendly warning to be more guarded about 
his tongue for the future. The song contains 
nothing but the truth. It simply describes Allan's 
good qualities qualities which he undoubtedly 
possessed. 

Hector Mac Ian was married twice. By his 
first wife, Meve, daughter of Alexander Macdonald 
of Islay, he had at least one son and two daughters; 
Hector Roy, Margaret, and Janet. By his second 
wife, Finvola, daughter of Godfrey Mac Alister of 
Loup, he had two sons; Allan and John. Hector 
Roy, who was also known as Hector Og, suc- 
ceeded his father. Allan was the progenitor of 
the Macleans of Achnasaul. John was the pro- 
genitor of the Macleans of Grishipol. Hector 
Mac Ian resigned his lands in favour of Hector 
Roy in 1559. He was living in 1565. 

VI. Hector Roy received, on June 25th, 1559, 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 371 

a crown charter of the "twenty pound lands of 
Coll, the twelve pound lands of Quinish, the four 
pound lands of Rum, and the four pound lands of 
Achalennan and Drimnin." He married Marion, 
daughter of Hector Og of Duart, by whom he had 
Lachlan, his successor. He died in 1593. 

VII. Lachlan of Coll was born about the year 
1582. He spent the first fourteen years of his 
life with Lachlan Mor Mackintosh, captain of the 
Clan Chattan, whose wife was a daughter of Ken- 
neth Mackenzie of Kintail. To Mackintosh and 
his family he formed a deep and lasting attachment. 
In July, 1617, he received from James I. of Britain 
a charter of all the lands which had belonged to 
his father. In August, 1617, he obtained from 
Andrew Knox, Bishop of the Isles, a charter of 
the three marklands of the Isle of Muck, on con- 
dition of paying to the Bishop and his successors 
in office sixteen bolls of barley per year. The 
charter granted by the Bishop was confirmed by 
King James in March, 1621. Lachlan had a good 
deal of trouble in connection with the Isle of 
Muck. Sir Donald Campbell of Ardnamurchan 
claimed it as a part of the estate of the Macdonalds 
of Ardnamurchan. Lachlan retained Muck, but 
was under the necessity of giving up Achalennan 
and Drimnin to Sir Donald. The Mac lans were 
in possession of Muck, and endeavoured to keep 
possession. They annoyed Lachlan by their 
predatory acts. At last he arrested fourteen of 
their principal men and sent them as prisoners to 



372 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Inverary. Some of them were found guilty of 
gross crimes and put to death. Lachlan and Sir 
Rory Mor Macleod were very intimate friends. 
Two of Rory Mor's sons, Roderick of Talisker 
and Norman of Bernera, were brought up with 
him in their boyhood. It was through the media- 
tion of Angus Macdonald 6f Islay and himself 
that the bitter feud, which raged in 1601 between 
the Macdonalds of Sleat and the Macleods of 
Dunvegan, was brought to an end. 

Lachlan of Coll had a natural son named John. 
As John was brought up in the Lowlands he was 
known as Iain Gallda, or Lowland John. He 
received from his father the farm of Mingary in 
Mull, of which we find him in possession in 
November, 1627. Lachlan married Florence, 
daughter of Tormod Macleod of Dunvegan, and 
had six children by her ; John Garbh, Hector, 
Neil, Catherine, and Janet. John of Mingary 
was killed in his boat by the Mac lans of Ardna- 
murchan, in revenge for the execution of their 
relatives at Inverary. His body was pierced by 
sixteen arrows. John Garbh succeeded his father 
in Coll. Hector was the progenitor of the 
Macleans of Muck. Neil was the progenitor of 
the Macleans of Drimnacross. Catherine was 
married, in 1627, to John Balbh, chief of the Clan 
Fingon, or Mackinnons. She had a life interest 
in a part of Sornmor, a part of Sornbeg, a part of 
Lepennie, and a part of Knockcarrach in Mull. 
She was the mother of Sir Lachlan Mor Mac- 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 373 

kinnon. Janet, the second daughter of Lachlan 
of Coll, was married to the Rev. Farquhar 
Fraser, minister of Tiree. Lachlan died about the 
beginning- of 1642. He was a man of ability and 
prudence, and possessed a good deal of influence 
in his time. He was a Presbyterian. He was 
probably the last laird of Coll who could not sign 
his name. 

VIII. John Garbh of Coll was a man of 
intelligence and sound sense. He was also a 
religious man, and showed his faith by his works. 
He was temperate in all things, practised the virtues 
of benevolence and hospitality, and delighted in 
reading the Word of God. It is said that a certain 
man in Skye, who had a large debt against him, 
promised to forgive him the debt if he would spend 
a night drinking with him. He was urged by 
his friends to accept the offer, but refused. He 
was an excellent musician, and a skilful player on 
the harp. Two of his musical compositions, "An 
Caoineadh Rioghail" and "An Tom Murrain," 
are still known. Captain Witters, the English 
governor of Duart Castle in the time of Cromwell, 
paid him a visit, and in speaking of him afterwards 
said that he resembled King David very much, 
being a great reader of the Bible and a good 
player on the harp. It seems, however, that the 
resemblance went no farther ; John Garbh was 
not so fond of war as King David ; he was a man 
of peace. 

John Garbh married, first, Florence, third 



374 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

daughter of Sir Dugald Campbell of Auchinbreck 
by his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Alexander 
Erskine of Gogar, son of John, fifth Earl of Mar ; 
and, secondly, Florence, daughter of Hector Og 
of Duart, son of Sir Lachlan Mor. By his first 
wife he had six children; Hector Roy, John, Ewen, 
Florence, Janet, and Una. By his second wife he, 
had one child, Catherine. Hector Roy, his eldest 
son, succeeded him in Coll. John was the pro- 
genitor of the Macleans of Totaranald. Ewen, 
or Hugh, joined Montrose at Strathearn in 1646. 
He was killed at Inverkeithing in 1651. He was 
a very brave man. Florence was married to Don- 
ald, first Maclean of Brolas. Janet was married 
to Alexander Macdonald of Achdir. Una was 
married, first, to John Maclean of Kinlochaline ; 
and, secondly, to Duncan Stewart of Ardshiel. 
Catherine was married to Lachlan Macquarrie of 
Ulva. 

IX. Hector Roy received, in 1642, a charter of 
Coll, Rum, Muck, and two-thirds of Quinish. 
He was of a warlike nature. He fought at the 
battle of Inverlochy, in 1645, and probably at the 
battle of Inverkeithing, in 1651. He got deeply 
into debt, evidently through neglecting to pay his 
dues to the Government, and incurring expenses in 
arming his followers to fight for the Stewarts. 
On October 3d, 1655, it was found by a court held 
at Inverary, that George Campbell of Kinnochtrie 
had a claim of ,5,380 Scots against him. On 
March 7th, 1656, Oliver Cromwell gave a charter of 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 375 

Hector Roy's lands to George Campbell, to com- 
pensate the latter for the amount due him. In 
July, 1675, Colin Campbell, son and heir of George 
Campbell, surrendered the lands which had been 
granted to his father by Cromwell, to Charles II., 
who gave a charter of them to Sir Norman 
Macleod of Bernera. Sir Norman conveyed them 
either to Hector Roy or his heir. 

Hector Roy married Marion, eldest daughter 
of Hector Maclean of Killean, afterwards second 
Maclean of Torloisk. The marriage contract 
was signed at Hogh in Tiree, on January 22d, 
1641. The marriage took place shortly after- 
wards. Hector Roy had six children by his wife ; 
Lachlan, Donald, Margaret, Catherine, Janet, and 
Una. Lachlan, his eldest son, succeeded him in 
Coll. Donald succeeded Lachlan's son. Catherine 
was married, first, to Allan Stewart of Appin, by 
whom she had a son who became laird of Appin. 
She was married, secondly, to Hector Maclean of 
Muck. Janet was married to Hector Maclean, 
son of Charles of Ardnacross. Una was married 
to John Maclean of Achnasaul. Hector Roy died 
in 1676. John Garbh, his father, died a few years 
afterwards. 

X. Lachlan of Coll, Lachainn Mac Eachainn 
Ruaidh, raised a company of men on his estates 
for service in Holland, and was appointed captain 
in General Mackay's regiment. It is said that he 
acted with a good deal of severity in forcing the 
sons of his tenants to enter the army and go with 



376 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

him to Holland. He returned to Scotland on 
leave of absence in the summer of 1687. He was 
drowned in the water of the Lochy in Lochaber in 
the month of August. He was at the time on his 
way back to join his regiment. He was married 
to Marion, daughter of John Dubh Macdonald 
of Moydart, and had three children by her; John 
Garbh, Florence, and Catherine. John Garbh 
succeeded him in Coll. Florence was married to 
John Macleod of Talisker. Catherine was married 
to Norman Macleod of Grishornish, by whom she 
had Donald, Alexander, and Margaret. Donald 
was minister of Diurinish in Skye. He was a 
man of culture, and a poet of good ability. 

XI. John Garbh of Coll was accidentally killed 
in Edinburgh while pursuing his studies. He 
was standing on the street looking at a riotous 
mob. A party of soldiers, acting under the direc- 
tion of Captain Wallace, threw a grenade from 
the Abbey Church among those who were causing 
the disturbance. A splinter from it struck the 
young laird of Coll and killed him instantly. He 
was only about eighteen years of age. He was 
succeeded by his uncle, Donald. 

XII. Donald, Domhnall Mac Eachainn 
Ruaidh, was born in 1656. He had charge of the 
Coll estates during the absence of his brother 
Lachlan in the army. On July 2d, 1679, we find 
him surrendering the castle of Breacachadh to 
Archibald, Earl of Argyll, on condition that 
neither himself nor any of those who were with 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 377 

him should be called to account for any of their 
past acts by the Privy Council. He became tutor 
of Coll in 1687, and laird of Coll a few years 
afterwards. He was a very popular man. 

Donald of Coll had two sons named Hector. 
It is admitted that the first Hector was the eldest 
of his sons. It is also generally admitted that 
he was born out of wedlock. Donald married, 
first, Isabel, daughter of Sir Roderick Macleod of 
Talisker ; and, secondly, Marion, daughter of Sir 
Norman Macleod of Bernera. By his first wife, 
and after his marriage with her, he had one son, 
Hector. By his second wife, he had five children ; 
Lachlan, John, Hugh, Neil, and Catherine. 
Hector, eldest son of Donald, settled in Mull. 
Hector, second son of Donald, succeeded his father 
in Coll. Lachlan married Catherine, daughter of 
Donald Maclean of Brolas. He had several 
children by her, all of whom died young. He 
survived his brother Hector. Hugh succeeded 
his brother Hector in Coll. Neil was a merchant 
in Virginia. Catherine was married to Dr. Hector 
Maclean of Grulin. Donald of Coll died in 
April, 1729. 

There is a tradition in Coll to the effect that 
Donald of Coll had Hector, his eldest son, by 
Isabel, daughter of Sir Roderick Macleod of 
Talisker. Some time after the birth of Hector he 
married Isabel, and had the second Hector by her. 
When Donald and his bride were leaving Talisker 
Sir Roderick told them that he would never see 



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378 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

the inside of their roof. After his anger had cooled 
down he went to Coll to see his daughter. When 
Donald saw him coming he took a bunch of ripe 
barley and hung it to the roof of his house on the 
inside. After some conversation he asked his 
father-in-law if he had seen such barley as that 
anywhere. Sir Roderick looked up, and Donald 
at once exclaimed, Chunnaic sibh an nis mullach 
an taighe ge b' oil leibh, you have now seen the 
roof of the house in spite of you. Of course this 
story may not be true. Some persons maintain 
that Donald of Coll was actually married three 
times ; that his first wife was a daughter of John 
Macleod of Dunvegan ; that he had Hector, his 
eldest son by her ; and that for some reason or 
other he denied that he had been married to her, 
and disinherited Hector. Others again simply 
affirm that Hector was a natural son. 

XIII. Hector of Coll, Eachann Mac Dhomhnaill 
Mhic Eachainn Ruaidh, was a tall, handsome, 
and dignified-looking man. He was richly en- 
dowed with good sense, and managed his affairs 
with prudence. He found the estate heavily 
burdened with debts, but succeeded in paying them 
all, and also in laying some money by. He built 
a fine residence near the old castle, and lived in a 
style becoming his circumstances. He used all 
his influence to keep his own followers and other 
members of his clan from joining Prince Charles 
in 1/45. On July 3d, 1753, he received from 
George II. a charter of the lands of Coll, Quinish, 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 379 

and Muck. He married, first, in 1715, Janet, 
fourth daughter of Alexander Campbell of Loch- 
nell by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Stewart 
of Appin. He married, secondly, Jean, daughter 
of Donald Campbell of Airds. He had five 
daughters by his first wife ; Isabel, Margaret, Mary, 
Una, and Sibella. Isabel was married in 1733 to 
Colin Campbell, eldest son of Colin Campbell of 
Baltimore. Margaret was married to Alexander 
Macdonald of Boisdale, and had two sons ; 
Donald and Hector. Mary was married in 1745 
to Captain John Macleod of Talisker. Una was 
married to Sir Allan Maclean of Brolas; and 
Sibella to Captain Allan Cameron of Glendessary. 
In his marriage contract with Lochnell's daughter, 
which was signed on September i4th, 1715, 
Hector is described as Hector Maclean of Coll, 
younger, eldest lawful son of Donald. He dis- 
posed of his estates in favour of his brother Hugh 
and his heirs male. He died in 1754. He was 
the last laird of Coll who kept a harper. 

XIV. Hugh of Coll married Janet, daughter of 
Donald Macleod, third of Talisker, and had eight 
children by her; Donald, Alexander, Hector, 
Norman, Roderick, Allan, Hugh, and Marion. 
He was served heir of tailzie general to his brother 
Hector, in April, 1755. In February, 1756, he 
received from George II. a charter of the lands of 
Coll, Quinish, and Muck. He died on May 4th, 
1786. i. Donald, his eldest son, was an intelligent, 
well-educated, and promising young man. He 



380 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

was drowned in the Sound of Ulva on September 
25th, 1774. 2. Alexander succeeded his father in 
Coll. 3. Hector was born in 1756. He entered 
the military service of the East India Company as 
an ensign in 1775. He was appointed captain in 
1786, major in 1795, lieutenant-colonel in 1798, 
and major -general in 1811. He was created a 
K. C. B. in 1815. He was promoted to the rank 
of lieutenant-general in 1821. He spent the whole 
of his military life in India. He lived in London 
after retiring" from active service. He died in 1849. 

4. Norman was a major in the 78th regiment. 
He died of yellow fever in the island of Grenada. 

5. Roderick was an officer in the army. He 
married Christina, daughter of Captain Allan 
Cameron of Glendessary, by whom he had one 
daughter, Marion. 6. Allan was a captain in the 
36th regiment. He married Jean, daughter of 
Captain Allan Cameron of Glendessary. 7. Hugh 
was a captain in the 6oth regiment. 8. Marion 
was married in 1783 to Alexander, son and heir of 
Colin Macdonald of Boisdale, by whom she had 
Hugh and other children. 

XV. Alexander of Coll was born about the 
year 1754. He was known as Alasdair Ruadh, 
or Alexander Roy. He studied law for some time, 
with the intention of following it as a profession. 
On the sad death of his brother Donald in 1774 
he abandoned his legal studies. He was for some 
time a captain in the Argyle Fencible regiment, 
which was embodied in Glasgow in April, 1778. 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 381 

He was served heir to his father in May, 1790, 
and is described as Captain Alexander Maclean of 
Coll. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the 
Breadalbane Fencibles in 1794 or thereabouts. He 
seems to have gone to Ireland with the third 
battalion in 1795. 

When Alexander of Coll was in the Argyle 
Fencibles, John Macdonald, of Hogh in Tiree, 
neglected to perform some duty, which had been 
entrusted to him, at a bridge. For this act of 
neglect Major Hugh Montgomery ordered that he 
should be whipped. Coll was at that time only a 
captain. As Macdonald was in his company, and 
as he had been acquainted with him from his 
youth, he went twice to the major and humbly 
pleaded with him to forgive Macdonald ; but the 
major was inexorable. When the flogging was to 
begin Coll drew his sword and cut the cords with 
which the unfortunate soldier was tied to the 
whipping-post. Montgomery challenged Maclean 
to a duel with swords ; the challenge was at once 
accepted. As there was some fear among the 
soldiers that Maclean might be killed, they sent 
word to Montgomery that if he should happen to 
kill Maclean, he would be instantly shot. Coll 
appeared on the ground ; but Montgomery kept 
away. The duel was never fought. 

One of Coil's tenants, who came to the island 
of Cape Breton, was one day telling his neighbour 
about the clearness of head and knowledge of law 
which the old laird possessed. Surely, said his 



382 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

neighbour, he did not know as much about law as 
Moses. Moses, was the reply, Moses never saw 
the day when he could split the law better than 
our own laird of Coll. 

Alexander of Coll married Catherine, eldest 
daughter of Captain Allan Cameron of Glendes- 
sary, by whom he had one son and six daughters ; 
Hugh, Janet, Sibella, Catherine, Maria, Marion, 
and Breadalbane. Hugh succeeded his father in 
Coll. Janet was married to the Honourable 
George Vere Hobart, second son of the Duke of 
Buckinghamshire. Both her husband and her- 
self died a few years after their marriage. They 
left one child, a daughter named Vere- Louise - 
Catherine, who became the wife of Donald Cameron 
of Lochiel, and was the mother of the present 
Cameron of Lochiel. Sibella, second daughter of 
Alexander of Coll, died unmarried. Catherine was 
married to Major Donald Macleod of Talisker, 
w r ho emigrated to Australia about the year 1821. 
She visited Britain in 1857, and died shortly after 
her return to Australia. She had a large family. 
Maria, fourth daughter of Alexander of Coll, was 
married to Alexander Hunter, Edinburgh. Marion 
and Breadalbane died unmarried. The latter was 
noted for her piety and charitable deeds. 

Alasdair Ruadh was of an independent spirit, 
and somewhat quick-tempered. He was manly, 
obliging, and benevolent, and treated his tenants 
with thorough kindness. He was a chieftain of 
great popularity. He was, in 1818, laird of Coll, 



THE MACLEANS OF COLL. 383 

Quinish, Rum, and Muck. He handed over his 
estates to Hugh, his eldest son, in 1828. He left 
Coll then and went to live in Quinish. He died 
on April loth, 1835. 

XVI. Hugh, sixteenth and last Maclean of Coll, 
was born in 1782. He served for some time in the 
Guards, and became a lieutenant -colonel. He 
purchased Ben More in Mull, and built the castle 
of Drimfin near Tobermory. He got into debt, 
and had to part with his estates, which were sold 
in April, 1856. 

Hugh of Col! married, first, in 1814, Janet 
Dennistoun, by whom he had four daughters; 
Margaret, Catherine- Cameron, Elizabeth, and 
Isabella-Sibella. He married, secondly, in 1825, 
Jane Robertson, by whom he had six children ; 
Juliet, Alexander, John-Hector-Norman, William, 
Hugh, and Jane-Albane. William died in India 
in 1867. Hugh was a captain in the army, and 
died in 1867. Margaret was married to James 
Hamilton of Barnes; Elizabeth, to Walter Griffith; 
Juliet, to Ashe Windham ; and Jane-Albane, to 
George Dundas. Hugh of Coll lived in London 
during the latter part of his life. He died at 
Woodville in the house of his daughter Margaret 
in 1861. He was a kind-hearted man, and was 
well liked by his tenants. 

XVII. Alexander, eldest son of Hugh of Coll, 
succeeded his father as representative of the de- 
scendants of John Garbh. He was tall and athletic, 
modest, and full of kindness. He emigrated to 



384 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

South Africa in 1849. He died at Umgeni, near 
Durban, on Sunday afternoon, July nth, 1875. 
He was in the forty-seventh year of his age. He 
was succeeded in the chieftainship of the Macleans 
of Coll by his brother, John-Hector-Norman. 

XVIII. John Hector Norman Maclean was 
born in 1829. He entered the army in India in 1846, 
and rose to the rank of major-general. He mar- 
ried a daughter of Robert Rae, by whom he had 
three daughters ; Emily-Agnes, Florence-Maude, 
and Isabel-Annie. On retiring from active service 
he returned from India, and took up his residence 
at Brighton in England. He died on the 29th of 
August, 1882. 

II. THE MACLEANS OF ARNABOST. 

Lachlan Maclean was born at Grimsary in the 
Isle of Coll, and died at Arnabost. He was the 
son of John, son of Donald, son of Rory, son of 
Hector, son of Neil, son of Malcolm, son of 
Lachlan, son of John Garbh, first of Coll. He 
married Catherine, daughter of John Campbell, 
by whom he had a son named John. John lived 
at Arnabost. He married Finvola, daughter of 
Hector Maclean, Eachann Mac Iain Mhic Thear- 
laich, and had seven children by her ; Lachlan, 
Murdoch, John Og, Donald, Mary, Margaret, and 
Catherine. Murdoch was married, and had six 
sons ; Donald, Alexander, Lachlan, Hugh, John, 
and Neil. He died at Sordidale in 1867. John 
Og came to Canada in 1846, and settled at 



THE MACLEANS OF ARNABOST. 385 

Melbourne above Montreal. He removed to the 
United States in 1869. He died at Wichita in 
Kansas, in 1892, and was eighty-eight years of 
age. He left a large family of sons and daughters. 
Donald, fourth son of Iain Mac Lachainn Mhic 
Iain, died unmarried. Mary, the eldest daughter, 
was married to Donald Macdonald, son of Ailein 
Muilleir, and was the mother of that worthy High- 
lander, the late D. T. Macdonald, of Red Jacket, 
Michigan. 

Lachlan, eldest son of Iain Mac Lachainn Mhic 
Iain, was born at Arnabost, Coll, on June 2d, 1798, 
and was educated in his native island. He went 
to Glasgow about 1821 and engaged in the hosiery 
business. He was a scholarly and well-read man, 
and an admirable writer, both in Gaelic and Eng- 
lish. He wrote a number of excellent articles for 
the "Teachdaire Gaidhealach" and "Cuairtear nan 
Gleann." He published "Adhamh agus Eubh," 
or Adam and Eve, in 1837, and "The History of 
the Keltic Language" in 1840. He composed a 
few short poems. He took an intense interest in 
his mother tongue, and was known as Lachainn 
na Gaidhlig, or Lachlan of the Gaelic. He was 
frank and genial in his manner, sociable by nature, 
and an exceedingly pleasant companion. He 
married Agnes Ashmore, by whom he had a son 
named Norman, and four daughters. He died at 
his residence, 49 Oxford Street, Glasgow, on 
November 22d, 1848, in the fifty-first year of his 
age. He was buried in the southern Necropolis. 

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386 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

The Maclean Association erected a handsome 
monument to his memory in 1896. 

III. NEIL MOR AND NEIL OG. 

I. Neil Mor Maclean was a grandson of John 
Abrach. It is generally supposed that he was a 
natural son of John, fourth of Coll. According 
to the Rev. Neil Maclean, minister of Tiree, he 
was a son of Hector, fifth of Coll. He was dis- 
tinguished for his strength, bravery, and manly 
character. He became military leader of the 
Macleans of Coll after the death of Hector Roy in 
1593. Lachlan Mor of Duart sent an armed force 
to take possession of Coll. Neil Mor marched in 
great haste to meet the invaders. On his way to 
the encounter he found that the flag had been 
forgotten. An old warrior, known as Domhnall 
Miigach, or Gloomy Donald, stepped forward, 
took off his bonnet, and pointing to his bald head 
exclaimed, This will do for a standard, and I 
promise that it will not go back a foot to-day. 
The two parties met at Struthan-nan-Ceann, or the 
streamlet of the heads; the invaders were defeated 
with great slaughter. Shortly afterwards Lachlan 
Mor sent a much larger force to Coll. The result 
was that he made himself master of that island. 
Neil Mor had to flee for his life. He resided at 
Drimnacross, but left Drimnacross and went to 
live at Cill-bheag. Lachlan Mor's men were 
seeking for an opportunity to kill him during 
three years. At last twenty -four of* them came 



NEIL MOR AND NEIL OG. 387 

upon him by surprise in the middle of the night. 
He fled, but was overtaken at Clachan Dubh, 
and beaten to death in a most savage manner. 
The spot on which he was killed is still known as 
Dunan Neill, or Neil's Hillock. His real murderer 
was Dughall Ruadh Mac Ailpein, Dugald Roy 
Mac Alpin. He was slain in the latter part of 
1596 or the beginning of 1597. He was married, 
and left at least one son, Niall Og. 

Lachlan, seventh of Coll, seized four of the men 
who formed the party that killed Niall Mor. He 
came upon them as they were playing shinty at 
Traigh Chalgari, the shore of Calgary in Mull. 
He took them to Coll, kept them in confinement 
for some time, and then hung them on a gibbet 
on the top of Cnoc a Chrochaire, or the Hangman's 
Hill. In 1896, or thereabouts, four skeletons were 
found at the spot on which the hanging took place. 
Some suppose that they were the skeletons of 
Niall Mor's murderers. We suspect, however, 
that they must have been of more recent origin. 
At the same time we must confess that we know 
nothing about the nature of the soil on Cnoc a 
Chrochaire, or the time it would take skeletons to 
decay in it. It is possible that the men who were 
put to death by Lachlan of Coll deserved their 
fate. But it is also possible that if they had not 
gone in pursuit of Niall Mor their lives might 
have been terminated sooner than they were. We 
certainly think that if the villain who gave the 
finishing blow to Niall Mor was one of them, 



388 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Lachlan of Coll cannot be blamed for sending him 
to the gallows. 

II. Niall Og was only a young boy when his 
father was killed. Tradition states that imme- 
diately after his father's death he was taken to 
Coll, and carried thither in a creel by a Macquarrie. 
We must not deal with traditions as if they were 
acts of parliament. It would be folly to interpret 
them literally. They may be substantially true, 
yet at the same time contain a number of details 
which are purely ornamental. It may be taken 
for granted that Niall Og was taken to Coll shortly 
after his father's death. It is also likely enough 
that he was taken to Coll by a Macquarrie. We 
feel confident, however, that he must have been 
at least six or seven years of age, perhaps 
ten or eleven. We do not say that he was not 
carried in a creel ; he may have been. And cer- 
tainly, in a painting of the flight of Niall Og, we 
should rather see him in a big creel on Macquarrie's 
back than trotting along beside his protector. 

Apart from tradition, we consider it certain that 
Niall Og was brought to Coll shortly after the 
death of his father. We consider it also certain 
that on coming of age he received a farm from 
the laird of Coll. From what we know of the 
manly character of the Macleans of Coll, we 
cannot for a moment believe that they would treat 
with indifference or neglect the son and heir of 
the hero of Struthan nan Ceann. They might 
cut off the head of an enemy without just cause, 



THE MACLEANS OF CROSSAPOL. 389 

but they would not forget the good deeds of a 
valiant friend. There was a Neil Maclean in 
Gallanach, Coll, in 1617. He was a prominent 
man, and may possibly have been the same person 
as Niall Og. 

THE MACLEANS OF CROSSAPOL. 

I. Neil Maclean was tacksman of Crossapol in 
1773. He was paying seven pounds a year of rent, 
and was in very comfortable circumstances. Neil 
was born probably about the year 1724. He 
married, about T 75O, Julia Stewart, and had nine 
children by her ; Donald, Margaret, Allan, Neil, 
Janet, Catherine, Flora, Una, and Ann. It is said 
that his wife was a grand-daughter of Hector 
Roy of Coll. She was born about 1734, and died 
about 1815. Donald, Neil's eldest son, studied 
for the ministry. Allan succeeded his father in 
Crossapol. Neil died young. Margaret was 
married to Charles Maclean of Gallanach. Janet 
was married to Captain Allan Macdonald of 
Darracha. Catherine died unmarried. Flora was 
married to Alexander Maclean, of A/iyieod, Coll, 
and had a son named Norman. Una was married 
to Allan, son of Malcolm Maclean. Ann was 
married, in 1796, to Neil Campbell of Treshnish 
and Sunipol, by whom she had Colin, Neil, 
Donald, John, Alexander, Archibald, and five 
daughters. 

II. Allan Maclean of Crossapol was born in 
1760. He married Mary, eldest daughter of John 



390 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Maclean of Langamull, by whom he had eight 
children ; Neil, John, Donald, Catherine, Chris- 
tina, Jessie, Julia, and Mary. He died in August, 
1 832, and was buried in the graveyard at Crossapol. 
Neil, eldest son of Allan, succeeded his father in 
Crossapol. John was born in 1810. He was 
a wine -merchant in London. He married, in 
1831, Anne, daughter of Alexander Maclean of 
Kinnegharar, by whom he had two daughters, 
Catherine- Mary, and Christina- Julia. Catherine 
was married to Dr. William Lovejoy, New York ; 
and Christina, to George Rose Innes, solicitor, 
London. John died in August, 1886. Donald 
was studying for the ministry. He died in March, 
1834, in the twenty - second year of his age. 
Catherine, eldest daughter of Allan, was married 
to the Rev. Hugh Maclean, who went to America. 
She had ten sons. Christina was married to 
Hugh Maclean in Edinburgh. Janet was married 
to a Mr. Barron in Glasgow. Mary was married 
to the Rev. A. Fraser in Greenock. 

III. Neil was the last Maclean of Crossapol. 
He was born in 1805, and died on January loth, 
1855. He was a thorough gentleman in every 
respect. He was never married. 

THE DESCENDANTS OF THE REV. DONALD 
MACLEAN. 

I. Donald, eldest son of Neil Maclean of 
Crossapol, was born in 1752. He graduated at 
Aberdeen in 1773, and was licensed to preach in 



REV. DONALD MACLEAN'S DESCENDANTS. 391 

1779. He acted for some time as chaplain to the 
Reay Fencibles. He became minister of Small 
Isles in 1787. He preached once a month in 
Rum, once a month in Muck, once a quarter in 
Canna, and the remainder of the time in Eigg, 
where he resided. He married, in 1777, Lillias, 
daughter of Alexander Maclean, of Gott, Tiree, 
and had five children by her; Margaret, Alexander, 
Neil, Hector, and Julia. He died in 1810. Neil, 
his second son, was born in 1784, and studied for 
the church. He became assistant minister of Coll 
in 1809, minister of Small Isles in 1811, and min- 
ister of Tiree and Coll in 1817. He married, in 
1814, Isabella, daughter of Major Alexander 
Macdonald of Vallay, by whom he had five 
children ; Donald, Harriet, Mary-Flora, Alexan- 
der, Lillias, and Isabel. Donald was a doctor, 
and died in Tiree. Alexander died in Australia. 
Lillias was married to William Mitchell, and Isabel 
to Alexander W. Cameron. The Rev. Neil Mac- 
lean died on August 26th, 1859. Hector, third 
son of the Rev. Donald Maclean, was minister of 
Lochalsh, and died in 1869. 

II. Alexander, eldest son of the Rev. Donald 
Maclean, was born in 1782. He studied medicine, 
and became surgeon to the 64th Foot in 1813. He 
was present at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. 
He returned to Britain in 1817, and married at 
Plymouth, Ann - Maria, daughter of Captain 
Williams, R. N. He died on board of a ship, near 
Plymouth, on March 5th, 1818. His body was 
taken ashore and buried in Plymouth. 



392 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

III. Alexander, only child of Dr. Maclean, was 
born on May 8th, 1818, two months after the 
death of his father. He joined the 94th regiment 
in India, in 1839, and was for eight years adjutant 
in it. He became captain in 1852. He married 
in February, 1857, Olivia-Louisa-Elizabeth, only 
daughter of the Rev. Samuel E. Day, vicar of 
the parish of St. Philip's and St. Jacob's, Bristol. 
In 1859 he was appointed staff officer of pensioners 
in Omagh, Tyrone County, Ireland. He retired 
from the army with the rank of lieutenant-colonel 
in July, 1878. After his retirement he resided at 
Bristol, England. He had by his wife five children ; 
Alexander- William- Day, Mary-Olivia, Hector- 
Arthur -Coalson, Edith- Louisa -Maud, Louisa- 
Maud, and Henry -Donald -Neil. He died on 
November nth, 1892. Hector, his second son, 
was born in Omagh, Ireland, on November gth, 
1861. He resides in London with his mother. 
He takes a deep interest in the history and gene- 
alogy of his clan, and is in every respect worthy 
of the good Maclean name which he bears. H. D. 
Neil was born at Clifton in June, 1872. He joined 
the King's Own Scottish Borderers at Mean Meer 
in India in April, 1893. He is a lieutenant, and 
was with his regiment in the Tirah expedition. 
Mary -Olivia was married, in 1884, to Captain 
William Holcombe Francis, of the 28th regiment. 
Edith died young. Louisa-Maud was married, in 
1894, to Dr. Francis Henry Hawkins, of Reading. 

IV. Alexander W. D. Maclean was born at 



REV. DONALD MACLEAN'S DESCENDANTS. 393 

Bristol, on February 6th, 1858. He was educated 
at Clifton College, and prepared for the army at 
Sandhurst. He entered the 94th regiment, or 
Connaught Rangers, in 1878. He became a lieu- 
tenant in 1879, and was in the same year in the 
Zulu War. He was promoted to the rank of 
captain in 1883, and to that of major in 1893. 
He was for five years adjutant of the 3d battalion 
of his regiment at Castlebar in Ireland, and was 
highly esteemed by all classes. He married in 
July, 1889, Rose - Eaden - Abinger, daughter of 
Admiral William Fenwick. He is at the present 
time commandant at Kailana in India. 

The origin of the Macleans of Crossapol is a 
matter of uncertainty, and has consequently occa- 
sioned a good deal of controversy. Unfortunately 
the Ardgour MS. makes no reference to them. 
We are thus left, to a very large extent, at the 
mercy of family traditions. According to one 
tradition, Neil Maclean, tacksman of Crossapol in 
1773, was the son of Allan, son of Neil Og, son 
of the heroic Neil Mor. As Neil Mor was slain 
at least as early as the beginning of 1597, it is 
certain that the Neil of 1773 was not his great- 
grandson. According to another tradition, the 
Neil Maclean who was in Crossapol in 1773 was 
the son of Hector, son of Ewen, son of John 
Garbh, eighth of Coll. There are several diffi- 
culties in the way of accepting this view. There 
is no reference, either to the marriage or son of 
Ewen, John Garbh's son, in the Ardgour MS. He 

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394 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

may, however, have been married ; and whether 
he was married or not he may have left a son 
named Hector. As Ewen was killed at Inver- 
keithing in July, 1651, Hector, his son, must have 
been born at least as early as the spring" of 1652. 
Now it is tolerably certain that the Neil who was 
tacksman of Crossapol in 1773 was not born 
earlier than 1724. Thus, then, if he was the son 
of Hector, son of Ewen, son of John Garbh of 
Coll, Hector must have been seventy-two years of 
age when his son Neil was born. Such, of course, 
may have been the case ; but before believing that 
it was the case one would require some evidence. 
If the Neil of 1773 was really the son of Hector, 
we should expect to find one of his sons called 
Hector. As, however, the names of his children 
are all taken from the baptismal register, it may 
be assumed as a fact that he had no son named 
Hector. At the same time it is possible that his 
father's name was Hector. In support of the 
contention that the Neil of 1773 was the son of 
Hector, son of Ewen, son of John Garbh, we are 
told that there is a tradition in favour of it. The 
weak point about this argument is that there is 
another tradition which asserts that Neil was the 
son of Allan, son of Neil Og. 

In July, 1642, Hector Maclean of the Isle of 
Muck, John Maclean in Crossapol, and others, wit- 
nessed a charter granted by John Garbh, eighth of 
Coll. It is evident that John Maclean in Crossapol 
was a man of good standing among the Macleans 



THE LAST MACLEANS OF GIURDAL. 395 

of Coll. He was in all probability tacksman of 
Crossapol, and is the first Maclean with whom we 
meet there. It is at least possible that this John 
whoever he may have been was the progenitor 
of the Macleans of Crossapol. He may have had 
a son named Neil, and Neil may have had a son 
who was known as Neil Og. 

THE LAST MACLEANS OF GIURDAL. 

John Maclean was born in Grishipol, Coll. He 
settled in the Isle of Rum, and was tenant of the 
farm of Giurdal. He married Mary, daughter of 
Allan Maclean of Grishipol, and had by her six 
children ; Charles, Allan, Neil, Catherine, Ann, 
and Janet. Allan succeeded him in Giurdal. 

According to the late Hugh Maclean of Ruel 
Cottage near Dunoon, Neil Og of Crossapol had 
two sons, Allan and Charles, and three daughters. 
Allan succeeded him in Crossapol, and had two 
sons, Neil and Lachlan. Neil was tacksman of 
Crossapol in 1773. Lachlan had three sons ; 
Allan, Lachlan, and Hugh. He had also several 
daughters, one of w.hom was married to John 
Mackinnon in Grimsary, Coll. Charles, second 
son of Neil Og, had a son named John. John, 
Iain Mac Thearlaich, held the farm of Kinloch 
Scrisort in Rum. He married Rachel, daughter 
of Hector Campbell in Rum, and had by her four 
children ; Allan, Charles, Margaret, and Flora. 
Allan succeeded his father in Kinloch Scrisort. 
Charles became tenant of Giurdal. He married 



396 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

a sister of Allan Maclean of Giurdal, and had by 
her three sons, Allan, Hector, and Alexander, all 
of whom emigrated to Cape Breton in 1826. 
Flora, second daughter of Iain Mac Thearlaich, 
was the grandmother of Hugh Maclean of Ruel 
Cottage. 

Allan Maclean of Kinloch Scrisort, was factor 
of Rum and Muck. He married Margaret 
Macdonald, of the Isle of Eigg, and had by 
her five children ; John, Donald, James, Mary, 
and Isabel. John died unmarried. Donald 
studied for the ministry. He was ordained, and 
settled in the parish of Small Isles, in 1818. He 
married, in 1822, Isabella, daughter of Charles 
Maclean of Gallanach, Coll. He died on board of 
a steamer between Greenock and Glasgow on 
October 6th, 1839. He left five children ; Allan, 
Lachlan, Margaret, Breadalbane, and Maria. 
Allan remained in Scotland with his mother. 
Lachlan and the three girls went to Melbourne, 
Australia, about the year 1853. James, third son 
of Allan of Kinloch Scrisort, occupied the farm of 
Gallanach in Muck from 1826 to 1836. He married 
Mary, daughter of Eachann Ghiurdail, and had 
by her two sons, Hector and John. The whole 
family emigrated to Melbourne in 1838. 

IV. THE MACLEANS OF ACHNASAUL. 

I. Allan, second son of Hector, fifth of Coll, 
was the progenitor of the Macleans of Achnasaul. 
He married Anne, daughter of Macdonald of 



THE MACLEANS OF ACHNASAUL. 397 

Ardnamurchan, by whom he had three sons ; 
Hector, Ranald, and Donald. He was with Sir 
Lachlan Mor at Gruinnart in 1598. He accom- 
panied Lachlan Maclean of Coll to the Isle of 
Skye in 1601, when the latter was trying to effect 
a reconciliation between the Macleods and the 
Macdonalds. The descendants of Hector and 
Ranald settled in Ireland. 

II. Donald, youngest son of Allan of Achna- 
saul, lived for some time in the island of Gunna, 
near Coll. Owing to a disagreement between the 
laird of Coll and himself, he was compelled to 
leave Gunna. He went to Skye, and took up his 
abode in Troternish. He was married, and had a 
son named Archibald. 

III. Archibald married a daughter of Mackas- 
kill of Rudh'-an-dunain, and had two sons by 
her, Allan and Rory. In a fight with swords 
between Allan and one of the Macsweens of Skye, 
the latter was killed. Immediately afterwards 
Allan and his brother Roderick left Skye, and 
settled at Kilmory in the Isle of Rum. The 
descendants of the former were known as Sliochd 
Ailein Mhic Ghilleasbuig, and those of the latter 
as Sliochd Ruairidh Mhic Ghilleasbuig. 

IV. Allan, son of Archibald, had two sons, 
Donald and Lachlan. 

V. Donald, son of Allan, had four sons ; Allan, 
John, Angus, and Neil. i. Allan settled in Coll, 
where he had charge of the laird's galley, birlinn 
Thighearna Chola. He died unmarried at Tota- 



398 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

ranald. 2. John succeeded his father in Kilmory. 
3. Angus left a son named Rory, who was known 
as Rory Mor, and was ground officer in Muck. 
John, only son of Rory Mor, settled in Coll. He 
married Ann Maclean, by whom he had four sons ; 
James, Hector, Neil, and John. James and Hector 
were drowned at Traigh Ghortain in Coll, about 
the year 1828. John and Neil died shortly after- 
wards. 4. Neil obtained a croft in Totaranald in 
Coll. He was married, and had a large family of 
sons and daughters. All the sons, except Donald, 
emigrated to Cape Breton. Donald remained in 
Totaranald. He had four sons. Two of them 
emigrated to Cape Breton ; and two, Donald and 
John, remained in Coll. Donald had two sons, 
Donald and Archibald. John was a carpenter, and 
was known as Iain Saor. He was married and 
had seven sons. 

VI. John, second son of Donald, had three 
sons ; Donald, Allan, and Archibald. Donald 
succeeded his father in Kilmory. Allan emigrated 
to Pictou, Nova Scotia. Archibald had two sons, 
Donald and John. 

VII. Donald, eldest son of John, had thirteen 
children ; John, Allan, Rory, Neil, Lachlan, Donald 
the elder, Hector, Donald the younger, Ewen, 
Mary, Catherine, Ann, and another daughter. 
Lachlan, Hector, and the two Donalds, died at an 
early age. Allan, the second son, lived at Kinloch 
in Rum. He had seven children ; Hector, Peter, 
Donald, Kenneth, and three daughters. Hector, 



THE MACLEANS OF ACHNASAUL. 399 

Peter, Donald, and two of the daughters, emi- 
grated to Upper Canada in 1852. Kenneth and 
the eldest daughter remained in Rum with their 
father. Kenneth was the last Maclean that lived 
in Rum. But he was not allowed to die there. 
He was removed to Perthshire. He died at Glen- 
lyon in 1896. He was about seventy-eight years 
of age. Rory, third son of Donald, lived in 
Rothesay. He had five children ; Neil, Donald, 
John, Allan, and Mary. Neil, fourth son of Donald, 
married Flora Macdonald, from Kilchoan, Ardna- 
murchan, and had three sons ; Lachlan, Donald, 
and James. Lachlan, eldest son of Neil, lived in 
Oban. He married Ann Maclean, by whom he 
had five children ; Donald, James, Archibald, 
and two daughters. Donald, second son of Neil, 
is tenant of the farm of Arileoid in Coll, for which 
he is paying a rent of ,125 a year. He married, 
in 1860, Catherine, daughter of Donald MacColl 
in Lismore, and had by her eight children ; Neil, 
Donald, Flora, James, Archibald, Hector, Lachlan, 
and Alexander. James, third son of Neil, is a 
plumber by trade, and resides in Greenock. He 
is well versed in the history of the Macleans. He 
married, in 1869, Margaret Macbride from Arran, 
by whom he has seven children ; Flora, Mary, 
Kate, James, Alexander, Christy, and Margaret. 
Ewen, fifth son of Donald, was married and had 
two sons, Robert and Donald. 

VIII. John, eldest son of Donald, had two 
sons, Donald and John. Donald had three sons ; 



400 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Allan, Donald, and John. John, the younger son 
of John, son of Donald, came to Cape Breton 
in 1835. 

THE DESCENDANTS OF LACHLAN MACLEAN. 

Lachlan Maclean, son of Allan, son of Archibald, 
son of Donald of Gunna, lived in Kilmory in the 
Isle of Rum, and was noted for his great strength. 
John, Lachlan's son, married a daughter of Donald 
Maclean, his uncle, and had by her John Mor and 
other children. John Mor was six feet four-and- 
one-half inches in height, and stout in proportion. 
He married, first, Marion, daughter of Murdoch 
Maclean, son of the Gobha Crubach, and had 
by her four sons ; John Og, Neil, Hector, and 
Murdoch Mor. He married, secondly, Christy, 
daughter of Neil Maclean, Niall Mac Thearlaich 
Mhic Iain Ghobha, and had by her six children ; 
Mary, Christy, Flora, Marion, Margaret, and 
Donald. John Mor died in Kilmory at the age of 
fifty-five. The whole of his family, except Mary 
and Donald, came to Cape Breton in 1826. Mary, 
Mairi Mhor, was married to Charles Maclean. 
She died in Muck in May, 1838. Donald seems 
to have died young. John Og, eldest son of John 
Mor, married a Miss Macquarrie, by whom he 
had John, Marion, and other children. John was 
born in Rum in 1813. He married Margaret 
Macarthur, by whom he had Hector, John, Mar- 
garet, Donald, Hugh, Mary, and Allan. He died 
in 1897. Hector, his eldest son, was born at Port 
Hastings, Cape Breton, in 1843. 



THE DESCENDANTS OF RORY MACLEAN. 401 

THE DESCENDANTS OF RORY MACLEAN. 

Rory, second son of Archibald, son of Donald 
of Gunna, lived at Kilmory in Rum. John, son 
of Rory, was a blacksmith by trade, and was 
known as Iain Gobha, and, also, as an Gobha 
Crubach. He was for some time in the army in 
Holland. He left two sons, Murdoch and Charles. 
Charles was in the army, and served for some 
time in America, under Sir Allan of Brolas. He 
had two sons, Neil and Donald, the latter of 
whom was reputed the swiftest man in Rum. 
Donald had a son named Angus, who had three 
sons, Donald, Gillespick Mor, and John. Donald, 
eldest son of Angus, left three daughters. Gilles- 
pick Mor was a cooper in Rothesay, and had five 
sons ; Angus, Neil, John, Donald, and Archibald. 
Donald was a lawyer in Greenock. John, third 
son of Angus, settled in Eigg, and had two sons, 
Archibald and Lachlan. 

Murdoch, elder son of John Gobha, had five 
sons, Rory, Lachlan, Neil, Hector, and Allan, all 
of whom came to Cape Breton, except Lachlan, 
who died in Rum. Lachlan left two sons, Donald 
and Allan. Both came to Cape Breton. 

Rory, eldest son of Murdoch, married Ann 
Macisaac, by whom he had William, Murdoch, 
John, Neil, Charles, Allan, and Donald. Rory 
and all his sons, except Murdoch, left Rum for 
America in 1810. They were a night at Oban, 
attended a dance, and afterwards took part in a 

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4O2 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

big fight with some militiamen who had unwisely 
provoked their wrath. Rory and his family spent 
two years in Prince Edward Island, and then 
removed to Broad Cove, Cape Breton. William 
was for some time in the army. He settled at 
Chimney Corner in Cape Breton. Murdoch was 
pressed into the navy, and served seven years in 
it. He came to Cape Breton some time after his 
father. He married Mary Macgregor, by whom 
he had three sons ; Rory, Gregor, and Charles. 
John married Margaret Macdougall, by whom he 
had Murdoch, Duncan, Charles, John, Catherine, 
Ann, Mary, and Margaret. Mary was married to 
that excellent Highlander, Alexander Campbell, 
ex-M. P. P., Strathlorne, Cape Breton. 

V. THE FIRST MACLEANS OF GRISHIPOL. 

I. John, third son of Hector, fifth of Coll, 
was the first Maclean of Grishipol. He married 
Finvola, a daughter of the laird of Mackinnon, by 
whom he had a son named John. 

II. John, second of Grishipol, married a 
daughter of Roderick Maclean, a merchant in 
Glasgow, and had by her four sons ; Lachlan, 
John, Hugh, and Charles. John, the second son, 
graduated at the University of Edinburgh, in July, 
1672, and became minister of Kilmorie in Kintyre 
in 1688. After the revolution he went to Ireland, 
and was for some time minister of Coleraine, and 
afterwards prebendary of Referchen. He was a 
man of extraordinary bodily strength. He was 



THE FIRST MACLEANS OF GRISHIPOL. 403 

married twice. By his first wife, a daughter 
of Lachlan Macneill of Lossit, he had several 
daughters. By his second wife, a daughter of 
James Cubbage, he had three sons ; John, Clot- 
worthy, and James. John was minister of Clocher. 
He married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Philip 
Matthews, by whom he had three sons ; Lachlan, 
James, and Henry. Lachlan was a doctor, and a 
very clever man. He was for some time agent of 
the Nabob of Arcot. He was lost on his passage 
home to Britain. Clotworthy, second son of the 
Rev. John Maclean, was a doctor. James, the 
third son, was minister in Rachray. Charles, 
fourth son of Roderick of Grishipol, was the 
ancestor of Lachlan Maclean of Kilmore in Mull, 
whose son, John, was a wine-merchant in Glasgow 
in 1838. 

III. Lachlan, third of Grishipol, Lachainn Mac 
Iain Mhic Iain, married Ann, daughter of Neil 
Maclean of Drimnacross, by whom he had four 
sons ; Roderick, John, Hector, and Allan. 

IV. Roderick, fourth of Grishipol, had a natural 
son named Neil. He married, first, Marion, 
daughter of John Macdonald of Moydart, and 
widow of Lachlan of Coll. He married, secondly, 
Marion, daughter of Donald Maclean of Ari- 
ghoulan, by whom he had two sons, Lachlan and 
John. Neil had a son named John, who went to 
Jamaica. John, Roderick's third son, died young 
and unmarried. 

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404 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

a captain in the military service of the East India 
Company. He married, first, a daughter of Hector 
Maclean, his uncle ; and, secondly, a daughter of 
Alexander Maclean of Sollas in Uist. He had 
two sons and several daughters. 

VI. THE MACLEANS OF MUCK. 

I. Hector, second son of Lachlan, seventh of 
Coll, received the island of Muck from his father. 
He seems to have been educated for the ministry. 
He was a man of ability, and of noble appearance. 
He commanded under Sir Lachlan of Duart in 
Montrose's army, and distinguished himself very 
highly at the battle of Kilsyth. 

The Mac lans of Ardnamurchan were bitter 
enemies to Hector of Muck, because his father 
had brought some of them to justice for their mis- 
deeds. They were also privately instigated by their 
enemy, Sir Donald Campbell of Ardnamurchan, 
to do all the harm they could to the Macleans of 
Coll, and thus bring themselves into trouble. 
Under the leadership of Mac Ian Gheir, a noto- 
rious thief and robber, a party of them landed at 
night in Muck, and began to drive away all the 
cattle they could find. Hector of Muck fired at 
them, but missed them. He was immediately 
surrounded and slain. 

Hector of Muck was married to Julian, daughter 
of Allan of Ardtornish, and according to the Ard- 
gour MS. had two sons by her, Hector and Hugh. 
It is certain that he had also a son named Lachlan. 
He was succeeded by Hector. 



THE MACLEANS OF MUCK. 405 

II. Hector, second of Muck, married a daughter 
of Hector Roy, ninth of Coll, and had by her 
three children ; Hector, Lachlan, and Julian. 
Hector married Marion, daughter of Lachlan 
Maclean of Calgary ; but both died at an early 
age, and without issue. Lachlan succeeded his 
father in Muck. Julian was married to Alexander 
Maclachlan, bailie of Tiree. 

III. Lachlan of Muck was a captain under Sir 
John of Duart at Sheriffmuir in 1715. He mar- 
ried Mary, daughter of James Macdonald, of 
Balfinlay, and had four children by her ; Hector, 
Donald, Catherine, and Mary. Hector succeeded 
his father. Donald succeeded Hector. Catherine 
was married to Charles Maclean of Scour ; and 
Mary, to Alexander Maclean of Sollas. 

IV. Hector, fourth of Muck, married Isabel, 
second daughter of Donald Macleod, third of 
Talisker, but died without issue. 

V. Donald, fifth Maclean of Muck, was a very 
popular man. He held the farm of Cornaig in Coll, 
and was known as Fear Chornaig. He married, 
first, Flora, daughter of the Rev. Archibald Mac- 
lean, minister of Ross, by whom he had one son, 
Lachlan. His wife died on May ist, 1756. He 
married, secondly, Florence, daughter of John 
Maclean of Treshnish, by whom he had one son 
and three daughters ; John, Florence, Mary, and 
Ann. John, his second son, was a captain in the 
army. He married Isabel, daughter of John 
Maclean, eldest son of Donald of Kilmoluaig in 



406 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Tiree, and had four sons by her ; Donald, John, 
Alexander-Campbell, and James. Donald lived 
in Bermuda. He left one son and one daughter. 
John was a captain in the 43d regiment. He 
married a daughter of Grant of Red Castle, and 
had four sons. He lived for some time in New 
South Wales. Alexander-Campbell was a mer- 
chant in China. James was killed in the Crimea. 
Ann, youngest daughter of Donald of Muck, 
was married to Lieutenant Neil Maclean of the 
Leda frigate. Donald of Muck died in Edinburgh 
on August 3ist, 1790. He was buried at Killinaig 
in Coll. He was the subject of a good elegy 
by Archibald Maclean of Tiree, the well-known 
Gilleasbuig Laidir. 

VI. Lachlan, son of Donald Maclean of Muck, 
was for some time an officer in the 84th, or Royal 
Highland Emigrant regiment. He was appointed 
captain in the North Carolina Dragoons, and did 
good service under General Sir Henry Clinton, 
for which he received public thanks. He returned 
to Britain on half-pay in 1783, but re-entered the 
army in a short time. He was compelled by ill 
health to retire from active service, and to accept 
an official situation. He was for a short time 
lieutenant-colonel of the Breadalbane Fencibles. 
He lived in London during the latter part of his 
life. He held the rank of major in the army, and 
was deputy -lieutenant, or resident governor, of 
the Tower of London. He married Hannah- 
Barbara, daughter of Captain Cottnam, and had 



THE MACLEANS OF MUCK. 407 

twelve children by her; Francis- John -Small, 
Donald, Charles, Lockhart, John, George, Hector, 
Elizabeth, Florianne, Mary-Gavinne, Henrietta, 
and Susan. He died in 1816 in the sixtieth year 
of his age. He is buried in London. Donald, his 
second son, was married, and had a son named 
Lachlan-Hector. Charles was married, and left 
one son, Lachlan. Lockhart was married, and left 
a son named Seymour. John was married, and 
left two sons, Henry-Grey and Lachlan. George 
died unmarried. Hector was first-lieutenant of 
the Crescent frigate, which was wrecked off the 
coast of Jutland. He lost his life while gallantly 
attempting to save the lives of those who had been 
wrecked along with him. Florianne was married 
to James Macleod of Raasay, with issue John, 
James, Loudon, Francis, and Hannah- Elizabeth. 
John was the last Macleod of Raasay. Hannah- 
Elizabeth was married to Sir John Campbell of 
Ardnamurchan. Mary-Gavinne, third daughter 
of Lachlan, was the celebrated London beauty of 
1816 and 1817. She was married to Captain 
William C. Clarke. She lost her health in the 
trying climate of India. She returned to Britain 
in 1828, and died in 1833. Henrietta was married 
to Major Poore. 

VII. Francis John Small Maclean held an 
appointment in the ordnance department. He 
married Margaret, daughter of I. Hemp, of Herne 
Hill, Surrey, by whom he had one son, Archibald. 
He was killed in the island of Dominica, while 
assisting to suppress an insurrection of natives. 



408 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

VIII. Archibald, eighth representative of the 
Macleans of Muck, entered the army as an ensign 
in the 68th Durham Light Infantry. He served 
in the army eight years ; and then found it nec- 
essary to retire owing to impaired eyesight. He 
married Sarah -Elizabeth -Frances, daughter of 
Colonel Raynes of the lyth Dragoons, and had 
eleven children by her; Francis- Etherington, 
Herbert- Arthur, Fanny- Maria, Cottnam-Walter, 
Hector- Archibald, Charles -James, Septimius- 
Maitland, Isabel, Marion, Moira, and William. 
He died about 1883. Herbert, his second son, 
settled in Australia. He was married, and left 
sons and daughters. Fanny lives in London. 
Cottnam settled in Queensland. He married Ida 
Richardson, by whom he had two sons. Hector 
settled in New Zealand. He is married, and has 
several children. Charles-James resides in Lon- 
don. Septimius died young. Isabel, Marion, 
and Moira are married. William lives in London. 
He is married, and has a son and daughter. 

IX. Francis Etherington Maclean is the present 
representative of the Macleans of Muck. He 
lives in Australia. He married Jessie Brown, 
and has several sons and daughters. If the Coll 
estates were still in possession of the descendants 
of John Garbh, Francis Etherington would be 
laird. He would have inherited the estates ac- 
cording to the charter granted to Hugh, fourteenth 
of Coll, in February, 1756. 



LACHLAN MAC HECTOR'S DESCENDANTS. 409 

THE DESCENDANTS OF HUGH MAC HECTOR. 

Hugh, second son of Hector, first of Muck, 
married a daughter of the laird of Coll, by whom 
he had three sons ; John, Hector, and Donald. 
John settled in Sandyneesher in Rum. He married 
Marion Macqueen, a sister of the Rev. Donald 
Macqueen, by whom he had a son named Hugh. 
Hugh married Flora, daughter of John Maclean, 
Iain Mac Thearlaich Mhic Neill Oig, and had six 
children by her ; John, Hector, Hugh, John Og, 
Flora, and Marion. John married Mary, daughter 
of John Macaulay, and grand-daughter of the 
Rev. Angus Macaulay, and had by her four sons 
and two daughters ; Hugh, John, Donald, Hector, 
Florence, and Marion. John left Rum about the 
year 1830. Hugh married Anne, daughter of 
John Cameron in Strathchur, Argyleshire, and 
had six children by her ; John, James, Donald, 
Hugh, Mary, and Anne. He lived near Dunoon, 
Scotland, and died a few months ago. 

THE DESCENDANTS OF LACHLAN MAC HECTOR. 

Lachlan, son of Hector, first of Muck, had a 
son named John. John married a Miss Campbell, 
and had by her Lachlan and Alexander. Lachlan 
was drowned at the age of twenty-two. Alex- 
ander married Eunice Mackinnon, by whom he 
had six children, Lachlan, Donald, Malcolm, 
Christy, Mary, and Catherine, all of whom emi- 



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410 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

grated to Cape Breton in 1826, except Catherine. 
Lachlan, known as Lachainn Mac Alasdair, was 
born in 1763. He was ground officer in Rum for 
about thirty years. He married Mary Mackay, 
by whom he had Donald Ban and Marion. He 
came to Cape Breton in 1826, and settled in Strath- 
lorne. Donald Ban married Christy, daughter of 
John Mor Maclean, of Kilmory in Rum, and had 
twelve children by her; John, Lachlan, Alexander, 
Murdoch, Allan, Donald E., Hector, Neil, Marion, 
Isabella, and Christy. Donald E.is a loyal mem- 
ber of his clan. Donald Ban died in 1874, aged 
eighty years. 

THE MACLEANS OF HAREMERE HALL. 

Alexander-Campbell, third son of Captain John 
Maclean, son of Donald of Muck, was a merchant 
in China, where he succeeded in amassing a large 
amount of wealth. He purchased Haremere Hall 
in the county of Sussex, England, w r here he lived 
during the latter part of his life. He married, in 
1825, Mary Elizabeth Travers, of Fairfield, in 
Devonshire, England, and had six children by her; 
Henry-Travers, John-Lachlan, George- Francis, 
Alexander, Hector-Morgan, and Adelaide. His 
estate was sold after his death, and the proceeds 
divided among his surviving sons. 

i. Henry-Travers, eldest son of Maclean of 
Haremere Hall, was a captain in the Indian army 
of Bombay. He married Marion, daughter of 
Captain Donald Maclean, son of Lachlan of Muck. 



THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNACROSS. 411 

He died in 1863. He had a posthumous son, 
Henry-T ravers, who resides in New Zealand. 

2. John -Lachlan was a merchant in China. 
He married, in 1858, Mary, daughter of Henry 
Huttleston, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, by 
whom he had seven children ; Lachlan-Percival, 
Cameron - Travers, Edmund - Henry, Hector- 
George, Mary, Annie, and Lilian. 

3. George- Francis was a merchant in China. 
He married a daughter of J. W. Cole, by whom 
he had six children ; Margaret-Gavinne, Emilie- 
Fordyce, Alexander- Henry- Herbert, Rosalie- 
Abbe, Lowry-Cole, and Adelaide -Travers. He 
died in 1885. 

VII. THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNACROSS. 

Neil, third son of Lachlan, seventh of Coll, 
lived on the farm of Drimnacross in Mull. He 
served under Sir Lachlan of Duart in the time of 
Montrose. He was at the battle of Inverkeithing 
in 1651, and was severely wounded. He married 
Florence, daughter of Allan Macdonald of Morar, 
by whom he had two sons and six daughters ; 
Hector, Allan, Marion, Ann, a daughter whose 
name is not known, Florence, Margaret, and Janet. 
Marion was married to John Garbh, bailie of 
Ross. Ann was married to Lachlan Maclean of 
Grishipol. The third daughter was married to 
Hector Macquarrie of Ormaig. Florence was 
married to Charles Mac Neil Ban in Tiree. 
Margaret was married, first, to Donald Maclean 



412 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

of Arighoulan ; and, secondly, to Ewen Maclean of 
Treshnish. Janet was married to Charles Maclean, 
of the Gallanach family. 

Hector, elder son of Neil of Drimnacross, 
occupied the farm of Torrestan in Coll. He 
married Florence, daughter of Lachlan Maclean 
of Calgary, by whom he had one son, Lachlan, 
his successor. Hector was a captain under Sir 
John of Duart at the battle of Killiecrankie in 
1689. He was killed at Dunkeld shortly after- 
wards. Lachlan, second of Torrestan, served 
for some time as a volunteer in General Murray's 
regiment in Holland. He married Margaret, 
daughter of the Rev. Alexander Macdonald, 
minister of Sunart, by w r hom he had a daughter 
named Marjory. Marjory was married, in 1736, 
to the Rev. Donald Macqueen, minister of Small 
Isles, and had two sons, Allan and Edmund. 
Allan became minister of North Uist in 1770, 
and died in 1801. Edmund became minister of 
Barra in 1774, and died in 1812. 

Allan, second son of Neil of Drimnacross, 
occupied the farm of Grishipol in Coll. He married 
Catherine, daughter of Ewen Maclean of Balli- 
phetrish in Tiree, and had by her six children ; 
Lachlan, John, Neil, Allan, Florence, and Mary. 
Lachlan was a merchant in Glasgow, and took a 
deep interest in his clan. He left a daughter 
named Catherine, who was married to Daniel 
Burrell of Annat Hill. John succeeded his father 
in Grishipol. Neil was a doctor. Allan was in 



THE MACLEANS OF GERMANY. 413 

the army. Both of them emigrated to Connecticut. 
Florence was married to Donald Maclean, of 
Calgary. Mary was married to John Maclean of \ 
Giurdal in Rum. 

John, second of Grishipol, married Ann, daugh- 
ter of the Rev. John Maclean, of Kilninian in 
Mull, and by her had John and Archibald, and 
two daughters. John was a merchant in Norfolk, 
Virginia. He was married and had one child, a 
daughter. Archibald settled in Germany. 

THE MACLEANS OF GERMANY. 

Archibald, second son of John of Grishipol, 
was a merchant in Dantzic. He married Mary 
Symson, by whom he had four sons ; John, Lach- 
lan, Archibald, and Henry. John lived in Dantzic. 
His present representative, whose name is also 
John, is an officer in the German army. Lachlan 
visited Coll about the year 1800, and died in 1831. 
His descendants live at Rodstock. Archibald, son 
of Archibald, or Archibald II., had two sons, 
Archibald and Hugh. Archibald III. had two 
sons, Archibald and Lachlan. Archibald IV. was 
born in 1842. He was premier-lieutenant of the 
Life Guards in the Franco- Prussian War. He 
received the Iron Cross for distinguished services. 
His son, Archibald V., visited Coll in 1896. The 
German Macleans have evidently retained the 
fighting propensities of their clan. It is pleasant 
to find that they have not forgotten the old High- 
land names. 



414 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

THE DESCENDANTS OF DR. NEIL MACLEAN. 

I. Dr. Neil Maclean, third son of Allan of 
Grishipol, emigrated to America in 1736, and 
settled at Wethersfield, Connecticut. He re- 
mained there about two years, and then removed 
to Hartford, where he had an extensive practice. 
He married, first, in 1737, Hannah Stillman, by 
whom he had Lachlan, Allan, John, and Neil. 
He married, secondly, in 1757, Hannah Knowles. 
He died in 1784. Allan, his second son, was a 
doctor by profession. He married Mary Sloan, 
by whom he had Catherine, Allan, Polly, Peggy, 
Elizabeth, and James. He died in 1829. Allan, 
his elder son, was a sea-captain, and resided at 
Savannah. John, third son of Dr. Neil, was a 
farmer, and lived at Windsor. He married Sarah 
Gardiner, by whom he had Dolly, John, James, 
Harry, Sally, and Betsey. Harry, his third son, 
lived at Bloomfield. He married Susanna Gillett, 
by whom he had Betsey, Henry, John, Daniel- 
Goodwin, Susanna, and Alexander- Dana. He 
died in 1844. Neil, fourth son of Dr. Neil, 
followed the sea. He was married, and left nine 
children. 

II. Lachlan, eldest son of Dr. Neil Maclean, 
settled in Windsor, Connecticut. He married Lucy 
Humphrey, by whom he had Hector, Charles, 
Mary-Ann, Archibald, William, James, and Lucy. 
He removed with his family from Windsor to 
Whitestown, New York. He died in 1813. 



THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLAN MACLEAN. 415 

Hector, his eldest son, was a sea-captain, and died 
in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 5th, 1800. By 
his wife, Dolly Bissell, he left two children, Esther 
and Henry. The former was married to Morris 
H. Tucker. Charles, second son of Lachlan, and 
Archibald, the third son, were married and left 
issue. William, the fourth son, was a printer by 
trade. He started the Whitestown Gazette in 
1779, and the Cherry Valley Gazette in 1818. He 
married, first, Sukey Williams, by whom he had 
Albert, Adelaide, and Thomas. He married, 
secondly, Loise Gillette, by whom he had Amasa, 
Loise, Charles, Susan, Eliza, and William. 
Albert, his eldest son, married Rebecca Wilson, 
and left issue. Thomas died unmarried. Amasa 
married Louisa Elliston, by whom he had Joseph, 
Annie, and Sarah. Charles, fourth son of William, 
succeeded his father as publisher of the Cherry 
Valley Gazette. He married Mary Judd, by whom 
he had William-Oliver, Elizabeth, Charles- Dana, 
and John-Judd. William, fifth son of William, 
was a printer by trade, and lived at Cooperstown. 
He married Phoebe Webb, by whom he had one 
son, William-Melville. 

THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLAN MACLEAN. 

I. Allan, fourth son of Allan Maclean of Grishi- 
pol, was born at Kilbride in Coll on August ist, 
1715. He left Scotland on July 22d, 1740, and 
landed in Boston on the i7th of the following 
September. He opened a shop in Hartford shortly 



4 1 6 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

afterwards. He married, in 1744, Mary, daughter 
of James Loomis, and had by her Mary, Alexander, 
Jabez, and Susanna. He was a lieutenant and 
commissary in the British army in 1760. He 
settled on a farm at Vernon about 1763. He died 
in 1786. 

II. Alexander, elder son of Allan, lived in Ver- 
non. He married Johanna, daughter of Jonathan 
Smith, and had by her Hannah, Alexander, 
Francis, Allan, Mary, and Rosanna. He died in 
1806. Hannah, his eldest daughter, was married 
to Elijah Fitch Reed, M. D., and had six children. 

i. Alexander, eldest son of Alexander, was a 
farmer in Manchester, Connecticut. He married, 
first, Betsey Thrall, by whom he had Alexander, 
John, Betsey, Clarissa, Allan, Mary, and Charles. 
He had, by a second wife, a son named William. 
He was generally known as Deacon Maclean. He 
died in 1843. Alexander, his eldest son, married 
Mary Meakins, by whom he had Alexander, 
Edwin, George-Allan, and others. John, second 
son of Deacon Maclean, married, first, Sarah 
Bunce,by whom he had Caroline, Rosanna, Sarah, 
John-Dwight, Charlotte, and Maro. He married, 
secondly, Rhoda Woodford, and had by her one 
daughter, Almena. Allan, third son of Deacon 
Maclean, married Eliza Woodbridge, and had one 
son, Christopher. Charles, the fourth son, mar- 
ried Octa Strong, by whom he had William-Tyler, 
Jerusha, Octa, Charles-Noble, Emma, Clara, and 
George-Lincoln. William, fifth son of Deacon 



THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLAN MACLEAN. 417 

Maclean, married, first, Mary T. Palmer, by whom 
he had Mary, William, Alfred, Clarence, and 
Arthur. He married, secondly, Helen Christian, 
and had by her Charles, John, Minnie, Frank, 
Edwin, Rosanna, Ernest, and Kate. 

2. Francis, second son of Alexander, lived on 
the old homestead in Vernon, a farm of about 300 
acres. He was a farmer, surveyor, and manufact- 
urer. He was a member of the state legislature 
for several years. He was also lieutenant-colonel 
of a militia regiment. He married, first, Roxey 
Mackinney, by whom he had Otis, Lora, Francis, 
Mary, John, and Rosanna. He married, secondly, 
Sarah Barre Childs, with issue Edward, Roxey, 
Sarah, Harriet, Maria, Mary, and John-Hall. He 
died in 1861. 

3. Allan, third son of Alexander, was born in 
1781. He studied for the ministry, and was 
settled over the Congregational Church at Sims- 
bury, Connecticut, in August, 1809. He married, 
first, Sarah Pratt, with issue Allan -Neal, Loyd, 
Charles -Backus, Sarah -Olmstead, and Dudley- 
Bestor. He married, secondly, Nancy Morgan. 
He was a tall, erect, and dignified-looking man. 
He was totally blind during the last twelve years 
of his life, but continued to preach. He died in 
March, 1861. He was pastor of the same church 
during the long period of fifty-one years and seven 
months. 

Allan-Neal, eldest son of the Rev. Allan Mac- 
lean, married Emeline Barber, and by her had 

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4i 8 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Allan, Calvin -Barber, and Thomas-Neil. Loyd, 
second son of the Rev. Allan Maclean, died 
unmarried. Charles- Backus, the third son, was 
pastor of the Congregational Church at Collins- 
ville, Connecticut. He married Mary D.Williams. 
He died at Wethersfield in 1873. Dudley-Bestor, 
fourth son of the Rev. Allan Maclean, lived in 
Simsbury. He married, in 1846, Mary Payne, by 
whom he had five children; Hannah- Bishop, 
Charles- Allan, John-Bunyan, Sally -Pratt, and 
George - Payne. John-Bunyan studied for the 
ministry. George-Payne is a lawyer in Hartford. 
Sally - Pratt was married to Franklin Lynde 
Greene. She is the authoress of "Cape Cod 
Folks," and other novels. 

VIII. THE MACLEANS OF TOTARANALD. 

I. John, second son of John Garbh, eighth of 
Coll, was the first Maclean of Totaranald. He 
was known as Iain Ruadh, or John Roy. He 
served under Sir Lachlan of Duart in Montrose's 
army. He was at Inverkeithingf in 1651, and was 
severely wounded in the head. He was taken 
prisoner, and was kept in custody for a long time. 
He had a natural son named Ewen. He married 
Marion, daughter of Allan Maclean of Ardgour, 
and had by her Allan, Hector, Ann, Margaret, 
and Florence. Ewen was married and left issue. 
Allan succeeded his father in Totaranald. Hector 
had a son named Allan, who had a son named 
Hector, who had a son named Lachlan, who left a 



THE MACLEANS OF GALLANACH. 419 

daughter who was married to Norman Maclean. 
It is highly probable that Lachainn Mac Mhic 
Iain, the poet, was a son of John of Totaranald. 

II. Allan of Totaranald married Catherine, 
daughter of Roderick Macleod of Hamer, by 
whom he had two sons, Hector and Allan. Allan 
was drowned ere he had attained the age of 
manhood. 

III. Hector, third of Totaranald, married 
Julian, daughter of Alexander Maclachlan, bailie 
of Tiree, by whom he had two sons, Allan and 
Roderick. Allan settled in Ireland, and may or 
may not have been married. Roderick settled in 
Ireland, and was married there. 

THE MACLEANS OF GALLANACH. 

I. Hector, eldest son of Donald of Coll, was 
the progenitor of the Macleans of Gallanach. He 
lived in Mull. He was married and had two sons, 
Charles and Neil Ban. His descendants were 
known as Sliochd Eachainn Mhic Dhomhnaill, or 
the offspring of Hector the son of Donald. Neil 
Ban resided at Balliscate, near Tobermory. He 
had a son named Charles, who settled in Coll, and 
had a son named John. John, Iain Mac Thear- 
laich, occupied the farm of Trialan. He had two 
children, Hector and Isabel. He died in 1760. 
His daughter was married to Donald Campbell. 
Hector had five children ; John, Flora, Isabel, 
Ann, and Jane. He died in 1818. John, Iain 
Mac Eachainn Mhic Iain, had five sons ; Hector, 



420 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Charles, John, Lachlan, and Alexander. He died 
in 1860. Hector, his eldest son, was for a long 
time a mason in Glasgow. He emigrated to 
Macomb, Illinois. Lachlan was a minister in 
Australia. 

II. Charles, son of Hector, son of Donald of 
Coll, married Janet, youngest daughter of Neil 
Maclean of Drimnacross, and had by her a son 
named Lachlan. Charles fought at the battle of 
Culloden in 1746. 

III. Lachlan, son of Charles, was born in 1730. 
In his younger days he engaged in business in the 
Lowlands, but returned to the Western Islands in 
the course of a few years, and settled at Gallanach 
in Coll. He married Susanna, daughter of John 
Maclean of Treshnish, by whom he had Charles 
and other children. He died in 1802. 

IV. Charles, son of Lachlan, was born in 1760. 
He received a good education, and was a clear- 
headed and shrewd man. He kept a shop in 
Glasgow for a short time. He removed from 
Glasgow to Arinangour in Coll, where he also 
kept a shop. He entered into the kelp business 
and made a small fortune by it. He rented the 
farm of Gallanach in Coll, and was at the same 
time appointed factor of Coll. He purchased 
shortly afterwards the farm of Ardow in Mull. 
He married Margaret, daughter of Neil Maclean 
of Crossapol, by whom he had Lachlan, Margaret, 
Isabel, Sibella, and others. Margaret was married 
to a Mackinnon in Derrichuaig ; Isabel, to the 



THE MACLEANS OF GALLANACH. 421 


Rev. Donald Maclean, minister of Small Isles ; 

and Sibella, to John Campbell of Cornaig in Coll. 
Charles of Gallanach died in 1829, and was suc- 
ceeded by his only son, Lachlan. 

V. Lachlan of Gallanach was born on July 2ist, 
1789. He studied medicine. On leaving the 
university, he became manager of the Lochalsh 
estate. He took a lease of Talisker in Skye in 
1817. He leased the whole island of Rum in 
1825, and went to live there in the following year. 
He has been severely blamed for the evictions 
which took place from that island. He lost heavily 
through an expensive lawsuit and otherwise, and 
was reduced to poor circumstances. He left Rum 
in 1839, and went to Australia. He returned in 
1843, and entered upon the practice of medicine 
at Tobermory. He married, in 1823, Isabella- 
Mary, daughter of Captain Donald Mackenzie of 
Hartfield, and had eleven children by her; Donald- 
Alexander, who went to Australia with his father, 
left Melbourne for the gold-diggings in 1846, and 
has never been heard of since ; Alexander, who 
was a surgeon in the service of the East India 
Company ; Charles-Smith ; John-Mackenzie, who 
was a surgeon-major in the army ; Lachlan- 
Roderick, who died young ; Loudon-Francis, who 
is a civil engineer in India ; Margaret, who was 
married to Colonel A. A. Macdonell, and whose 
son, Professor Arthur Macdonell of Oxford, is the 
author of an excellent Sanskrit-English dictionary ; 
Jane- Mary, who died unmarried ; Anne-Flora, 



422 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

who was married to Colonel John Anderson of the 
Royal Engineers; Elizabeth, who was married to 
the Rev. John Sharpe ; and Sibella- Christina. 
Dr. Lachlan Maclean died in 1882, at the advanced 
age of ninety-three. His wife died at Oban in 1884. 
She was an excellent woman. 

VI. Charles Smith Maclean, third son of Dr. 
Lachlan Maclean, was born in Rum on December 
1 5th, 1836. He entered the army as an ensign in 
1853. He saw a great deal of service in India, 
China, and Afghanistan. He was recommended 
for the Victoria Cross for his heroic conduct at 
Delhi on September i4th, 1857. He received two 
severe wounds at Agra on the loth of October in 
the same year. In 1887 he was appointed agent 
to the Governor-General of India for Khurasan 
and Seistan, his residence being at Mashad. In 
1888 he succeeded in inducing Ayub Khan to 
surrender to him. In 1889 he was appointed 
British consul-general for Khurasan and Seistan. 
In 1890-91 he laid out the boundary between Persia 
and Afghanistan in the district of Hashtadan. 
He erected the last pillar on May 24th, 1891. He 
returned to Europe in 1892. When leaving Persia 
he was presented with a sword of honour by His 
Majesty the Shah Nunorodeen. He resides at 
Newstead, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. He is a 
major-general in the army, a Companion of the 
Bath, and a Companion of the Order of the Indian 
Empire. He speaks, reads, and writes Gaelic, 
and is in every respect a man of whom his clan 



THE MACLEANS OF GALLANACH. 423 

may well feel proud. Gu ma fada beo e is ceo de 
'thaigh. 

General Maclean married, in 1869, Margaret- 
Macqueen, daughter of Peter Bairnfather, of 
Dumbarrow, Forfarshire, by whom he had four 
sons and three daughters ; Hector- Lachlan- 
Stewart ; Isabel - Margaret - Sophia - Hastings ; 
Maria - Penelope - Crighton ; Donald - Charles- 
Hugh; Colin-Kenneth; Sheila-Loudon-Lindesay; 
and Alister-FitzHugh. Hector was born in a 
tent on the hill of Shekh, Budin, India, on 
September i3th, 1870. He was educated at Fettes 
College, Edinburgh, and Sandhurst. He entered 
the army in 1889, and was appointed lieutenant 
in the Queen's Own Corps of Guides at Marsdan 
in 1891. He took part in the Chitral campaign 
of 1895. He was appointed adjutant of the 
cavalry of the Guides in 1896. He was killed at 
Nawa Kila in the Upper Swat Valley, on August 
1 7th, 1897. He was a brave soldier and a skilful 
officer. Donald, second son of General Maclean, 
entered the Royal Scots in 1895 and was appointed 
lieutenant in 1896. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

of 6igha anb JHortoertt. 

THE MACLEANS OF GIGHA. 

I. ALLAN, second son of Lachlan Cattanach of 
Duart, was a man of ability, courage, and intense 
energy. He got a strong fleet under his com- 
mand, and made plundering expeditions to Ireland, 
the Lowlands, and parts of the Highlands. He 
received the name of Ailein nan Sop, or Allan of 
the straws, from the fact that he was in the habit 
of setting wisps of burning straw to the buildings 
in the districts invaded by him, and reducing them 
to ashes. He was one of the most celebrated 
plunderers that the Scottish Islands ever produced. 
About 1525 he plundered the lands of Lochbuie, 
and slew John, son of Lochbuie, and other persons. 
In 1535 Hector Mor, his brother, became security 
for his good behaviour towards Macdonald of 
Moydart. He attacked the Macneills of Gigha, 
slew their chief, and took possession of their lands. 
On July 28th, 1539, he received a "gift of the non- 



THE MACLEANS OF GIGHA. 425 

entry mails of Gigha, Comeravoch, Tarbert, and 
other lands, for all terms since the death of Malcolm 
Macneill, last possessor thereof, and until the entry 
of the rightful heir." Shortly afterwards he slew 
the laird of Lehir, seized his estate, and kept 
possession of it. He was an active supporter of 
Donald Dubh in 1545, and in 1546 offered to assist 
in making James Macdonald of Islay Lord of the 
Isles. The Earl of Argyll secured his non-inter- 
ference by giving him the lands of Cille-Charmaig 
in Knapdale. It is said that it was through Sir 
James of Islay that he received Tarbert Castle and 
Gigha. It was probably owing to the favours 
bestowed upon him by Sir James that he was so 
ready to fight for him. He was not an ungrateful 
man ; he would help those that would help him. 
He never interfered with his brother Hector or any 
of his followers. It is indeed probable that in 
his attacks upon the lairds of Lochbuie, Moydart, 
Coll, Gigha, and Lehir, he was encouraged by 
Hector. It seems that he was always friendly 
towards Murdoch Gearr, Lochbuie's natural son. 
Ailein nan Sop plundered the Route in Ireland 
once, and the district of "Corca" twice. He 
plundered the lands of the Colquhouns near Loch- 
lomond. On a certain October night he made 
a raid into the district about Rothesay in Bute. 
He was accompanied by Murdoch Gearr. The 
sheriff collected a number of men to attack him, 
but Allan defeated his assailants and carried off 
a large drove of cattle. A few years before his 

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426 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

death he gave up his predatory expeditions. 
His restless followers were displeased with his 
peaceful ways. On a certain day a large number 
of them were present at dinner in his castle. One 
of them was picking a rib of beef on which there 
was very little meat. He turned to the person who 
was sitting beside him and said, What a change has 
come over this house, when the bones are so bare ! 
Allan heard the remark, and understood what was 
meant. Immediately after dinner he said to his 
men, Let every birlinn be ready for sea this even-* 
ing, and we shall try to get a little meat for the 
winter. Allan, at the head of his fleet, left Tarbert, 
directed his course towards the Clyde, and sailed 
up that river as far as Erskine Ferry, near Renfrew. 
He landed there, collected a large number of 
cattle, and took them home with him. This was 
his greatest plundering expedition; it was also his 
last. It was known as Creach na h-A5sne, or the 
Foray of the rib. It derived its name, of course, 
from the rib which happened to be the innocent 
occasion of it. Allan died at peace with his church, 
on his bed in Tarbert Castle, in the year 1551, and 
was buried with his ancestors on the sacred Isle of 
lona. He was probably about fifty-three years 
of age. 

If any person is disposed to wonder that Ailein 
nan Sop was not sent to the gallows, let him 
consider these facts : first, that Allan was an 
accomplished warrior, that he had a strong fleet 
at his command, and that he had a large number 



THE MACLEANS OF GIGHA. 431 

We know, however, that they contain several 
statements which are entirely contrary to facts. 
Treshnish's daug-hter was Lachlan Cattanach's 
first wife. We have never seen it affirmed that 
Hector Mor was a natural son ; but Hector Mor 
and Allan had the same mother. We find Allan 
described in the Register of the Privy Seal, on 
August 3d, 1547, as "Allan McClane, brother- 
german of Hector McClane of Duart. " As 
Allan was thus a son of Lachlan Cattanach by 
Lachlan's wife, it is outrageously unreasonable 
to think that he was born on a heap of straw. 
It is not at all probable that Allan was of so brutal 
a nature as to attempt to commit rape. As Allan's 
mother was Lachlan Cattanach's first wife, there 
can be no ground for thinking that she was ever 
married to the laird of Lehir. It has never been 
asserted that Lachlan divorced her. As the 
Macquarries were faithful followers of Hector 
Mor of Duart, it is not at all likely that Allan 
would go to Ulva with the intention of slaying 
their chief. 

Ailein nan Sop, or Allan Maclean of Gigha, 
Tarbert, and Torloisk, left two natural sons, s *r 
Hector and John, both of whom were legitimated 
on August 3d, 1547. He left also a natural 
daughter. Hector succeeded his father in his 
estates. John settled in Jura, and was known as 
Iain Diurach. 

II. Hector, eldest son of Ailein nan Sop, was 
known as Eachann Mac Ailein, or Hector Mac 



432 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Allan. He received a gift of the non-entry mails 
of Gigha and certain lands in Kintyre and Islay 
on January 3Oth, 1552. He married Janet Camp- 
bell, daughter of Archibald, fourth Earl of Argyll, 
widow of Lachlan Og of Duart, and mother of 
Lachlan Mor, but had no children by her. He 
tried to get the estate of Duart for himself, and, 
evidently, to do away with Lachlan Mor and John 
Dubh of Morvern. He was beheaded in Coll by 
Lachlan Mor's orders in 1578. He left a natural 
son, Ailein Og. 

III. Ailein Og, or Ailein Mac Eachainn, was 
legitimated on June 7th, 1573. He was thus in a 
position to succeed to his father's estate ; and also 
to Duart, if Lachlan Mor and John Dubh of 
Morvern could be destroyed. He was a bitter 
enemy to both. He was a brave and cunning 
man. He left a natural son named Charles. 

IV. Charles, son of Ailein Og, was legitimated 
on June 7th, 1573. He married Flora, daughter 
of Macneil of Barra, by whom he had at least 
one child, a daughter named Margaret. Hector, 
sixth of Treshnish, married his widow, as his 
second wife. John, seventh of Treshnish, married 
his daughter. 

JOHN DIURACH. 

John, second son of Ailein nan Sop, settled in 
Jura, and was the first Iain Diurach, or John of 
Jura. Two of his sons, John Og and Donald, 
were legitimated on June 7th, 1573. Donald was 



THE MACLEANS OF MORVERN. 433 

seized by Lachlan Mor of Duart, and imprisoned 
in Cairnburgh Castle in April, 1578. He was set 
at liberty through the interference of the Privy 
Council, in April, 1579, or shortly afterwards. 

According" to tradition, John Maclean, a native 
of Mull, fled to Jura on account of some unfriendly 
act committed against his chief. He was a strong, 
fierce, and lawless man, and had several sons who 
were in every way like himself. He hated taxes 
with a bitter hatred, and always refused to pay 
them. Iain Dubh Caimbeul, Black John Campbell, 
seized two of his horses for his taxes, and sold 
them in Inverary. He compelled John Dubh, 
however, at the point of the sword, to swear to 
him that he would pay him the price of the horses. 
John Dubh kept his oath, and never tried again 
to make John Diurach pay taxes. 

The John Diurach who settled in Ballimartin 
was either John, son of Ailein nan Sop, or John 
Og, eldest son of John, son of Ailein nan Sop. 
He was thus either a son or grandson of the 
famous Allan. It is likely that he fled from Jura 
to Tiree in 1578. 

THE MACLEANS OF MORVERN. 

John Dubh, second son of Hector Mor of 
Duart, Iain Dubh Mac Eachainn Mhoir, was a 
man of ability and good sense. He received from 
his brother, Hector Og of Duart, in May, 1573, a 
tack of certain lands in Morvern and Islay, and 
was at the same time appointed bailie of Morvern 

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434 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

and other places. He fell in love with his first 
cousin, Margaret, daughter of Hector, fifth of 
Coll, but seems to have been unable to get the 
dispensation required for a lawful marriage. He 
got over this difficulty by handfasting with her. 
He had at least one son by her, Donald Glas. 
He married, first, Mary, daughter of John Gorm 
Campbell of Lochnell, and relict of John Stewart 
of Appin. He had one son by her, Allan of 
Ardtornish. He married, secondly, Margaret, 
daughter of Archibald Campbell of Ardintenny, 
and had two sons by her, John Garbh and Charles. 
John Dubh was put to death by Angus Macdonald 
of Islay, in July, 1586. His descendants are 
popularly known as the Macleans of Morvern. 
Donald Glas, his eldest son, lost his life in the 
explosion of the Florida in 1588. 

I. THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLAN MAC IAN DUY. 

Allan, eldest son of John Dubh, was known as 
Ailein Mac Iain Duibh, or Allan Mac Ian Duy. 
He succeeded his father as bailie of Morvern, and 
is described as such in 1592. He lived at Ardtor- 
nish. He was at the battle of Glenlivet in 1594, 
and was saved from falling into the hands of the 
Gordons by the valiant Lachlan Odhar of Aird- 
chraoishnish. He took part in the battle of 
Benvigory in 1598. He was a man of ability and 
influence, and was well-off. He married Una, 
daughter of John Mac Ian of Ardnamurchan, and 
had by her ten children ; Hector of Kinlochaline, 



THE MACLEANS OF KINLOCHALINE. 435 

Charles of Ardnacross, Donald Glas, Mary the 
elder, Mary the younger, Margaret, Janet, Julia, 
Christina, and Finvola. Donald Glas died without 
issue. Mary the elder was married to Gillean, 
son of Lachlan Mor ; Mary the younger, to Allan, 
son of Lachlan Mor ; Margaret, to Macneil of 
Barra ; Janet, to Hector of Torloisk ; Julia, to 
Hector of Muck ; and Christina, to Maclean of 
Kingerloch. 

THE MACLEANS OF KINLOCHALINE. 

I. Hector, eldest son of Allan Mac Ian Duy, 
was the first Maclean of Kinlochaline, and the 
third chieftain of the Macleans of Morvern. He 
possessed those lands in Morvern of which his 
father and grandfather had been tacksmen and 
bailies. He also owned some lands in Mull and 
Tiree. He became laird of Kinlochaline some 
time after 1622. He commanded a company of 
men in Ireland in the rebellion of 1641. He mar- 
ried, first, Janet, daughter of Lachlan Og Maclean, 
first of Torloisk, and had two sons by her, John 
and Lachlan. He married, secondly, Margaret, 
daughter of Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, relict 
of John Cameron, and mother of the celebrated 
Sir Ewen Dubh of Lochiel. He had one son by 
his second wife. John, his eldest son, succeeded 
him in his possessions. 

II. John was severely wounded at the battle of 
Inverkeithing in 1651. He married, first, Mary, 
daughter of John Campbell of Lochnell, by whom 



436 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

he had three children ; Hector, Allan, and Janet. 
He married, secondly, Una, daughter of John 
Garbh, eighth of Coll, but had no issue by her. 
Janet was married to John Cameron of Glen- 
dessary. 

III. Hector, son of John, married Janet, 
daughter of Hector Maclean, second of Torloisk, 
and had by her a son named Angus. 

IV. Angus served for some time as a volun- 
teer in General Murray's regiment in the Dutch 
service. He was a captain under Sir John of 
Duart at Sheriffmuir in 1715. He married, first, 
Janet, daughter of John Cameron of Glendessary. 
He had several children by her, but they all died 
young. He married, secondly, Ann, daughter of 
Ranald Macdonald of Kinloch-Moydart. He 
died on May 8th, 1735. He was succeeded in his 
estate by Charles Maclean of Drimnin. 

THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNIN, CALGARY, GRULIN, 
AND OTHER PLACES. 

Charles, second son of Allan Mac Ian Duy, 
was tacksman of Ardnacross in Mull. He was 
invariably spoken of as Tearlach Mac Ailein, or 
Terlach Mac Allan. He purchased the lands of 
Drimnin from the Earl of Argyll, and gave them 
to his eldest son. He married Mary, daughter of 
Allan of Ardgour, and had by her nine children ; 
Allan of Drimnin, Lachlan of Calgary, Allan of 
Grulin, Donald of Aros, Hector, Ewen, Ann, 
Finvola, and Mary. Ann was married to Alex- 
ander Macdonald of Kinloch-Moydart. Flora was 



THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNIN. 437 

married, first, to John Macquarrie of Laggan- 
Ulva, and, secondly, to Captain Andrew Maclean, 
the poet. Mary was married to Hugh Cameron. 
We meet with Terlach Mac Allan and all his sons, 
except Allan of Drimnin, in Cairnburgh Castle in 
December, 1680. 

i. THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNIN. 

I. Allan, eldest son of Terlach Mac Allan, or 
Charles Maclean of Ardnacross, was the first 
Maclean of Drimnin. He was an exceedingly 
handsome man. He married Mary, daughter 
of John Cameron of Callart, by whom he had 
three children ; John, Donald, and Margaret. 
Allan of Drimnin died at the age of twenty-nine. 
John, his eldest son, succeeded him. Donald, his 
second son, married Florence, daughter of Lachlan 
Maclean of Calgary, by whom he had Lachlan 
and several daughters. Lachlan went to Ireland 
and settled at Mullach-Glas, near Dundalk. He 
married and left issue. Margaret, only daughter 
of Allan of Drimnin, was married to Allan Mac- 
lean, of the Torloisk family. 

II. John, son of Allan, married Mary, daughter 
of John Crubach of Ardgour, by whom he had 
Allan and Charles. He died, like his father, at 
the age of twenty- nine. He was succeeded by 
Allan, his elder son. 

III. Allan died unmarried, and, like his father 
and grandfather, at the age of twenty-nine. He 
was succeeded by his brother Charles. 

IV. Charles served for some time in the navy. 



438 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

He was short in stature, but strongly built. He 
was hot-tempered and apt to commit rash acts. 
He struck the laird of Macleod with his fist, on 
the street in Edinburgh. He took hold of a 
schoolmaster, who was charged with lying by a 
mean shoemaker, put him across his knees, and 
thrashed him with the shoemaker's strap. He 
was the subject of several pieces of semi-sarcastic 
poetry by John Mac Allan, the famous Mull bard. 
He was kind and manly, and brave to rashness. 
He had a natural son named Lachlan. He 
married Isabel, daughter of John Cameron of 
Erracht, by whom he had Allan, John, Donald, 
Lachlan, and two or three daughters. He was 
killed at Culloden in 1746. Lachlan, his eldest 
son, was a captain under him at Culloden, and was 
also slain there. Lachlan was married, and left a 
son named Allan. Allan, second son of Charles, 
succeeded his father in Drimnin. John, the third 
son, married Margaret, daughter of Donald Camp- 
bell of Scamadale, by whom he had three sons ; 
Donald, Charles, and Colin. He was lost in the 
Sound of Mull. Donald, his eldest son, was a 
doctor. It is said that he died in Nova Scotia, 
and left a numerous issue. It is also said that 
Charles died in Nova Scotia, that he was married, 
and left issue. Colin was a lieutenant in the army. 
He married Helen, daughter of Cameron of Callart, 
by whom he had one son and one daughter. He 
died in Jamaica. Donald, fourth son of Charles 
of Drimnin, was a surgeon in Colonel Mont- 



THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNIN. 439 

gomery's Highland regiment. He settled in New 
York. Lachlan, the fifth son, was a planter in 
Jamaica, and died there in 1764. Marjory, eldest 
daughter of Charles of Drimnin, was married to 
Donald Cameron of Erracht. The celebrated 
General Sir Allan Cameron of Erracht was her 
son. 

V. Allan, fifth of Drimnin and sixth of Kin- 
lochaline, was the eighth chieftain of the Macleans 
of Morvern. He was born in 1724. He was 
wounded in the battle of Culloden. He was 
served heir male special, in 1749, to John Maclean 
of Kinlochaline in Knock in Morvern, Killean in 
Mull, and Scarinish in Tiree. He married, first, 
Ann, daughter of Donald Maclean of Brolas, 
and had by her Charles, Una, and others. He 
married, secondly, Mary, daughter of Lachlan 
Maclean of Lochbuie, by whom he had Donald, 
John, Mary, Louisa, Catherine, and others. He 
was an excellent man, and was highly respected. 
He died in 1792. Charles, his eldest son, succeeded 
him. Donald succeeded Charles. John was a 
surgeon in the 79th Highlanders, and died at 
Martinique. Una was married to Ewen Cameron, 
of the family of Erracht. Mary was married to 
Dr. Hector Maclean, author of a small work on 
the plague. Louisa was married to a man named 
Wood. Catherine was married to Captain John 
Campbell, of the Royal Navy, and had seven 
children ; Elizabeth, Allan, Mary, Margaret, Jane, 
Lillias-Grant, and Donald. Captain Campbell died 



440 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. One of 
Allan of Drimnin's daughters was married to 
Captain Stewart, of the Royal Navy, and another 
to Ranald Macdonald of Glenturret, who was an 
officer in the ygth regiment. 

VI. Charles of Drimnin and Kinlochaline, 
married Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Allan Mac- 
lean of Brolas. He received a third of Sir Allan's 
estate by his wife, and seems to have purchased 
the shares which belonged to her two sisters. He 
was a careless, imprudent, and extravagant man, 
and got deeply into debt. The final result was 
that, in 1798, or thereabouts, his estates were sold 
to pay his creditors. 

VII. Donald, second son of Allan of Drimnin, 
was known as Domhnall Ruadh nan Drimnean, 
or Donald Roy of Drimnin. He was a writer to 
the signet in Edinburgh. He lived during the 
latter part of his life at Kinloch in Mull, and is 
generally referred to as Donald of Kinloch. He 
married Lillias, youngest daughter of Colquhoun 
Grant, a lawyer in Edinburgh, and had by her 
sixteen children ; Christina, Allan, Colquhoun, 
Mary, Lillias, Ann, Hector, Margaret, Isabella, 
John, Charles, Jane, Alexander, Archibald, An- 
drew, and Fitzroy-JefTreys-Grafton. Allan was a 
lieutenant in the "jgth Highlanders, and was 
severely wounded at the battle of Toulouse, on 
April loth, 1814. He died in 1818. Colquhoun 
was an officer in the Royal Navy. He died on the 
west coast of Africa in 1822. Hector was killed 



THE MACLEANS OF DRIMNIN. 441 

while capturing a slave dhow in the West Indies, 
in 1818. John died unmarried. Alexander died 
in 1818. Archibald was a writer to the signet in 
Edinburgh. Fitzroy was also a lawyer. Chris- 
tina was married to Murdoch Maclean of Lochbuie; 
and Isabella, to Alexander Crawford. 

VIII. Charles, fifth son of Donald Roy of 
Kinloch, was born in Edinburgh in 1806. He 
lost his eyesight at the age of sixteen, from a 
virulent form of Egyptian ophthalmy. He was, 
at the time, attending a college in London and 
preparing for entering the army. Being now 
unfitted for a military life, he entered the University 
of Edinburgh and studied for the ministry. He 
passed all his examinations successfully, but the 
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 
refused to sanction his being inducted into a 
pastoral charge. He came to Canada in 1836, 
and purchased a farm at Seymour, Ontario. He 
married, in 1837, Jane-Jessie, daughter of Captain 
Campbell of Kintra, and had by her ten children ; 
Lillias- Grant, Donald, Jane- Campbell, Colin- 
Campbell, Jane-Jarvis, William-Bruce, Sibella- 
Adelaide - Crawford, Archibald - Murdoch, Alex- 
ander-Campbell, and Charles. He was a man of 
high culture, and a good musician. He died at 
Kingston, Ontario, in 1872. Colin, his second 
son, was drowned at the age of fourteen. William 
died at the age of nineteen. Archibald is a doctor 
at Leadville, Colorado. He is married, and has a 
son and daughter. Alexander is a doctor at Salt 

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442 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Lake City. He married Susan Maroner, by 
whom he has three children ; Ailene, Donald, 
and Kenneth. Charles is a doctor at Hancock, 
Michigan. He is married, and has four sons and 
three daughters. 

IX. Donald, eldest son of Charles Maclean, is 
a doctor in Detroit. He is married, and has two 
children, Donald and Annie. He is the present 
representative of John Dubh of Morvern. 

DR. ANDREW MACLEAN. 

Andrew, eighth son of Donald of Kinloch, 
was born in Edinburgh in 1812. He graduated 
as a medical doctor in 1832. He was appointed 
surgeon in the 64th Foot in 1833. He retired 
from the army as deputy inspector-general in 1878. 
He is still living, and resides in Church House, 
Kew, Surrey. 

Dr. Maclean married, in 1838, Clara, daughter 
of Henry Holland Harrison, and had eleven 
children by her ; Harry-Aubrey de Vere, Donald- 
Grant, Fitzroy-Beresford, Allan-Bruce, Charles- 
Gordon, Archibald- Douglas, Clara- Rosa, Alice- 
Lillias, Edith-Kathleen, Louisa-Flora, and Minnie- 
Margaret. Donald died in the twenty-second year 
of his age. Fitzroy studied medicine, and was ap- 
pointed surgeon in the army in 1880. He is at the 
present date a surgeon -major. He married, in 
1889, Mary Norris, daughter of the Rev. J. Erskine, 
of Wycliffe Rectory, Yorkshire. Allan is in the 
consular service. Archibald entered the Royal 



THE MACLEANS OF CALGARY. 443 

Artillery as second lieutenant in 1882, but resigned 
his commission in 1889. He is married, and has 
one son. Clara resides with her parents. Alice 
is married to Surgeon-General C. D. Madden, C.B. 
Edith is married to Colonel C. W. Fothergill. 
Louisa was married to General Sir Duncan A. 
Cameron. Minnie died in Morocco. 
T Harry-Aubrey de Vere, eldest son of Deputy 
Surgeon General Maclean, was born on June i5th, 
1848. He entered the British army in 1869. He 
resigned his commission in 1876, and accepted 
an appointment as *' Instructor in Drill and Dis- 
cipline," in the army of the Sultan of Morocco. 
He holds the rank of kaid or chief. He is a 
fearless and energetic man, and has had a number 
of thrilling experiences and narrow escapes. He is 
an excellent horseman and a good marksman, and 
is always ready to run risks in the Sultan's service. 
He is very popular among the Moors. 

Kaid Maclean has a Scottish piper, named John 
Macdonald Mortimer. With him six Moors are 
receiving instruction in playing, and are making 
good progress. All the pipes are decorated with 
ribbons of the Maclean tartan. 

Kaid Maclean was married in 1875, and has 
one son, Andrew de Vere, and three daughters. 
His son was born in 1882, and is preparing for 
the army. 

2. THE MACLEANS OF CALGARY. 

i. Lachlan, second son of Terlach Mac Allan, 
was tacksman of Calgary. He married, first, 



444 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Florence, daughter of Farquhar Fraser, dean of 
the Isles, by whom he had Donald and Florence. 
He married, secondly, Anne, daughter of John 
Maclean of Totaranald, by whom he had Charles, 
Allan, Peter, and Marion. He was succeeded by 
his eldest son, Donald. Florence was married, 
first, to Hector Maclean of Torrestan, and, second- 
ly, to Donald, son of Allan Maclean of Drimnin. 

II. Donald of Calgary married, first, Susanna, 
daughter of Duncan Campbell of Inverawe, by 
whom he had Charles, Alexander, and Allan. 
His wife died in 1715, aged thirty-one years. He 
married, secondly, Florence, daughter of Allan of 
Grishipol, with issue Lachlan and Jean. Charles, 
his eldest son, died young. Alexander succeeded 
him in Calgary. Allan, his third son, was a lieu- 
tenant under Charles of Drimnin, and was killed 
at Culloden. 

III. Alexander of Calgary married Mary, 
daughter of the Rev. John Maclean of Kilninian, 
and had by her Charles, Duncan, and Donald. 
Charles went to Jamaica. Duncan died in the 
navy. Donald was also in the navy. He settled 
in some part of America. 

3. THE MACLEANS OF GRULIN. 

I. Allan, third son of Charles of Ardnacross, 
was the first Maclean of Grulin. He married 
Una, daughter of Donald Macquarrie of Ulva, by 
whom he had Lachlan, Charles, John, Margaret, 
and Janet. He died about 1720. Lachlan, his 



THE MACLEANS OF GRULIN. 445 

eldest son, succeeded him in Grulin. Charles lived 
in Killunaig, and John in Pennygoun. Margaret 
was married to Hector Maclean of Kilmory. 
Janet was married to John Dubh Campbell of 
Achaghuarain, by whom she had fourteen sons 
and three daughters, all of whom grew up. Mary, 
the eldest daughter, was married to Magnus 
Morison in Penmore; and Ellen, the second 
daughter, to Charles Macgregor in Ardmore. 

II. Lachlan of Grulin was born about the year 
1670. He received a good education, and was an 
intelligent, prudent, and highly-esteemed man. 
He was served heir to his father in March, 1721. 
He married, first, Janet, daughter of John Mac- 
leod, of Bernera, by whom he had Hector and 
Una. He married, secondly, Ann, daughter of 
John Campbell of Kirkton. He died about the 
year 1751. His daughter Una was married to 
Alexander Macgillivray of Pennyghael in Mull. 

III. Hector, only son of Lachlan of Grulin, 
was a doctor by profession. He spent a few years 
in Flanders and Holland, apparently as a surgeon 
in the army. After his return he settled in Glas- 
gow, and lived there for a number of years. He 
spent the latter part of his life at Erray, near 
Tobermory. He was a man of ability and liter- 
ary culture, and took a deep interest in the history 
and poetry of his clan. He collected a large 
number of very valuable Gaelic poems. He 
married Catherine, only daughter of Donald Mac- 
lean of Coll, by whom he had one daughter, 



446 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Mary. Dr. Johnson spent a night at his house, 
and pronounced Mary the most accomplished lady 
that he had found in the Highlands. Dr. Maclean 
died about 1784. Mary died in 1826. 

THE MACLEANS OF KILLUNAIG. 

Charles of Killunaig was the second son of 
Allan of Grulin. He studied law, but never fol- 
lowed it as a profession. He married Marion, 
daughter of John Maclean of Tarbert, by whom 
he had ten children ; Allan, Hector, Donald, 
Allan Og, John, Alexander, Lachlan, Archibald, 
Isabel, and Anne. He died in the sixty-ninth year 
of his ag'e. i. Allan, his eldest son, was a lieu- 
tenant in the Dutch service. He married Isabel, 
daughter of Donald Campbell of Scamadale, 
by whom he had two sons, Charles and Allan. 
Charles was a lieutenant in the military service of 
the East India Company, and was killed in the 
war with Hyder Ali in 1754. Allan was a planter 
in Jamaica, and also died in 1754. 2. Hector 
resided at Torranbeg. 3. Donald lived at "the 
Queen's Ferry." He married Mary Mean, by 
whom he had James, John, Christopher, Mary, 
and Catherine. James was a merchant in Kings- 
ton, Jamaica. He married Mary-Ann, daughter 
of John Maclean in Kingston. John, second son 
of Donald, died unmarried. Christopher was 
married and had two sons. 4. Allan Og was a 
surgeon, and died at the age of twenty -four. 
5. John was a planter in Jamaica, and resided at 



HECTOR OF TORRANBEG. 447 

Kingston. He married Marion, daughter of 
Fortunatus Duvaris, by whom he had Charles, 
Thomas, Mary-Ann, and another daughter. The 
two sons died unmarried. Mary-Ann was married, 
first, to James Maclean, Donald's son ; and, sec- 
ondly, to Dr. Alexander Grant. 6. Alexander 
was the first Maclean of Pennycross. 7. Lachlan 
was a lieutenant in the Black Watch, and was 
killed at Havana in 1762. 8. Archibald was in 
partnership with his brother John in Jamaica. He 
died unmarried. 

HECTOR OF TORRANBEG. 

Hector, second son of Charles Maclean of 
Killunaig, lived at Torranbeg in Mull. He 
married Julia, daughter of Allan Maclean of 
Suic, of the Lochbuie family, and had by her 
eight children; Allan, John, Alexander, Archibald, 
Ann, Mary, Catherine, and Alice. Ann was 
married to Alexander Mackinnon of Derryguaig ; 
Mary, to Lachlan Ban Maclean of Bunessan ; 
Catherine, to Alexander Sinclair in Kintyre ; and 
Alice, to Archibald Maclean of Pennycross. 
Allan, eldest son of Hector of Torranbeg, was a 
merchant in Kingston, Jamaica. John was tacks- 
man of Grulin, and was served heir to his father 
in July, 1799. Alexander was lieutenant-colonel 
of the 2d West India regiment. Archibald was 
born in 1758. He was a captain in the New York 
volunteers. He was severely wounded at the 
battle of Eutaw Springs, September 8th, 1781. 



448 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

He settled on the Nashwaak River in New Bruns- 
wick, Canada. He represented the county of 
York in the legislature for upwards of twenty 
years. He married, first, a Miss French, by whom 
he had Allan, Salome, and other daughters. He 
married, secondly, Susan Drummond, by whom 
he had Archibald and John. He died in 1829. 
Allan, his eldest son, was a lieutenant-colonel in 
the militia, and died in 1871. Salome, eldest 
daughter of Captain Archibald Maclean, was mar- 
ried to James S. Howard in Toronto. 

THE MACLEANS OF PENNYCROSS. 

I. Alexander, sixth son of Charles Maclean of 
Killunaig, was a medical doctor. He lived in the 
Ross of Mull. He married, in 1760, Una., daughter 
of Alexander Macgillivray of Pennyghael, and 
had by her two children, Archibald and Catherine. 
He purchased the lands of Pennycross about 1798. 
He died in 1800. Catherine, his daughter, was 
married to Donald Maclean, of the Royal Scots. 

II. Archibald, only son of Dr. Alexander 
Maclean, was born in 1761, and was served heir to 
his father in 1800. He was for some time major 
of the 3d regiment of the Argyleshire Fencibles. 
He was the writer of the Pennycross MS. He 
married Alice, daughter of Hector Maclean of 
Torranbeg, and had by her nine children ; Alex- 
ander, Allan-Thomas, Charles-James, Mary, John, 
Julia, Hector, Lachlan, and Archibald- Donald. 
Alexander succeeded him in Pennycross. Allan- 



THE MACLEANS OF PENNYCROSS. 449 

Thomas, his second son, was born in May, 1793. 
He entered the army as cornet in the I3th Light 
Dragoons in 1809. He served in this regiment 
throughout the Peninsular War, and also at Water- 
loo, where he commanded it. He spent thirty-two 
years in India without returning home. He was 
appointed major-general in 1854, and lieutenant- 
general in 1 86 1. He married, in 1843, Agnes 
Furlong, by whom he had three daughters; Agnes, 
Alice, and Margaret. The last named was married 
to Baron de Pollandt. Charles-James, third son 
of Archibald of Pennycross, entered the 79th 
Highlanders in 1813. He carried the colours at 
Quatre Bras and Waterloo. He was subsequently 
a lieutenant in the 3ist Foot. He died at Calcutta 
in May, 1837. John, fourth son of Archibald of 
Pennycross, was a lieutenant in the 2d West India 
regiment. He died at Nassau, New Providence, 
in 1822. Hector, the fifth son, was in a mercan- 
tile establishment in London, and died in 1834. 
Lachlan, the sixth son, was a lieutenant in the 
Ceylon Rifles. He died at Colombo in 1830. 
Archibald- Donald, the seventh son, was deputy 
commissary-general in Bermuda. 

III. Alexander, third of Pennycross, was born 
in 1791, and succeeded his father in 1830. He 
met with losses, borrowed money, and got deeply 
into debt. The fall in the price of kelp was to a 
large extent the cause of his difficulties. He mar- 
ried, in 1740, Charlotte-Brodie, daughter of John 
Maclean, of Elrick, and had by her two sons and 

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450 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

three daughters ; Archibald-John, Allan-Thomas- 
Lockhart, Alice, Charlotte, and Mary. He died 
on March 8th, 1876. 

IV. Archibald-John, fourth and last Maclean of 
Pennycross, was born on March 6th, 1843. He 
was for some time engaged in mercantile pursuits. 
He was under the necessity of parting with his 
estate in 1888. He visited the United States and 
Canada in 1893, and spent a few days with us in 
Belfast. He is a good-hearted, cheerful, and pleas- 
ant man ; and is, so far as is known to us, the 
present representative of the Macleans of Grulin. 
He married, first, in 1868, Isabella Alexandrina 
Simon, by whom he had eight children ; Julian- 
Archibald, Charles-Alexander-Hugh, Isabel-Juliet, 
Norman-Henry, Allan-Fitzroy, Elsie-Una, Muriel, 
and Violet. His wife died in 1886. He married, 
secondly, in June, 1890, Clara-Isabel, daughter 
of W. H. Rudkin, of Woodside, Teignmouth. 
Charles A. H., his eldest son, is a lieutenant in 
the Sutherland Highlanders. 

THE MACLEANS OF PENNYGOUN. 

I. John, third son of Allan Maclean of Grulin, 
lived in Pennygoun. He married Isabel, daughter 
of Colin Campbell, of the family of Dunstaffnage, 
by whom he had five children ; Donald, Allan, 
Una, Janet, and Catherine. Donald succeeded 
his father in Pennygoun. Allan came to America, 
and was killed at Casco Bay by the falling in of 
the roof of a storehouse. Una was married to 



THE MACLEANS OF PENNYGOUN. 451 

Allan, son of Maclean of Kingerloch. Janet was 
married to Duncan Macarthur ; and Catherine, to 
Donald Macdonald. 

II. Donald, second Maclean of Pennygoun, 
married Ann, natural daughter of Lachlan Mac- 
lean of Lochbuie, by whom he had Lachlan, John, 
Hector, Donald, Alexander, Ann, Mary, and 
Margaret. John entered the navy, and died in the 
East Indies. Hector was killed at the storming 
of Seringapatam, probably in 1799. He was the 
second man to mount the breach. Donald was a 
doctor, and lived at Achitenny. Alexander lived 
for some time at Kinnegharar in Mull. He mar- 
ried Christina, third daughter of John Maclean of 
Langamull, and had issue by her. He emigrated 
with his family to the Red River Settlement, now 
Manitoba, and was killed there. Mary, second 
daughter of Donald of Pennygoun, was married to 
David Eraser. 

III. Lachlan, eldest son of Donald of Penny- 
goun, was a medical doctor. He lived for some 
time in the island of Jersey, and married there. 
He emigrated with his family to America, and 
settled near Nashville, in Tennessee. He left 
seven children ; John, Joshua, Gabriel, Charles- 
Durell, Susan, Mary-Ann, and Isabel. John was 
a merchant and Joshua a doctor. Charles was 
editor and publisher of the Nashville Gazette. 
Susan was married to William Banks Anthony. 



452 THE CLAN GILLEAN, 

4. DONALD, FOURTH SON OF TERLACH MAC ALLAN. 

Donald, fourth son of Terlach Mac Allan, lived 
at Aros, He married Catherine, second daughter 
of Donald Macquarrie of Ulva, by whom he had 
Alexander, Angus, Charles,and others. Alexander, 
the eldest son, was born in 1690. He was a major 
in the Spanish service. He was put to death at 
Madrid in 1739. He left three sons and a daugh- 
ter. One of his sons was known as Don Andrew. 
The daughter, whose name was Zeiretta, was 
married to a Spanish nobleman of Arragon. 

According to one account, Major Maclean was 
put to death for killing the colonel of his regiment 
in a duel. According to another account, the 
colonel and a subaltern named Lynch quarrelled 
near a monastery in Madrid, and began fighting 
with their swords. Major Maclean happened to 
come along at the time, and struck down the 
swords of both. Lynch took a treacherous 
advantage of the colonel, thrust his sword through 
him, and ran away. A crowd gathered imme- 
diately to the scene of the fight, and finding the 
major standing beside the slain colonel, concluded 
that he had killed him in a duel. Some of the 
occupants of the monastery saw everything that 
had taken place, and testified to the major's inno- 
cence. He was condemned, however, and put to 
death. The King of Spain took his wife and 
children under his own protection. It is a matter 
of little or no consequence which of the two ver- 



HECTOR, SON OF TERLACH MAC ALLAN. 453 

sions is the correct one. We can readily believe 
that a fiery Highlander of the year 1739 would 
fight a duel with a Spanish colonel or any other 
man. We can also believe that he might get into 
trouble, when his own blood was cool, by trying 
to prevent others from fighting. 

Angus, second son of Donald of Aros, married 
Ann, daughter of Allan Maclean, Ailein Mac Iain 
Diuraich, of the Torloisk family, and had one 
daughter by her. Charles, third son of Donald 
of Aros, married Jean Campbell, and had two 
children by her, Hector and Margaret. Hector 
married Marion, daughter of Donald Macquarrie 
of Ulva, and had a son named John, who settled 
in New York. Margaret was married to Alex- 
ander Macquarrie of Laggan in Ulva. 

One of the daughters of Donald of Aros was 
married to Archibald Campbell, of the Lochnell 
family, by whom she had a numerous issue. The 
Rev. Archibald Mac Coll, who was born in 1746, 
and became minister of Tiree in 1780, was her 
grandson. 

5. HECTOR, FIFTH SON OF TERLACH MAC ALLAN. 

Hector, fifth son of Charles Maclean of Ardna- 
cross, married Janet, daughter of Hector Roy, heir- 
apparent of John Garbh, eighth of Coll, and had 
by her four children ; Lachlan, John, Donald, and 
Mary. Lachlan died young. John was for some 
time a lieutenant in the navy. He was a dis- 
tinguished mathematician. He died unmarried at 



454 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Lynn in the county of Norfolk. Donald was 
married, but left no issue. Mary died unmarried. 

6. EWEN, SIXTH SON OF TERLACH MAC ALLAN. 

Ewen, or Hugh, sixth son of Terlach Mac 
Allan, or Charles Maclean of Ardnacross, married 
Marion, daughter of Archibald Maclean of Ardtun, 
of the Ardgour family, and left issue. 

II. THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN GARBH MAC 
IAN DUY. 

John, third son of John Dubh of Morvern, was 
quite a prominent man in his day. We find him 
described as John Maclean, bailie of Ross, in 1592, 
as John Garbh Maclean in 1616, and as John 
Garbh of Bunessan in 1618. It is thus evident 
that he was known as John Garbh, that he was 
bailie of Ross, and that he resided at Bunessan. 
He married, first, Janet, second daughter of Hector, 
fifth Maclean of Coll; and, secondly, Mary, second 
daughter of Lachlan Og of Torloisk. He had 
six children ; Charles, Hector, Donald, Margaret, 
Janet, and Catherine. Margaret was married to 
Hector Maclean of Treshnish ; Janet, to Malcolm 
Macphie of Colonsay ; and Catherine, to Ewen 
Maclean of Balliphetrish in Tiree. 

Charles, eldest son of John Garbh of Bunessan, 
married Marion, daughter of Neil Maclean of 
Drimnacross, by whom he had four children ; 
Allan, Hector, John, and Mary. Allan married 
Catherine Stewart, by whom he had three sons; 



CHARLES MAC IAN DUY. 455 

Hector, John, and Allan. Hector was killed in 
the Spanish service. John was killed in Flanders. 
Allan was killed at Sheriffmuir in 1715. He was 
a captain under Sir John of Duart. Hector, 
second son of John Garbh, lived in Assapol. He 
married Florence, daughter of Ewen Maclean of 
Treshnish, and had by her, John, Charles, Hugh, 
Janet, and Florence. John married Florence, 
daughter of Lachlan Maclean of Calgary, but had 
no issue. Charles married a daughter of Hector 
Macquarrie of Ormaig, by whom he had Lachlan, 
who was killed in Spain. According to the 
Ardgour MS., Hugh was married, but left no 
issue. Janet was married to Lachlan Maclean, of 
the Torloisk family, by whom she had a daughter 
named Julia, who became the wife of Allan Mac- 
lean of Garmony. Florence was married to John 
Macquarrie of Ulva. Lachlan, the last chief of 
Ulva's Isle, was her son. He was born in 1715, 
entered the army in 1/78, and died in 1818. 
Donald, third son of John Garbh of Bunessan, 
seems to have died without issue. 

III. THE DESCENDANTS OF CHARLES MAC 
IAN DUY. 

Charles, fourth son of John Dubh of Morvern, 
married Julia, daughter of Neil Macgillivray of 
Glencannir, and had by her Lachlan of Achacreig, 
John Diurach, and others. Lachlan of Achacreig 
had a son named Donald, who was a merchant in 
Glasgow. Donald married a daughter of Peter 



456 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Macadam in Glasgow, by whom he had a son 
named Peter. Peter was major-commandant of 
Colonel Lamby's regiment, in Holland. He died 
in London in 1752. John Diurach, second son of 
Charles Mac Ian Duy, commanded the forlorn 
hope at the battle of Inverkeithing in 1651, and 
was one of the few Macleans who escaped from 
the dreadful carnage which took place. He re- 
ceived a number of severe wounds. He married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Maclean of Hilis 
in Tiree, by whom he had Hector and other 
children. Hector, Eachann Mac Iain Diuraich, 
married Mary, daughter of Ewen Maclean of 
Balliphetrish in Tiree, and had three sons by 
her; Lachlan, John, and Donald. Lachlan served 
with distinction in the Scots Guards in Spain. 
He commanded a company of volunteers, under 
Brigadier Mackintosh, at Preston in 1715. He 
was taken prisoner there, but was liberated shortly 
afterwards. John was a captain under Charles of 
Drimnin at the battle of Culloden in 1746. He 
was killed in the ferocious massacre of the Gaidels 
by the Anglo-Saxons the day after the battle. 
Donald married, first, Ann, daughter of Charles 
Maclean of Killunaig, by whom he had one 
daughter, Mary. He married, secondly, Mary, 
daughter of John Maclean of Killean, by whom 
he had Lachlan, Mary, and another daughter. 
Lachlan lost his life in Major Paulson's expedition 
from Jamaica to the Spanish Main. Mary was 
married to John Maclean of Langamull. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

Jfladeans of lorloisk, Stoeben, ant) 

THE MACLEANS OF TORLOISK. 

I. LACHLAN OG, second son of Lachlan Mor of 
Duart, was the progenitor of the Macleans of 
Torloisk. He was for a long time tenant of 
Ardnacross, and resided there. He received the 
lands of Torloisk from his brother, Hector Og of 
Duart. He married, first, Marion, daughter of 
Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchnambreck ; sec- 
ondly, Margaret, daughter of William Stewart, 
captain of Dumbarton ; and, thirdly, Marion, 
daughter of Donald Macdonald of Moydart. He 
had by his first wife, Hector and several daughters. 
He had no issue by his second wife. By his third 
wife he had six sons ; Lachlan Og, Ewen, Allan, 
Lachlan Cattanach, Neil, and John Diurach. He 
had also some daughters by her. He had six 
daughters in all ; Janet, Mary, Catherine, Julia, 
Isabel, and Christina. Hector, his eldest son, 
succeeded him in Torloisk. Lachlan Og, his 

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458 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

second son, died unmarried, but left a natural son 
named Donald. Ewen and Lachlan Cattanach 
were killed at Inverkeithing. Allan died in 
Harris. Neil married a daughter of Maclean of 
Lochbuie, by whom he had Lachlan and a daugh- 
ter. Lachlan, Neil's son, was a lieutenant in the 
British army, and died in London. John Diurach, 
seventh son of Lachlan Og of Torloisk, married 
Janet, daughter of John Criibach of Ardgour, and 
had by her Allan, and two or three daughters. 
Allan was married, and had two daughters : 
Marjory, who was married to Allan of Inver- 
scadale ; and Ann, who was married to Angus, 
son of Donald of Aros. Janet, eldest daughter 
of Lachlan Og, was married to Hector of Kin- 
lochaline ; Mary, to John Garbh Mac Ian Duy ; 
Catherine, to John, son of Macneil of Barra ; 
Julia, to Allan Maclean, of the Lochbuie family ; 
Isabel, to the Rev. Martin Macgillivray of Penny- 
ghael; and Christina, to Donald Macquarrie of 
Ulva, by whom she had six children ; Allan of 
Ulva, Hector of Ormaig, Lachlan of Laggan, 
John of Ballighartan, Una, and Catherine. 

II. Hector of Torloisk adhered to the party led 
by Argyll from 1647. He was placed in charge 
of Cairnburgh, which he garrisoned with thirty 
men for eighteen months. Sir Lachlan of Duart 
besieged Cairnburgh in 1648, but was unable to 
capture it. Hector was pardoned by the Act of 
Indemnity in 1661, but had to pay a fine of ^"4,000. 
We find him one of the commissioners for Argyle- 



THE MACLEANS OF TORLOISK. 459 

shire in 1667. He was married twice. By his 
first wife, Janet, daughter of Allan Mac Ian Duy, 
he had three daughters ; Margaret, Marion, and 
Mary. By his second wife, Catherine, daughter 
of John Campbell of Lochnell, he had five children ; 
Lachlan, Hector, John, Isabel, and Janet. Lach- 
lan succeeded his father. Hector was murdered, 
near his own house at Torloisk, by the Maclachlans 
of Fiairt in Lismore, a notorious set of robbers, 
who were carrying off his cattle. John was the 
first Maclean of Tarbert. He married Catherine, 
daughter of Donald Campbell of Comguish, by 
whom he had Donald, John, and Marion. Donald 
succeeded his father in Tarbert. John was mar- 
ried and had issue. Marion, second daughter of 
Hector of Torloisk was married, first, to Hector 
Roy of Coll ; and, secondly, to John Crubach of 
Ardgour. Mary, the third daughter, was married 
to Duncan Campbell of Saundaick, and had by her 
two sons, John and Alexander. John was bailie 
of Jura, and governor of Aros Castle in 1690. 
Alexander was the ancestor of the Campbells of 
Glendaruel. 

III. Lachlan of Torloisk was an able, high- 
spirited, and accomplished man. He gave valuable 
assistance to Donald of Brolas in managing the 
Duart estate during the minority of Sir John. 
He married Barbara, daughter of Sir Donald 
Macdonald, eighth of Sleat, by whom he had 
Hector, Alexander, and Janet. Hector, his elder 
son, died at the age of eighteen. Alexander 



460 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

succeeded him in Torloisk. Janet was married to 
Archibald Campbell of Inverawe. 

IV. Alexander of Torloisk was born in 1686. 
He was a captain in the second battalion of the 
Scots Guards in Spain. He received a severe 
wound at the siege of Briguego in 1711, and died 
from its effects shortly afterwards. He was a very 
promising young man. He was succeeded in the 
estate by his cousin-german, Donald Maclean of 
Tarbert. 

V. Donald of Torloisk was noted for his kind- 
ness and refinement of manners. He was major 
of the Maclean regiment at Sheriffmuir in 1715. 
He married Mary, daughter of Archibald Camp- 
bell of Sunderland, by whom he had Hector, 
Lachlan, Allan, Archibald, Mary, Ann, Alice, 
Christina, Betty, and Elizabeth. He died in 
August, 1748. Hector, his eldest son, succeeded 
him. Archibald, his fourth son, was a merchant 
in Laggan. He was a kind-hearted man, and 
was the author of several Gaelic songs. He died 
about 1800. He left a son named John, who had 
two sons, Lachlan and Archibald, both of whom 
died without issue. Ann, second daughter of 
Donald of Torloisk, was married to Donald Mac- 
lean of Raodel ; and Alice, to Lachlan Macquarrie 
of Ulva. Elizabeth was married, first, to Lachlan 
Maclean of Garmony ; and, secondly, to James 
Park of Jamaica. The Hon. Sir James Allan 
Park was her son. Allan, third son of Donald of 
Torloisk, was a lieutenant in the Dutch Brigade 



THE MACLEANS OF TORLOISK. 461 

in 1747. He was severely wounded at Ticonderoga 
in 1758. He raised the 84th, or Royal Highland 
Emigrant regiment, in 1775, and was appointed 
lieutenant-colonel-commandant of the first bat- 
talion. He defeated Generals Arnold and Mont- 
gomery at Quebec on December 3ist, 1775, and 
successfully defended that city against Arnold 
until the spring, when the latter was compelled to 
raise the siege and retire from Canada. He was 
promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He 
returned to Britain in 1784. He married Janet, 
daughter of Donald of Brolas. He died in Lon- 
don in March, 1797. He was a man of intense 
energy, and a skilful officer. He certainly deserves 
a monument at Quebec. 

VI. Hector of Torloisk studied law. We find 
him described in 1751 as a writer in Edinburgh. 
He died in Glasgow in May, 1765, and was suc- 
ceeded by his brother, Lachlan. 

VII. Lachlan followed the sea for a number of 
years. He was captain of the ship Mary, a 
merchantman which plied between London and 
Jamaica. He married Margaret, daughter of 
Richard Smith in Fifeshire, by whom he had one 
daughter, Marianne. He died in 1799, leaving 
the estate to his daughter. 

Major-General William Maclean Douglas Cleph- 
ane, of Carslogie, Fifeshire, married Marianne, 
daughter and heiress of Lachlan of Torloisk, and 
had by her three daughters ; Margaret, Anna-Jane, 
and Wilmina-Marianne. He died in Grenada in 



462 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

1803. Sir Walter Scott was appointed guardian 
of his children. Spencer Joshua Alwyne, after- 
wards Marquis of Northampton, married Margaret 
in 1815, and had by her Charles-Douglas, William, 
and four daughters. William succeeded his 
maternal grandmother in the estate of Torloisk. 
Anna-Jane, second daughter of General Clephane, 
died unmarried. Wilmina-Marianne was married, 
in 1831, to Wilhelm, Baron de Normann, of the 
diplomatic service of Prussia, and had one son, 
Wilhelm-Fredric-Carl-Helmuth. Her son, who 
succeeded his father as Baron de Normann, was 
murdered by the Chinese in Pekin. 

THE DESCENDANTS OF LACHLAN OG. 

I. Lachlan Og, second son of Lachlan Og of 
Torloisk, had a son named Donald. 

II. Donald married a daughter of the Rev. 
Martin Macgillivray of Pennyghael, and had 
three sons ; Allan, Lachlan, and John. John was 
a lieutenant in the Darien expedition. He died in 
Flanders. He left no issue. Lachlan married 
Janet, daughter of Hector Maclean, of Assapol, 
and had two sons, Hector and Donald, both of 
whom died in Ireland. 

III. Allan, eldest son of Donald Maclean, was 
a captain under Sir John of Duart at the battle of 
Killiecrankie in 1689 and at Sheriffmuir in 1715. 
He married Margaret, daughter of Allan Maclean, 
first of Drimnin, and had three children by her ; 
Donald, John, and Florence. John died in 
Flanders. He left no issue. 



THE MACLEANS OF SWEDEN. 463 

IV. Donald, son of Captain Allan Maclean, 
lived in Raodel, and was regarded as one of the 
strongest men in Mull. He married Ann, daugh- 
ter of Donald Maclean, fifth of Torloisk, and 
had by her, George, Hector, and Marion. George 
died unmarried in the East Indies. Marion was 
married to Hugh Maclean of Airdchraoishnish, 
son of John Maclean of Ardfergnish, and had a 
daughter named Flora. Flora was born at Gribun 
in August, 1784. She was married to Archibald, 
son of John, son of Lachlan Maclean, of Kirkipool 
in Tiree. She died at Greenhill, Tiree, in August, 
1885, at the advanced age of 101 years. 

V. Hector, son of Donald Maclean of Raodel, 
was known as Eachann Ruadh. He lived first in 
Mingary, and afterwards at Ensay, or Easadh. 
He married Ann, daughter of Donald Campbell, 
bailie of Tiree, by whom he had a son named 
George. 

VI. George was for some time tenant of Hynish 
in Tiree, and was known as Deorsa Heinis. He 
was a very popular man. He married a daughter 
of Campbell of Barramholaich, by whom he had 
Sheela, Hector, Malcolm, George, Helen, and a 
son whose name we do not know. He died either 
in Australia or New Zealand. 

THE MACLEANS OF SWEDEN. 

I. John Dubh, fourth son of Hector Og of 
Duart, was for a short time an officer in the Brit- 
ish navy. He was afterwards engaged in the 



464 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

diplomatic service of Charles I. He settled in 
Sweden about 1625, and changed his name to 
Mackeleer. He was admitted as a citizen and 
tradesman in Gottenburgh in 1639. He was a 
successful merchant, and became very wealthy. 
He was appointed a member of the town council of 
Gottenburgh in 1640. He was ennobled in 1649, 
and introduced at the Riddarhus, or house of 
knights, in 1652. He received a white flower as a 
coat of arms. He married, first, Lillias Hamilton, 
but had no children by her. He married, secondly, 
in 1629, Ann Gubbertz, daughter of a tradesman 
in Stockholm, and had nine children by her ; 
Charles, Jacob, John, Gustaf, Peter, David, 
Maria, Catherine, and Eliza. He married, thirdly, 
Anna Thompson, but had no issue by her. He 
owned Gasewadholm in Holland, Hammaro in 
Hermland, and Hageby, Hokalla, and Rada in 
Westergothland. 

Charles, eldest son of John Maclean, was a 
captain in the French army. Jacob was a colonel 
in the British army, and fought in behalf of 
Charles I. John was a judge. He married Ann 
Gordon, and had two sons, Gustaf and Charles, or 
Karl. Gustaf was born in 1641. He was, in 1676, 
colonel of Elfsborg's regiment. He married Sarah 
Carlberg. Peter was born in 1644. He was 
colonel in 1676, and afterwards commander at 
Stralsund. He married Sophia Van Plassen. 
David, the youngest of John Maclean's sons, laid 
aside the name Mackeleer and assumed his right 



THE MACLEANS OF BROLAS. 465 

name. He was a major in 1675, and rose after- 
wards to a higher rank in the army. He was 
governor of the province of Elfsborg in 1693. 
He was created Baron Maclean in 1708. He was 
married, and had five sons ; Rutger, Gustaf, John- 
Adolf, Jacob, and Ludwig. Rutger was born in 
1688. He was taken prisoner at Pultowa in 1709, 
and sent * to Tobolsk. He rose to the rank of 
colonel. He died in 1748. John-Adolf was col- 
onel of the Swedish Life Guards. He was 
married, and left a large family. Jacob died in 
1771. Rutger of Swanholm and Gustaf of Strom, 
grandsons of Baron David Maclean, were intro- 
duced at the Riddarhus in 1784. Rutger was the 
fourth Baron Maclean of Sweden. He was living 
in 1798. 

Maria, the eldest daughter of John Maclean, 
was married to General David Duncan ; Catherine, 
to Colonel David Sinclair of Finnekumla ; and 
Eliza, to Major Cailenkerheilm. The descendants 
of John Dubh seem to be now extinct in the male 
line, at least in Sweden. 

THE MACLEANS OF BROLAS. 

I. Donald, first Maclean of Brolas, Domhnall 
Mac Eachainn Oig, fought under Montrose in 
1646 and at Inverkeithing in 1651. He was tutor 
to his nephew, Sir Allan of Duart, during the 
minority of the latter. He married Finvola, 
daughter of John Garbh, eighth of Coll, and had 
three sons by her ; Lachlan, Hector Mor, and 

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466 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Hector Og. i. Lachlan succeeded his father. 
2. Hector Mor died unmarried. 3. Hector Og" 
married Janet, daughter of Macneil of Barra, by 
whom he had two sons, Donald and John. He 
was drowned while crossing the sea in a small 
open boat from Mull to Barra. Donald, his elder 
son, died young. John married Finvola, daughter 
of Allan Maclean of Garmony, by whom he had 
two sons, Donald and Hector. The latter was a 
merchant in Jamaica. He seems to have died 
without issue. Donald was, in 1760, a merchant 
in Glasgow. He was married twice. By his first 
wife, Mary, daughter of John Dickson, merchant, 
Glasgow, he had two children, Hector and Janet. 
By his second wife, Margaret, daughter of James 
Wall of Clonae in the county of Waterford, Ire- 
land, he had one son, Fitzroy- Jeffrey s-Grafton. 
He died between 1770 and 1775. Janet, his 
daughter, was married to General Allan Maclean, 
of the Torloisk family. 

II. Lachlan, second Maclean of Brolas, was 
born in 1650. He was a man of g"ood ability, 
sound sense, and unflinching fidelity to his chief 
and clan. He represented the county of Argyle 
in the Scottish Parliament during the commis- 
sionership of James, Duke of York, afterwards 
James II. He was tutor to Sir John of Duart, 
and managed the affairs of the estate in a most 
satisfactory manner. He married Isabel, daughter 
of Hector Maclean, second of Torloisk, and had 
by her two sons, Donald and Allan. Donald 



THE MACLEANS OF BROLAS. 467 

succeeded his father. Allan was a captain in the 
army. He died at Stirling 1 in 1722. He was not 
married, but left one or two natural children. 

III. Donald, third of Brolas, was born in 1671. 
He was left fatherless at the age of sixteen. He 
had many difficulties to contend with, but by 
prudent management overcame them all. He was 
for some time a lieutenant in the British army, 
and was, on one occasion, badly wounded by a 
trooper's sabre. He was lieutenant-colonel under 
Sir John of Duart at the battle of Sheriffmuir, 
and received tw r o severe wounds on the head. He 
had two natural sons, James and Gillean. He 
married Isabel, daughter of Allan, tenth Maclean 
of Ardgour ; and had by her four children ; Allan, 
Catherine, Isabel, and Ann. He died on April 
23d, 1725. James, his eldest son, married Julia, 
daughter of Allan Maclean of Garmony, and had 
at least one son, John. Gillean was a lieutenant 
in the army. He was in Guernsey in 1760. He 
was married and left issue. Allan succeeded his 
father as representative of the family of Brolas. 
Catherine was married to Lachlan Maclean of 
Coll. Isabel was married to John Maclean of 
Lochbuie. Ann was married to Allan Maclean of 
Drimnin. 

John, son of James, son of Donald of Brolas, 
had five children ; Allan, Dugald, Donald, Ann, 
and Mary-Julia. Allan, eldest son of John, worked 
at mining in Ayrshire. He had one son, Allan 
Og, and nine daughters. Allan Og had four sons ; 



468 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Allan, Andrew, Alexander, and James. He came 
with his family to Pictou, Nova Scotia, and was 
engaged in coal mining. He removed to Penn- 
sylvania in 1842. James, his fourth son, was born 
in Scotland in 1829. He was a doctor, and settled 
at St. Louis in Missouri. He amassed a large 
fortune by selling a patent medicine. He was a 
member of the 47th Congress. He died in 1866. 
Dugald, second son of John, was married and left 
issue. Donald, the third son, settled in Glasgow. 
Ann was married to a Maclellan who lived at 
Bowmore in Islay. Mary- I^ouisa was married, 
in 1822, to the Rev. John Sinclair, son of Peter 
Sinclair in Tiree. Mr. Sinclair came to Nova 
Scotia in 1838, and removed to Pennsylvania in 
1852. We have seen it asserted that he was the 
author of Seannachie's history of the Macleans. 
He had nothing to do with that work. 



fast Jibe (Chiefs of the (Elan tflillemt. 

V 

XXI. SIR AILEIN BHROLAIS. 

Sir Allan of Brolas, sixth baronet, was born 
about the year 1710. He entered the army at an 
early age. He was for a short time a captain in 
the second battalion of Drumlanrig's regiment. 
When this battalion was disbanded in 1749, he 
returned to Mull. He was served heir male and 
of line to his grandfather, Lachlan Maclean of 
Brolas, in August, 1749. He married shortly 
afterwards, Una, daughter of Hector Maclean of 



SIR AILEIN BHROLAIS. 469 

Coll. He succeeded Sir Hector, Sir John's son, 
in the chiefship of the Clan Gillean and in the 
baronetcy, in 1750. In January, 1757, he was ap- 
pointed a captain in Montgomery's Highlanders. 
His company was raised by himself. It consisted 
of 100 men, all of whom it is said were natives of 
Mull. He sailed from Cork in Ireland in June, 
1758, and landed at Charlestown in South Carolina. 
He took part in Brigadier Forbes's expedition 
against Fortdu Quesne, now Pittsburg, in Novem- 
ber of that year. He was with General Amherst 
in the expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown 
Point, in June, 1759. His wife died of a nervous 
fever on the 3oth of May, 1760. He returned to 
Britain on leave of absence about the end of that 
year or early in 1761. He was appointed major 
in a regiment raised by Colonel Charles Fitzroy, 
afterwards Lord Southampton. He served in this 
regiment until the close of the Seven Years' War 
in 1763. As the regiment was then disbanded, Sir 
Allan returned to Mull. He was promoted to the 
rank of lieutenant-colonel some time afterwards. 
He leased the island of Inchkenneth, and went to 
live there. In October, 1773, he received a visit 
from Dr. Johnson and Boswell. 

It seems that the Campbells took possession of 
Brolas in 1689. They claimed it as a part of the 
Duart estate. About 1770 Sir Allan commenced 
a lawsuit with John, fifth Duke of Argyll, for the 
recovery of Brolas. The suit was a tedious and 
expensive one, but Sir Allan won in the end. 



47o THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Argyll was compelled in 1783 to restore the lands 
in dispute to their lawful owner. It was a source 
of great joy to the Macleans to see Sir Allan in 
possession of even a very small part of the lands 
which had belonged to his forefathers. 

Sir Allan was a good-looking man, of a frank 
disposition and polished manners ; and, like High- 
land chiefs in general, liberal and hospitable. He 
died on December loth, 1783, and is buried at 
Inchkenneth. He was the last chief of the Mac- 
leans who lived in the Highlands, and probably 
the last of their chiefs who could address them in 
the melodious language of the poetic and warlike 
Gaidels. He is the subject of several excellent 
Gaelic songs. He was evidently greatly beloved 
by his clan. He had three children ; Maria, 
Sibella, and Ann. Maria was married to Charles 
Maclean of Kinlochaline and Drimnin ; and 
Sibella, to John Maclean of Inverscadale. Ann 
died unmarried. 

XXII. SIR HECTOR MACLEAN. 

Hector, son of Donald, son of John, son of 
Hector Og, third son of Donald of Brolas, suc- 
ceeded Sir Allan in the chiefship. He was the 
seventh baronet of Morvern. He was for some 
time a lieutenant in the army, but spent the greater 
part of his life in retirement. Sir Hector died 
unmarried in 1818, and was succeeded by his 
brother, Fitzroy-Jeffreys-Grafton. As he did not 
live in Mull we have not given his name in Gaelic. 



SIR CHARLES FITZROY MACLEAN. 471 

XXIII. SIR FITZROY JEFFREYS GRAFTON 
MACLEAN. 

Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean entered the 
army as an ensign in 1787. He went out to the 
West Indies in 1788, and saw a good deal of active 
service there. He was promoted to the rank of 
captain in 1793. He married, in 1794, the daugh- 
ter and only child of Charles Kidd, and had by 
her two sons, Charles-Fitzroy and Donald. He 
received a medal for his gallant conduct at the 
capture of Guadaloupe in 1810, and was about the 
same time appointed major-general. He became 
a lieutenant-general in 1814. He returned to 
Britain in 1815, and spent the remainder of his 
days in London. He was raised to the rank of 
general in 1837. He died on July 5th, 1847. He 
was succeeded by his elder son, Charles-Fitzroy. 

Donald, second son of General Maclean, was 
born in 1800. He graduated at Oxford in 1823 
with the highest honours in classics. He was 
called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1827, and 
in the same year married Harriet, daughter of 
General Frederick Maitland. He was elected in 
1834 to the House of Commons, for Oxford, and 
represented that constituency until 1847. He was 
a Conservative in politics, and a strong friend of 
the Carlists in Spain. He died at Rome in 1874. 

XXIV. SIR CHARLES FITZROY MACLEAN. 

Charles-Fitzroy was born in the West Indies in 
1798. He was taken to Britain in 1806. He was 



472 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

educated at Eton College and the Royal Military 
Colleg-e. Sandhurst. He entered the Scots Guards 

O ' 

in 1816. He commanded the 8ist regiment for 
some time, and was afterwards colonel of the I3th 
Light Dragoons. He was for a few years military 
secretary at Gibraltar. He was a good draughts- 
man, and took great delight in yachting and fishing. 
On retiring from his post at Gibraltar, he navigated 
his own vessel all over the Mediterranean as far as 
the Black Sea. He retired from military service 
in 1846. He was a true Highlander, and took a 
deep interest in the history of his clan. He was 
a tall, good-looking, and pleasant man, and was 
well liked. He married, in 1831, Emily-Eleanor, 
daughter of the Honourable and Reverend Jacob 
Marsham, D. D., Canon of Windsor, and had by 
her five children ; Fitzroy-Donald, Emily-Frances- 
Harriet, Louisa- Marianne, Fanny- Henrietta, and 
Georgina-Marcia. Sir Charles -Fitzroy died at 
West Cliffe House, Folkestone, on December 
27th, 1883. Fitzroy-Donald succeeded his father. 
Louisa was married in 1860 to the Hon. R. P. 
Neville, second son of the Earl of Abergavenny. 
Fanny was married in 1855 to Admiral Sir 
A. W. A. Hood. Georgina was married in 1868 
to John A. Rolls, of The Hendre. 

XXV. SIR FITZROY DONALD MACLEAN. 

Fitzroy Donald Maclean was born on May i8th, 
1835. He entered the i3th Light Dragoons, now 
the i3th Hussars, as a cornet, in August, 1852. 



SIR FITZROY DONALD MACLEAN. 473 

He was appointed lieutenant in 1854, captain in 
1856, major in 1861, and lieutenant-colonel-com- 
mandant in 187 1 . He served in the same regiment 
the 1 3th Hussars over twenty-one years, and 
was with it wherever it was quartered or fighting. 
He was in Bulgaria and the Crimea in the war of 
1854 and 1855. He went out to Bulgaria in the 
sailing transport Culloden, which landed the troops 
on board of it at Varna, but was afterwards wrecked 
in the Black Sea, and captured with all its crew by 
the Russians. He was with his regiment at the 
landing of Eupatoria, at the cavalry affair of Bul- 
ganak, at the battle of the Alma, and at the siege 
of Sebastopol. He received the Crimean medal 
from the Queen's own hand, on May i8th, 1855. 
He received two clasps and the Turkish War medal 
about the same time. He was aide-de-camp to 
Field Marshal Lord Seaton in 1859, and to Gen- 
eral Sir George Brown in 1860. He was selected 
in 1865 to report on the French cavalry manoeuvres 
at Chalons. While there he was frequently in 
conversation with the Emperor of the French. In 
1880 he was appointed to the command of the 
West Kent Queen's Own Yeomanry Cavalry, and 
is now commander of the Kent Yeomanry Brigade. 
He became chief of the Clan Gillean in 1883. He 
received the decoration of the Order of the Bath 
in 1897. On the first of last March he was ap- 
pointed president of the League of Mercy for the 
Hythe division of the county of Kent. 

Sir Fitzroy has travelled extensively both in 

60 



474 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Europe and America. He takes a deep and active 
interest in the history, traditions, and poetry of his 
clan, and also in the welfare of all his clansmen. 
He is a good linguist. We wish we could say 
that, like the Duke of Atholl, the Marquis of 
Tullibardine, and Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Gair- 
loch, he speaks the language in which Fingal 
fought and Ossian sung. He married, in 1872, 
Constance-Marianne, daughter of George Holland 
Ackers, Esq., of Moreton Hall, Cheshire, and has'c? 
by her five children ; Hector- Fitzroy, Charles- 
Lachlan, Fitzroy-Holland, George-Marsham, and 
Finovala-Marianne-Eleanor. Hector was born on 
February I7th, 1873. He is a lieutenant in the 
Scots Guards. Charles is a lieutenant in the 
Royal Navy. He took part in the Benin expedi- 
tion in 1897. Fitzroy died in 1881. At the present 
time Sir Fitzroy and his three sons, Hector, Charles, 
and John, are the only representatives in the legiti- 
mate male line of Domhnall Mac Eachainn Oig, 
the first Maclean of Brolas. May his sons live to 
a good old age, and his grandsons be numerous 
and prosperous. 

The Clan Maclean Association was instituted in 
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1892. It held its first 
annual gathering on the 28th of October in that 
year. There was a large number of Macleans 
present, probably a larger number than had been 
seen together since Charles of Drimnin led his 
heroic followers to Culloden. Addresses were 
delivered by Sir Fitzroy, who acted as chairman ; 



SIR FITZROY DONALD MACLEAN. 475 

by that grand old man, Professor Blackie; and by 
the Rev. John Maclean, D. D., Glasgow. Annual 
meetings have been held regularly ever since. 
The Association has been of much service to the 
clan. It has helped to bring its scattered members 
together, to make them personally acquainted 
with each other, and to lead them to feel that they 
all belong to the same family. It has also helped 
to bring the Macleans to look upon themselves, 
not as a broken clan, but as a fully organized clan, 
and to take a real interest in the past history and 
present welfare of the clan, its branches, and its 
members. 

In 1893 the Macleans of the United States and 
Canada, invited Sir Fitzroy, Lochbuie, Ardgour, 
Kingerloch, Dochgarroch, and Pennycross, to visit 
the World's Fair, in Chicago, and requested the 
privilege of having them as their guests during 
their stay. On Monday, June i2th, Sir Fitzroy 
and Pennycross arrived in Chicago. On Thurs- 
day, June 1 5th, they were entertained at a grand 
banquet. There were about ninety Macleans 
present, most of whom were accompanied by their 
wives. 

Sir Fitzroy is the twenty-fifth chief of the Clan 
Gillean, and the tenth Baronet of Morvern. He 
is the son of Charles, son of Fitzroy, son of Don- 
ald, son of John, son of Hector Og, son of Donald 
of Brolas, son of Hector Og of Duart, son of 
Lachlan Mor of Duart, son of Hector Og of 
Duart, son of Hector Mor of Duart, son of Lach- 



476 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Ian Cattanach of Duart, son of Hector Odhar of 
Duart,son of Lachlan Og of Duart, son of Lachlan 
Bronnach of Duart, son of Hector Roy of Duart, 
son of Lachlan Liibanach of Duart, son of John 
Dubh, son of Malcolm, son of Malise, son of 
Gilleain na Tuaighe. He is thus the twenty-first 
in lineal descent from the founder of the clan of 
which he is the worthy and honoured CEANN- 
CINNIDH. 



CHAPTER XVI I L 

Utttrareb ^families. 

THERE are several prominent Macleans referred 
to in history, of whose origin we know nothing. 
There are also at the present day hundreds of true 
Macleans in the world who cannot trace themselves 
back step by step to the parent stock, or even tell 
to what branch of the clan they belong. There 
are many in this position simply because they 
neglected to write down the genealogical facts 
which they could easily have collected fifty years 
ago. 

THE MACLEANS OF CUIDREACH. Dr. Maclean 
settled in Skye, as physician to the Macdonalds of 
Sleat, about the year 1525. He was a native of 
Mull, and had probably studied medicine under 
the Beatons of Pennycross. His descendants 
were physicians in Skye during the period of 270 
years. The last of them who lived in Skye, Dr. 
John Maclean, was born at Cuidreach in 1708. 
He was an excellent classical scholar. It is said 



478 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

that he knew by heart Homer's Iliad and Virgil's 
ALneid from beginning to end. He was celebrated 
as a physician all over the Western Isles. He 
held the farms of Uragag, and Shulista in 1733, 
and acted as chamberlain to Lord Macdonald. 
He died at Cuidreach on May ist, 1793, and was 
buried at Kilmuir in Troternish. He was married, 
and had at least three sons ; James, John, and 
Malcolm. He had also a daughter named Mary. 
James died young. John, known as Seocan, was 
drowned on the coast of Uist. Malcolm was a 
captain in one of the Highland regiments, and 
served in America. He spent his latter days at 
Aird-Mhic-Ceolain in Skye. He was somewhat 
eccentric. Mary, Dr. John's daughter, was mar- 
ried to John Beaton, tenant of Achachorc in 
Troternish. 

It is said that Dr. Lachlan Maclean of Sudbury 
was a son of Dr. John Maclean, but this may not 
be a fact. Dr. Lachlan was at any rate a native 
of Skye. He was for some time physician to the 
Duke of Kent. He was elected member of par- 
liament for the borough of Arundel in 1768. He 
retired from politics in 1771, and was knighted 
some time afterwards. He was the author of sev- 
eral works on medicine, copies of which are in the 
British museum. He married Mary, daughter and 
co-heiress of John Young, of The Priory, Suffolk, 
and had three sons, Allan, John, and Hippisley, 
and also two daughters. He died about 1840. 
Allan was physician to the Essex and Colchester 



UNTRACED FAMILIES. 479 

Hospital. John died in 1822. Hippisley was born 
in 1808. He was vicar of Caistor in Lincolnshire 
from 1844 to 1886. He died at St. Alban's in 
1895. Mary, second daughter of Sir Lachlan, 
was married to John Eaton, of Eaton Manor, 
Shrewsbury. 

THE MACLEANS OF KILMORY. Hector Maclean 
of Kilmory married, about 1690, Margaret, daugh- 
ter of Allan Maclean of Grulin, and had at least 
two children, Hugh and Catherine. Hugh married 
Ann, daughter of the Rev. John Maclean of 
Kilninian, and widow of John, son of Allan of 
Grishipol. Hugh, son of Maclean of Kilmory, 
was a captain under Charles of Drimnin at Cul- 
loden. Allan of Kilmory died about the year 
1759. Murdoch, son of Allan, was served heir to 
his father in July, 1761. Murdoch Hector Mac- 
laine was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 77th 
regiment in 1822. We find it stated that he was 
descended from the Macleans of Kilmory, and that 
he wrote a history of the Lochbuie family the 
branch of the clan to which he belonged. 

THE MACLAINES OF HOLLAND. The Rev. Alex- 
ander Maclaine graduated at the University of 
Edinburgh in 1646, and was minister of Kilmaglas 
in 1655. He translated a number of the Psalms 
into Gaelic verse. According to Scott's Fasti 
Ecclesiae Scoticanae, he belonged to the Lochbuie 
branch of the clan. Archibald, son of Alexander, 
was licensed to preach in 1684, and in the follow- 
ing year became minister of Dunoon and Kilmun. 



480 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

He accepted a call to Omagh in Ireland in 1699. 
He was married, and had four children ; Daniel, 
Alexander, Thomas, and a daughter. Daniel 
became minister of Kilbride, Argyleshire, in 1704. 
Alexander was minister of Antrim, and Thomas 
minister of Monaghan. The daughter was mar- 
ried to the Rev. Thomas Milling, minister of the 
Scots church at The Hague. The Rev. Thomas 
Maclaine married Elizabeth, daughter of James 
Milling, and sister of the Rev. Robert Milling. 
He had two sons by her, Archibald and James. 
He died in 1740. 

Archibald, son of the Rev. Thomas Maclaine, 
was born at Monaghan in 1722, and educated at 
the University of Glasgow. He went to Holland 
in 1746, and became assistant pastor to his mater- 
nal uncle, the Rev. Robert Milling. He acted for 
some time as preceptor to the Prince of Orange, 
afterwards King William I. He left The Hague 
in 1796, and settled at Bath in England. He 
translated Mosheim's History into English. He 
married Esther-Wilhelmina, daughter of the Rev. 
Charles Chaise, the French clergyman at The 
Hague, and had four children by her ; Charles- 
Anthony, Henry, William- Nicholas, and Henri- 
etta-Ann. He died in 1804. ^e was a man of 
deep piety and extensive learning. Henry, his 
second son, was a colonel in the Dutch army. 

Charles-Anthony, eldest son of the Rev. Archi- 
bald Maclaine, studied law, and was recorder of 
the court at Brabant. He married Catherine 



UNTRACED FAMILIES. 481 

Spanjaard, by whom he had William and Mary. 
William settled in England, and had four children ; 
Archibald, Charles, Catherine, and Mary. Archi- 
bald left a son named William, who resides in 
London. 

Mary, daughter of Charles Anthony Maclaine, 
was married in 1812 to Pieter Pont, burgomaster 
of Modemblie, by whom she had three children ; 
Frans- Maclaine, Archibald-Maclaine, and Mary. 
Frans-Maclaine had two sons ; William-Maclaine 
and Archibald-Maclaine. Archibald-Maclaine, 
second son of Mary Maclean and Pieter Pont, 
was for some time a lieutenant in the Dutch navy. 
He married, in 1848, Johanna-Susanna-Cornelia- 
Maria Van Pabst Rutgers, and had by her Pieter- 
Maclaine, Willem-Maclaine, Archibald-Maclaine, 
and three daughters. Pieter resides at The Hague, 
and is a lawyer by profession. William is manager 
of a gold-mine at Totok in Celebes. Archibald is 
a lawyer, and resides in Batavia. 

THE MACLEANS OF GOMETRA. -- John Maclean 
belonged to the Lochbuie family. He had a 
son named Hector, who had a son named John. 
John, Iain Mac Eachainn, lived in Lag, and was 
succeeded there by his son Hector, who was suc- 
ceeded by his son, Peter. Peter of Lag married 
Christy Lament, by whom he had two sons, 
Hector and Duncan. Hector was for some time 
tenant of the farms of Achnasaul, Achnacreig, and 
Torosay. He removed to Kinnegharar in 1841. 
He married Flora, daughter of Donald Macarthur, 

ei 



482 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

tenant of Burg on the Torloisk estate, and had 
by her Donald, Peter, John, Margaret, Ann, 
Mary, and Flora, i. Donald was born in 1814. 
He purchased the island of Gometra in 1857. 
He died in 1871. He was a very popular man. 
2. Peter succeeded his brother in Gometra. He 
died in May, 1893. 3. John was tenant of Kinne- 
gharar and Burg. He was a successful cattle-dealer. 
He died on February 24th, 1893. 4. Margaret, 
eldest daughter of Eachann Mac Phadruig, was 
married to Neil Morison of Aintuim, and was the 
mother of Coimdjullig Rankm Morison, the Mull 
antiquarian. 

John Maclean, Iain Mac Dhomhnaill Mhic 
Phadruig, married Flora Macleod, by whom he 
had Hector, John, Donald, and Neil. Hector 
married Catherine Macdonald, and had John, 
Roderick, and Peter. John is a merchant in 
Dervaig. Roderick is a merchant in Glasgow, 
and purchased the island of Gometra in 1893. 

IAIN MAC EACHAINN. John Maclaine, Iain Mac 
Eachainn Mhic Iain Mhic Dhomhnaill Ghlais, 
lived at Dervaig, and belonged to the Lochbuie 
branch of the clan. He was the author of several 
pieces of Gaelic poetry. He married Flora, only 
daughter of Donald Mor Macquarrie in Ulva. 
Donald, his son, married Jessie, daughter of Cap- 
tain John Cameron in Greenock, by whom he had 
six children ; John, Donald, Sarah, Lachlan, 
Archibald, and Flora. Lachlan, his third son, is 
minister of Arisaig. 



UNTRACED FAMILIES. 483 

AONGHUS OG. Angus Og Maclean was born in 
Coll, and belonged to the Boreray branch of the 
Macleans of Ardgour. His father's name was 
Angus. His mother was a Macfadyen. He had 
a son named Lachlan, who had a son named 
Neil. Neil had three sons ; Lachlan, John, and 
Norman. Lachlan was a carpenter by trade, and 
was known as Lachainn Saor. He came to Nova 
Scotia, and settled in Keppoch, Antigonish County. 
He died in July, 1855, and left five sons ; Neil, 
Archibald, Norman, John, and Alexander. The 
Rev. Lachlan A. Maclean, of Louisburg, Cape 
Breton, is a son of Alexander. 

DONALD, ALEXANDER, AND JAMES MACLEAN. 
Donald, Alexander, and James Maclean were 
brothers, and were born in North Uist. It is 
pretty certain that they belonged to the Boreray 
branch of the Ardgour family. Their parents 
were drowned while crossing from Uist to the 
mainland. Donald went to Jamaica, prospered in 
business, and sent for Alexander and James. He 
married Ann Susanna Rodon, by whom he had 
Lachlan, George-Rodon, and Ann. Alexander 
was born in 1767. He became proprietor of the 
Crawle River and Orange Hill estates in Jamaica. 
He returned to Scotland in 1819, and settled in 
Liberton. He married, in the same year, Mary 
Baigrie, by whom he had Catherine-Ann, Alex- 
ander, Donald, and John M. He died in 1839. 
His youngest son, John M., is the well-known 
member of parliament for Cardiff. 



484 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

ALLAN MACLEAN IN ACHNACREIG. Allan Mac- 
lean belonged to the Coll branch of the clan. He 
lived at Achnacreig, between Sorn and Dervaig, 
in Mull. Charles, his son, lived in the same 
place. Charles met Prince Charles when the latter 
arrived in Moydart in 1745. Having shaken 
hands with the Prince, he never afterwards gave 
his right hand to anyone. Allan, son of Charles, 
had a son named Hector. Hector lived at Cill- 
bheag, Kilveg, in or near Bellach Roy. Allan, 
son of Hector, lived at Cuinn, near Dervaig. 
Hector, son of Allan, resides at 5 Belgrave Street, 
Glasgow. 

THE MACLEANS OF ALTANULL. Lachlan Mac- 
lean was born in Rum, and belonged to the Coll 
branch of the clan. He came to Nova Scotia in 
October, 1781, and settled at Allta-'n-aoil, or Lime 
Brook, in Pictou County. He married Ann Mac- 
quarrie, by whom he had four children ; David, 
Hector, Gormall, and Catherine. David married 
Margaret Mackenzie, by whom he had Lachlan, 
James, Duncan, Robert, and Alexander. Lachlan 
and Robert live at Lime Brook. James is minister 
of the Presbyterian Church at Great Village, Nova 
Scotia. Duncan was a doctor at Shubenacadie, 
Nova Scotia. He was skilful, kind, and self- 
sacrificing, and was highly esteemed. He made 
no money, but he did a great deal of good to his 
fellow-men. He died a year ago. Alexander 
lives in Pennsylvania. The Rev. James T. Mac- 
lean of Oakryn, Pennsylvania, is his son. 



UNTRACED FAMILIES. 485 

EOGHAN MAC LACHAINN MHIC IAIN BHAIN. It 
is said that John Ban was a son of Terlach 
Mac Allan Mac Ian Duy. He settled in Tiree, 
and had a son named Lachlan, who had a son 
named Ewen. Ewen, Eoghan Mac Lachainn 
Mhic Iain Bhain, had two sons, Donald and 
Ewen. Donald had three sons; Lachlan, Charles, 
and John. i. Lachlan had three sons ; John, 
Hugh, and Donald. 2. Charles had six sons ; 
John, Donald, Hugh, Hector, Alexander, and 
Dugald. Hugh, Hector, and Dugald came to 
Canada. Alexander lived at Ruaig, and had two 
sons, Donald and Hector. Hector is minister of 
Dalkeith, Scotland. 3. John was born in 1771. 
He was one of the tenants of Ruaig. He had 
three sons ; Malcolm, Lachlan, and Donald. He 
died in 1861. Malcolm succeeded him in Ruaig, 
and was succeeded there by his son Allan. Lach- 
lan was married, and had one daughter. Donald 
was born in 1817. He was a merchant and manu- 
facturer in Glasgow. He had four sons ; John, 
Andrew- Bruce, Archibald, and Malcolm. John 
came to Canada. Andrew-Bruce is a manufacturer 
of electric light cables at Craigpark, Glasgow. 
Archibald is an India-rubber merchant in Leeds. 
Malcolm is a manufacturer of electrical articles in 
London. 

TEARLACH MAC LACHAINN MHIC EACHAINN. 
Charles Maclean, Tearlach Mac Lachainn Mhic 
Eachainn, lived in Kilmoluaig. He married Ann 
Campbell, of Gortandonald, by whom he had Don- 



486 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

aid, Archibald, Lachlan, and Catherine. Donald 
married Mary Graham, and had by her, Alexander, 
Ann, Mary, and Margaret. Archibald died unmar- 
ried. Catherine was married to Archibald Maclean. 

Lachlan, third son of Charles Maclean, occupied, 
during" the latter part of his life, the farm of Grian- 
ail, or Greenhill, in Tiree. He married Catherine, 
daughter of Archibald Maclean, Gilleasbuig Mac 
Iain Mhic Lachainn, and had by her, Catherine, 
Archibald, Charles, Donald, Lachlan, Marion, 
and Donald-Archibald. Catherine, the eldest of 
his family, was married to John Macgavin, and 
Marion to Captain John Brodie. Archibald, eldest 
son of Lachlan Maclean, settled at Hawke's Bay, 
New Zealand. Charles, second son of Lachlan, 
is a farmer in Leicestershire, England. He mar- 
ried Jeanie Barr, and has six children ; Robert, 
Lachlan, Charles, Mary, Katie-Jane, and Thomas. 
Donald, third son of Lachlan, settled at Hawke's 
Bay. He married Margaret Macfarlane, by whom 
he had Catherine, Lachlan, Margaret, and Elspeth. 
Donald-Archibald, fifth son of Lachlan, settled at 
Hawke's Bay. He married Elizabeth Macfarlane, 
and has one daughter, Catherine. 

Lachlan, fourth son of Lachlan Maclean, was 
born at Crosh, Tiree, on May 28th, 1852. He 
left Tiree in April, 1868, to join the Glasgow office 
of the Leith, Hull, and Hamburg Steam Packet 
Company. He was transferred to Leith in 1871, 
and to London in 1874. He was appointed, in 
1878, chief agent in South Africa for the Castle 



UNTRACED FAMILIES. 487 

Mail Packets Company. He married, in August, 
i 9*3, Margaret, daughter of John Gumming Craw- 
ford, of Edinburgh, and has one child, Sheila. 
He resides at Greenhill, Kenilworth, near Cape 
Town. He takes a thorough interest in his clan. 

THE MACLEANS OF GRAND LAKE. Archibald 
Maclean was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He 
settled in New York, and married there, on June 
1 2th, 1780, Catherine Price. He came to St. John, 
New Brunswick, and received a grant of two lots 
of land in the city. He removed afterwards to 
Grand Lake, Queen's County, where he took up a 
large grant of land. John, his son, was born at 
Grand Lake in 1784. John was for a number of 
years judge of the court of common pleas. Lach- 
lan, John's son, was a merchant in the city of St. 
John ; but was obliged to retire from business on 
account of ill health. He died at Mill Stream, 
King's County, in 1875. Hugh-Havelock, son of 
Lachlan, was born in Fredericton, on March, 22d, 
1854. He was called to the bar in 1876, and is 
connected as solicitor or director with a number of 
wealthy companies. He takes a hereditary interest 
in military matters, and is lieutenant -colonel of 
the 62d St. John Fusiliers. He was lately in 
Britain as commandant of the Bisley Team from 
Canada. He is a good member of the great clan 
to which he belongs. 

IAIN BAN MAC AILEIN. John Maclean, Iain Ban 
Mac Ailein, was one of the tenants of the farm of 
Achadh-a-Chairn on the north side of Loch-nan- 



488 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Ceall. He had three sons ; Allan, Charles, and 
Lachlan. Allan, the eldest son, was for about 
sixty years a teacher in lona, in connection with 
the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge 
in the Highlands and Islands. Besides teaching, 
he expounded the Scriptures to the people, and 
also kept a Sabbath school for the children. He 
was a useful man, and was highly respected. 
Lachainn na Gaidhlig describes him as abbot of 
lona. Charles, second son of John Ban, was at 
one time a sergeant in the Breadalbane Fencibles. 
He was afterwards forester at Loch Sunart to the 
Duke of Argyll. He married Euphemia, daugh- 
ter of Donald Campbell, by whom he had Neil, 
Ellen, Mary, Jessie, and others. Neil was born 
in 1796. He was educated at lona and in the 
University of Glasgow. He was licensed to 
preach in 1822, and became minister of Ulva in 
1826. He was translated to Halkirk in 1844. 
He married Clementina Clark, sister of Francis 
W. Clark of Ulva, and had six children ; Charles, 
Neil, Francis, James A., Clementina, and Isabella. 
Charles was a minister, and died in Ceylon in 
1897. Neil was mate of the steamship Tenasserim. 
He died at sea in 1878, and was buried in Malta. 
Francis was in the service of the Caledonian 
Insurance Company, Edinburgh, and died in 1885. 
James A, Maclean, youngest son of the Rev. Neil 
Maclean, is a lawyer and bank agent in Forfar. 

GENERAL JOHN MACLEAN. John Maclean was 
born in Mull in 1756. He served in the Revolu- 



UNTRACED FAMILIES. 489 

tionary War under Washington, and was an officer 
of artillery in the War of 1812. He was the first 
commissary-general of the state of New York. 
He died in New York on February 28th, 1821. 
George W., son of General Maclean, graduated at 
the Military Academy at West Point in 1818. He 
had four sons ; Henry-Clay, Malcolm, Donald, 
and Walter. Malcolm was born in 1848. He is 
a practising physician and surgeon in New York. 
He married the only daughter of Dr. George W. 
Jewett, by whom he has three children ; Alfred, 
Donald, and Helen. Donald, third son of George 
W. Maclean, is a lawyer in New York. Walter 
is a lieutenant in the United States Navy. 

THE MACLEANS OF DYSART. George Maclean 
resided in Dysart, Fifeshire, and was known as 
George Mac Allan. He was married, and had two 
sons, George and William. George was licensed 
to preach in 1797, and became minister of Fogo 
in Berwickshire in 1814. He was returned heir to 
his father, " George Mac Allan, or Maclean," in 
1818. He died in 1840. He was married and 
left issue. William, second son of George Mac 
Allan, was manager of the Dysart colliery. He 
married a daughter of John Brodie, by whom he 
had a son named George. George, son of Will- 
iam, was born at Dysart in 1795. He entered the 
commissariat department of the army in 1812. 
He was appointed commissary-general in 1849. 
He was knighted in 1854. He served in the 
Crimea from March, 1855, to the close of the war, 



62 



490 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

when he was created a K. C. B. He married, 
first, a French lady, by w r hom he had one son. 
He married, secondly, Sarah M. Lord, of Nassau 
in the Bahamas, and had by her three sons and 
three daughters. He died about 1862. 

Henry-John, eldest son of Sir George Maclean 
by his second wife, was born at Nassau in 1827, 
and entered the army in 1845. He served for nine 
years in the nth North Devonshire regiment. 
He served for twenty-five years in the Rifle Brig- 
ade, and commanded one of its battalions. He 
was appointed, in 1878, to the head-quarter staff 
in Ireland. He was placed on the retired list, with 
the rank of major-general, in 1884. He was mar- 
ried twice, and had five sons and three daughters. 

THE MACLEANS OF PLANTATION. George Mac- 
lean was enrolled a burgess and guild brother of 
Glasgow in 1739. William, eldest son of George, 
was enrolled in 1782. William, eldest son of 
William, was born in Glasgow in 1783. He pur- 
chased, about 1830, the mansion and lands of 
Plantation, west of Glasgow. He married Mary 
Brown, by whom he had William and other 
children. He died in 1867. William, second of 
Plantation, was born in 1805. He paid strict 
attention to his business, but found time to com- 
pose upwards of 2,000 sacred melodies. He 
married Alice, daughter of the Rev. Robert Muter, 
D. D., by whom he had eight children ; William, 
Jessie, Robert, Mary, Alice, Wilhelmina, Jane, and 
Charles-James. Jessie was married to William 



UNTRACED FAMILIES. 491 

Galbraith, of St. Rollox. She has composed 
several songs, and also some pieces of music. 
Alice was married to John Paterson Paton ; Wil- 
helmina, to Henry Homan, a lawyer in Norway ; 
and Jane, to Sheriff Hall of Ayrshire. William, 
eldest son of William, succeeded his father in 
Plantation. He is senior partner of the firm of 
Maclean, Fyfe, and Maclean, writers, in Glasgow. 
Robert, the second son, is an advocate in Edin- 
burgh. Charles-James is, like his brother, a lawyer 
by profession. He is a partner in the firm of 
Maclean, Fife, and Maclean. He married Sara 
D. Holms, and has four children ; William, 
Archibald -Campbell- Holms, Helen -Alice, and 
Hope-Sara. 

GILBERT MACLEAN. Gilbert Maclean emigrated 
from Scotland to Antrim in Ireland about 1770. 
He had a son named James, who had a son named 
Alexander. Alexander came to the United States 
about 1820, and engaged in the coal business. 
He settled on a large farm at Wilkes Barre, Penn- 
sylvania, in 1848. He had six sons ; James, 
Samuel-Swan, Leslie, George, William-Swan, and 
John. James continued the coal business, and 
died, quite a rich man, in 1863. Samuel-Swan 
was a lawyer, and represented the territory of 
Montana in Congress for two successive terms. 
Leslie went to California, thence to Australia, 
and died on his way back. George was receiver 
of public moneys for the district of Montana. 
William-Swan is a lawyer in the city of Wilkes 
Barre. John died in the Union army of camp fever. 



492 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

CHARLES McCLAiN was born in the north of 
Ireland in 1712. He came to America in early 
life, and settled in New Jersey. He removed about 
1785 to Pennsylvania, and settled near Pittsburgh. 
He was for fifty years an elder in the Presbyterian 
Church. He died in 1807. D. G. McClain, of 
Denver, Colorado, is his great-grandson. The 
name Maclean was very commonly spelled McClain 
in 1700. 

THE REV. ANDREW MACLEAN was born at Dai- 
reach of Moy in 1821. He was descended from 
a Maclean who left Mull between 1715 and 1745, 
and settled in Strathdearn. He came to Canada 
in 1857, and became minister of a congregation at 
Crieff, Ontario. He married Catherine Cameron. 
He died in April, 1873. Lieutenant-Colonel John 
Bayne Maclean is his son. Colonel Maclean is 
president and managing editor of the Maclean 
Publishing Company, of Montreal and Toronto. 
He was elected president of the Clan Maclean 
Association of America in 1896. Like all loyal 
Macleans, whether they be rich or poor, he takes 
a real interest in the history of his forefathers. 

EOGHAN MOR MAC THEARLAICH MHIC AN DOTAIR 
was born in Coll, and served for some time in the 
Black Watch. Lachlan, his son, was born about 
1805, and came to Canada about 1822. He 
married Catherine Mackay, and settled at Lake 
Ainsley in Cape Breton. Captain Ewen Maclean 
in Charlottetown is his third son. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

OThtefship of the (Elan <&i 

I. GENERAL FACTS WITH REGARD TO THE 
CHIEFSHIP OF CLANS. 

A CLAN includes, first, those who claim descent 
from a common ancestor, and use the name of that 
ancestor as their surname. It includes, secondly, 
all who have joined it by adopting" its name as 
their own. There are thus in all clans, clansmen 
by descent and clansmen by adoption. At the 
present day, however, it is, as a general rule, 
impossible to distinguish the one class from the 
other. 

The man who stands at the head of a clan and 
represents the founder of it, is known in Gaelic as 
an ceann-cinnidh, the kenkinnie, or clan -head. 
The representative of a branch of a clan is known 
as an ceann-taighe, the kentie, or house-head. 
The word ceann-cinnidh is generally rendered into 
English by the term chief, and the word ceann- 
taighe by the term chieftain. In kentie, the 



494 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Anglicized form of ceann-taighe, the accent is on 
the last syllable ; it is pronounced, not kenty, but 
ken-tie. 

The English word chief is used in two distinct 
senses in connection with clans. It is used, first, 
as the equivalent of the word kenkinnie ; and, 
secondly, in the sense of feudal superior, or land- 
lord. In the latter sense Campbell of Breadalbane 
was chief of the Macintyres of Glennoe ; in the 
former sense, he was not ; the Macintyres had a 
kenkinnie of their own. 

The kenkinnie was ruler, judge, and com- 
mander-in-chief of his clan. He protected the 
members of his clan in their rights, settled disputes 
between them, and punished evil-doers. He also 
led his followers to battle, and fought at their 
head. He had great influence, but he could not 
act as he pleased. He could neither make nor 
change laws without the consent of his people. 
He was of course largely under the control of his 
leading men. If he played the part of a tyrant, 
he would lose his head. It was thus absolutely 
necessary for him for his own safety and comfort 
to treat his followers in a kind and fatherly 
manner. 

The law of primogeniture, as it exists in Britain 
at the present day, belongs entirely to the feudal 
system. It was utterly unknown to the clan sys- 
tem. It simply declared that the land-chief should 
be succeeded in his estate by his eldest lawful son, 
if he had sons ; if not, by his daughters. Thus, 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 495 

it utterly ignored the existence of clans. It would 
be unreasonable, then, to regard it as a law fitted 
for regulating the succession to the headship of a 
clan. 

There were two things required to constitute a 
person eligible for the chiefship. It was necessary, 
first, that he should be descended in the male line 
from the founder of the clan ; and, secondly, that 
he should possess the intellectual and physical 
qualifications required for the performance of the 
duties required of him as chief. 

A natural son, legitimated by an act of parlia- 
ment, a letter of legitimation, or the marriage of 
his parents after his birth, was eligible for the 
chiefship of a clan as well as a son born in wed- 
lock. Robert II. was chief of the Stewarts ; 
Archibald the Grim, chief of the Douglases ; and 
John of Killin was chief of the Mackenzies. 
Dugald Stewart was chieftain of the Stewarts of 
Appin ; Aonghus na Feirte, chieftain of the Mac- 
donalds of Keppoch; Donald Gallach, chieftain of 
the Macdonalds of Sleat ; and John Muideartach, 
chieftain of the Clanranald. 

There were three ways in which a person might 
become chief of his clan ; by the general law of 
succession, through designation to the chiefship 
by the last chief, or by election. According to the 
general law, the eldest legitimate son succeeded 
his father, if he had the requisite qualifications for 
the chiefship. His fitness would, no doubt, be 
judged in the most favourable manner possible by 



496 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

those who were attached to his father. It was 
thus strongly probable that he would become 
chief. 

Sometimes the chief of a clan passed by his 
eldest son, for prudential reasons, and settled 
the succession upon a younger son. John, first 
Lord of the Isles, appointed Donald, his third 
son, his heir-apparent. John Glas, the first Earl 
of Breadalbane, had two legitimate sons, Duncan 
Mor and John. He gave the estate to John, who 
was chieftain of the Campbells of Breadalbane 
from 1716 to 1752. Duncan Mor, who was equal 
to John in every respect, was married, and left two 
lawful sons, Patrick Mor and John. 

When a clan elected a kenkinnie, the rule in- 
variably followed by them was to select the best 
qualified person among the near relatives of the 
last chief. Of course they never selected a man 
who could not be traced back step by step in the 
male line to a former chief. As a general rule 
their choice fell upon a brother, uncle, or cousin of 
the last chief. A young and inexperienced person 
was never elected. 

A clan had a right to depose a chief and to 
elect a more suitable person to fill his place. 
About the year 1405, Ferchar, ninth chief of the 
Mackintoshes, was deposed, and a near relative, 
Malcolm Beg, raised to the position of ruler of 
the clan. Ferchar had sons, who became the 
founders of several families. Malcolm Beg died 
in 1457, and left four sons. He was the progenitor 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 497 

of all the Mackintosh chiefs known to history from 
the time of his death to the present day. John 
Alainn, chieftain of the Macdonalds of Keppoch, 
was deposed by his followers in 1505 or there- 
abouts, and his cousin-german, Donald Glas, 
chosen in his place. About 1515 the Clanranald 
murdered their chieftain, Dugald Mac Ranald, and 
placed themselves under the command of his uncle, 
Alexander Mac Allan. John Muideartach, Alex- 
ander's son, became laird of Moydart, and, under 
the name of captain, actual chieftain of the Clan- 
ranald. Allan, son and heir of the deposed 
Dugald, had to be satisfied with being laird of 
Morar. 

In order to be chief of a clan it was always 
necessary that a person should be acknowledged as 
such by the majority of the clan. It was of no 
use for a man to call himself a chief unless he had 
followers enough to maintain him in that position. 
James, son of James II., called himself King of 
Britain, but in spite of his declarations the Georges 
remained kings. Theoretical claims are not of 
much value to a man unless he can obtain posses- 
sion of that which he claims. James Stewart had 
no doubt very good claims to the British throne, 
but unfortunately for him the hated Brunswicker 
had more followers than he had. Probably it 
would have been as wise for him if he had never 
said anything about his claims. 



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498 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

II. THE CLAIMS OF THE MACLAINES OF LOCHBUIE 
TO THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

The Macleans of Ross knew perfectly well that 
their ancestor, Neil of Lehir, was the eldest of 
Lachlan Bronnach's lawful sons. But they knew 
also that Lachlan Og was acknowledged by the 
clan as their chief, and that his son, Hector Odhar, 
his grandson, Lachlan Cattanach, and his great- 
grandson, Hector Mor,were likewise acknowledged 
as chiefs. Instead of grumbling and complaining 
because they were not themselves chiefs they 
followed those who were chiefs, and proved on the 
battle-field that as men they were their equals in 
every respect. If they could not afford to purchase 
such polished swords as the chiefs had, they could 
make swords for themselves and cut down as many 
enemies with them as the chiefs could cut down 
with theirs. They were grand warriors and most 
loyal clansmen. The Macleans of Coll always 
asserted that their valiant ancestor, John Garbh, 
was an older son than Lachlan Og of Duart, but 
they never on that ground or any other claimed 
the chiefship of the clan. They were intelligent 
and well-informed men, and knew that they were 
only chieftains. They would never pretend to be 
what they were not. 

The Macleans of Duart were in possession of 
the castle and lands of Duart, at least from 1366 
to 1689. The Macleans of Lochbuie never, during 
that long period, claimed to be chiefs of the clan. 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 499 

If they had on any occasion made such a claim, 
it is tolerably certain some old book, manuscript, 
or official document would contain a reference to 
it. They did not put forward their claim even for 
some time after Duart had ceased to be the prop- 
erty of Lachlan Lubanach's descendants. They 
waited until Sir Hector Maclean, Sir John's only 
son, died in Rome in 1750. Then they said to 
themselves, The Campbells have taken their lands 
from our brethren, and we will take the chiefship 
from them; they are now too weak to defend 
themselves. 

John, seventeenth of Lochbuie, obtained posses- 
sion of the estate in 1751. It is not certain that 
he laboured under the delusion that he was chief 
of the Macleans, but it is quite possible that he 
did. Captain Archibald Maclaine, his son, ad- 
dressed a memorial to the King, which commences 
thus: "The subscriber is only son to a Maclaine 
of Lochbuie, a gentleman of as good family and 
connections as any in the Highlands of Scotland, 
and whose family has for the space of from eight 
to nine hundred years supported the character of 
what is called in that country a Highland chief, 
or the first man of his name." The memorial was 
written apparently about the year 1776. As the 
king had no special acquaintance with Highland 
history, it was probably safe enough to tell him 
him that there were Maclaine chiefs in the High- 
lands at least as early as the year 976, or about 
234 years before Gilleain na Tuaighe was born. 



500 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

A mural tablet in Laggan, Mull, contains the 
words, " In memory of Murdoch Maclaine, Esq., 
of Lochbuie, chief of his name." Murdoch died in 
1844. The inscription was written some time 
after that date. The present Maclaine of Loch- 
buie became laird in 1863. He styles himself 
" Maclaine of Lochbuie, chief of the clan." 

It will be noticed that Captain Archibald Mac- 
laine, refers to his father, John Maclaine, merely 
as a chief, or the first man of his name. It will 
also be noticed that all that the writer of the 
inscription on the tablet claimed for Murdoch 
Maclaine was that he was chief of his name, or 
chief of the Maclaines. The present Maclaine of 
Lochbuie, according to his own statement, is much 
more than chief of his name ; he is chief of the 
clan. 

The Maclaines of Lochbuie maintain, in the 
first place, that Hector Reaganach of Lochbuie 
was older than Lachlan Lubanach of Duart. 
They support this contention by asserting that 
there has always been a tradition in the Lochbuie 
family to that effect. It is a well-known fact that 
traditions are not always as old as they are sup- 
posed to be. The Ardgour MS. contains the 
following statement : " It is known beyond all 
controversy that a tradition was handed down 
from father to son, from the very first eras of 
their settlement in Mull to the present day, that 
Gillean, progenitor of the Macleans, and Colin 
Fitzgerald, ancestor of the Mackenzies of Kintail, 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 501 

were brothers, and sons of the Earl of Kildare in 
Ireland." The tradition referred to was merely a 
false story started into existence about the year 
1669. The tradition with regard to the seniority 
of Hector Reaganach, may also be a story of 
recent origin. If it could be shown that the 
second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth Maclean of 
Lochbuie had held that Hector Reaganach was 
older than Lachlan Lubanach, it is not likely that 
anyone would be disposed to call in question the 
correctness of his assertion. But it is impossible 
to show anything of the kind. So far as known 
to us, the tradition with regard to the seniority of 
Hector Reaganach cannot be proved to be older 
than 1750. 

The Maclaines of Lochbuie maintain, in the 
second place, that inasmuch as Hector Reaganach 
was older than Lachlan Lubanach, the present 
Maclaine of Lochbuie is chief of the Clan Gillean. 
As the assertion that Hector Reaganach was older 
than Lachlan Lubanach cannot be shown to be a 
fact, it is utterly worthless as a ground of claim. 
Even if it were true, it would not follow that 
Hector Reaganach was chief of the Clan Gillean. 
According to the very tradition to which the Mac- 
laines of Lochbuie attach so much importance, he 
was not. That tradition tells us that Lachlan was 
a wily character, and that he cheated his brother 
Hector out of the chiefship. 

The validity of the claim of the Maclaines of 
Lochbuie to the chiefship of the Clan Gillean has 



502 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

never been acknowledged by any Scottish writer. 
Hugh Macdonald, of Sleat, who wrote about the 
year 1680, makes the following statements : 
"Maclean fostered Donald Ballach, John Mor's 
eldest legitimate son. Finnon, the Green Abbot, 
a subtle and wicked counsellor, told John Mor 
that he had only a small portion of his father's 
estate, and that he should seize all the land south 
of the Point of Ardnamurchan. He brought over 
to his side the chief of the Macleans and Macleod 
of Harris." The person described as " Maclean" 
and "the chief of the Macleans," was Lachlan 
Bronnach of Duart. It is true that the Sleat 
historian asserts in one part of his work that 
Hector Reaganach w r as older than Lachlan Liib- 
anach. That opinion, however, never led him to 
think that the Macleans of Duart were not the 
chiefs of the Macleans. He knew perfectly well, 
whether they were descended from a younger son 
of John Dubh or not, that they stood at the head 
of the Clan Gillean. Douglas's Baronage was 
published in 1798. It contains the following 
statements with regard to the chiefship of the 
Macleans : " It cannot be absolutely determined 
which of the two, Hector Reaganach and Lachlan 
Liibanach, was the elder brother, the precedency 
being claimed by both ; nor can it be discovered 
either from the private writs of their families or 
the public records. On the contrary, it appears 
that the whole clan, at different periods, have 
followed the heads of both families to the field and 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 503 

fought under their command." It is extremely 
absurd to assert that the precedency was claimed by 
both Hector Reaganach and Lachlan Liibanach. 
Surely they must have known which of them held 
the more prominent position under the Lord of 
the Isles. There is not the slightest reason to 
suppose that they ever disputed about anything. 
They were evidently very affectionate brothers. It 
will be noticed that, according to the Baronage, 
it could not absolutely >" determined which of 
the two brothers, Hector Reaganach or Lachlan 
Liibanach, was the elder. If it could not be 
affirmed as a fact in 1798 that Hector Reaganach 
was older than Lachlan Lubanach, how can it be 
affirmed as a fact to-day ? The assertion that it 
appears that the Clan Gillean followed the leader- 
ship of the Macleans of Duart on some occasions 
and the leadership of the Macleans of Lochbuie 
on other occasions, is utterly groundless ; it is 
actually false. There is nothing of the nature of 
evidence in existence to show that the Macleans 
of Duart ever followed, even for one day, the 
leadership of the Macleans of Lochbuie. 

Gregory published his valuable history of the 
Western Islands and Highlands of Scotland in 
1836. He writes as follows about the chief- 
ship of the Macleans: "Maclean of Duart has 
generally been considered as the chief of all the 
Macleans. The house of Lochbuie has always 
maintained that of the two brothers, Lachlan 
Lubanach and Hector Reaganach, the latter was 



504 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

the senior ; but this is a point on which there is no 
certain evidence."- For the assertion that the 
house of Lochbuie has always maintained that 
Hector Reaganach was older than Lachlan Liiban- 
ach, there is not a particle of historic authority. 
Gregory could have no ground for it except the 
assertions of Murdoch of Lochbuie. 

Skene published his Highlanders of Scotland 
in 1837. He makes the following reference to the 
chiefship of the Macleans: "John Dubh had two 
sons, Lachlan and Hector. The descendants of 
these brothers have disputed among themselves 
the honour of the chieftainship of the Clan Gil- 
lean ; but, although there are no data left from 
which to ascertain with any degree of certainty in 
which family the right lay, there seems little reason 
to doubt that the family of Duart was the princi- 
pal branch of the clan. Both families produce 
tradition in support of their claims ; but when we 
consider that upon the Lord of the Isles being 
compelled, when in the power of both the brothers, 
to give his daughter to one of them, Lachlan was 
selected, and that unvaried tradition asserts that 
his son commanded as lieutenant-general at the 
battle of Harlaw, it seems probable that Lachlan was 
the eldest brother, and consequently that the Mac- 
leans of Duart were chiefs of the Clan Gillean." 
The genealogy of the Macleans, which is given 
in the MS. of 1467, was not known to Gregory 
in 1836 or to Skene in 1837. It was not known 
to anyone until 1838. It was published by Skene 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 505 

in 1839. In the notes appended to it, that eminent 
historian makes the following statements: " This 
genealogy of the Macleans agrees pretty exactly 
with the old genealogy of the clan preserved by 
the Beatons, their hereditary seannachies. It will 
be observed that it commences with Lachlan, the 
progenitor of the Duart family, and this proves 
the seniority of this branch over that of Lochbuie." 
We do not agree with Skene in thinking that the 
fact that the MS. of 1467 begins with Lachlan 
Lubanach proves that Lachlan Lubanach was 
older than Hector Reaganach. What it really 
proves is that Lachlan Lubanach was chief of the 
Clan Gillean. 

III. PROOFS OF THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE 
MACLEANS OF DUART. 

As the Macleans of Duart and the Maclaines of 
Lochbuie trace themselves back to the same ances- 
tor and call themselves by his name, they constitute 
only one clan. They have always looked upon 
themselves as one clan, and have always been 
looked upon by others as one clan. 

The Macleans of Duart and the Maclaines of 
Lochbuie were feudally independent of one an- 
other. The former did not hold their lands of 
the latter ; neither did the latter hold their lands 
of the former. Maclean of Duart was feudal 
chief of all the tenants on the Duart estates, 
whether they were Macleans or not. In the same 
way Maclean of Lochbuie and all other Maclean 

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506 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

lairds who held crown charters, were feudal chiefs 
of the tenants on their respective estates. 

We wish it to be distinctly understood that we 
do not lay it down as an historic fact that Lachlan 
Lubanach was older than Hector Reaganach. So 
far as the chiefship of the Clan Gillean is con- 
cerned, it is a matter of perfect indifference which 
of the two brothers was the elder. It is only 
ignorance of the laws and history of the Scottish 
clans that would lead any person to affirm that if 
Hector Reaganach was older than Lachlan Lub- 
anach he must have been chief of the clan. The 
tradition to which the Maclaines of Lochbuie attach 
so much importance, does not assert that Hector 
Reaganach was chief of the Macleans. It tells us 
indeed that he was not that his brother Lachlan 
cheated him out of the chiefship. 

Among the proofs of the chiefship of the Mac- 
leans of Duart, are the following : 

i. The order in which the names of witnesses 
to charters is given, shows that the Macleans of 
Duart were first in rank among the Macleans. 

The witnesses to a charter granted by Alexander, 
third Lord of the Isles, in February, 1443-4, were, 
Lachlan M'Gilleon, Lord of Dowart ; John Mac 
Murdoch McGilleon, Lord of Canlochbouye; John 
Mac Lachlan M' Gilleon, Lord of Coll ; Wiland 
Chisholm and others. The witnesses to a charter 
granted by John, fourth Lord of the Isles, in 
August, 1449, were, --John Stewart, Lord of 
Lorn; Lachlan M'Gilleoin of Doward ; John 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 507 

Mac Murdoch M' Gilleoin of Fynschenys ; John 
Mac Lachlan M' Gilleoin; William, Thane of 
Cawdor, and others. The witnesses to a charter 
granted by John of the Isles in April, 1463, were, 
Donald of the Isles, Lord of Dunnowage and of 
the Glynns ; Celestine of the Isles, of Lochalsh, 
and of Lochbryn ; Lachlan M' Gilleon, Lord of 
Dowart ; John Munro, Lord of Foulis ; Lachlan 
Og M' Gilleon, son and heir of Lachlan McGilleon 
of Doward ; Ranald Ban of the Isles and others. 
The witnesses to a charter granted by John of the 
Isles in April, 1467, were, Donald of the Isles; 
Lachlan McGilleoin, Lord of Doward; Alexander 
Mac Ian, Lord of Ardnamurchan ; Lachlan Og 
McGilleoin, Master of Doward, and others. The 
witnesses to a charter granted by John, Lord of 
the Isles, in June, 1469, were, Donald of the 
Isles; Celestine of Lochalsh; Lachlan M'Gilleoin, 
Lord of Doward; John M'Gilleoin of Lochboyg; 
Lachlan Og M' Gilleoin, Master of Doward ; 
William M'Loydof Glenelg ; Roderick M'Leoid 
of Leoghas ; Alexander Mac Ian of Ardnamur- 
chan ; John Mac Lachlan M' Gilleoin of Coll ; 
and Thomas Monro, secretary to the Lord of the 
Isles and rector of Kilmanawik. The witnesses 
to a charter granted by John of the Isles in 
December, 1478, were, Colin, Earl of Argyle ; 
Lachlan MakGilleoin of Doward ; Hector Mack- 
gilleoin of Loichbowe ; William Makloid of Glen- 
elg; Rory Makloide of Lewis; Alexander M'Cane 
of Ardnamercho; and Malcolm Makneile of Geya. 



508 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

The charters granted by the Lords of the Isles 
clearly prove two things : first, that the Macleans 
of Duart held the first or highest place among the 
Macleans ; and, secondly, that the Macleans of 
Lochbuie were next in rank to them in the clan. 

2. The order in which the names of the leading 
Islanders appear in a commission written by them- 
selves in July, 1545, shows that Maclean of Duart 
was the most important man in his own clan. 
The names are given as follows: Donald, Lord 
of the Isles and Earl of Ross ; Hector Maclane, 
Lord of Doward ; John Macallister, captain of 
Clanranald; Rory MacLeod of Lewis; Alexander 
MacLeod of Dunvegan ; Murdoch Maclane of 
Lochbuy ; Angus Maconill, brother of James 
Maconill ; Allan Maclane of Torloisk ; Archibald 
Maconill, captain of the Clan Huistein ; Alexan- 
der Mackane of Ardnamurchan ; John Maclain of 
Coll; Gilleonan MacNeill of Barray ; Mackiynnan 
of Strathordill ; John Macquarrie of Ulva ; John 
Maclane of Ardgour ; Alexander Rannoldson of 
Glengarrie ; Angus Ranaldson of Knoydart ; and 
Donald Maclane of Kingerloch. 

3. The order in which the names of the barons 
and gentlemen of the Isles are given in the record 
of the court which was held at Icolmkill by Bishop 
Knox in 1609, shows that Maclean of Duart was 
the leading man among the Macleans. The names 
are given as follows: Angus Macdonald of Dun- 
nyveg; Hector Maclean of Dowart; Donald Gorm 
McDonald of Slait ; Rory McCloyd of Harris ; 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 509 

Donald Mac Allan Vic Ian of Ilanteram; Lachlan 
McCleane of Coll ; Lachlan McKynnoun of that 
ilk; Hector McCleane of Lochbowie; Lachlan 
and Allan McCleane, brothers-german to Hector 
McClane of Dowart ; Gillespic McQuirie of Ull- 
ova ; and Donald McFie in Collonsaye. 

4. There are certain statements in the Register 
of the Privy Council which imply that Maclean of 
Duart was the principal man in his clan. On July 
1 2th, 1616, it is stated that McClayne, McCleod 
of Harris, the captain of the Clanranald, McKyn- 
noun, Lachlan McClayne, brother to McClayne, 
and the lairds of Coll and Lochbuy compeared 
before the Council. It seems that Hector of 
Duart was known to the Privy Council as Maclean, 
and Sir Lachlan of Strathordill as Mackinnon ; 
but that Hector Maclean of Lochbuie was known 
to them merely as the laird of Lochbuie. It is 
pretty clear, then, that as there was only one 
" McKynnoun " in Scotland in 1616, so there was 
only one " McClayne." 

5. According to the Highland genealogists, the 
Macleans of Duart were chiefs of the Clan Gillean. 
The MS. of 1467 gives the pedigree of the Mac- 
leans as follows : Lachlan, son of John, grandson 
of Malise, son of Gillean. There is no reference 
to Hector Reaganach. In the genealogical tables 
published in Skene's Keltic Scotland, the pedigree 
of the chiefs of the Macleans is given thus: 
Lachlan, son of Hector, son of Lachlan, son of 
John Dubh. We are also told that John Dubh 



510 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

had two sons, Lachlan and Hector. It is not said 
that he had two sons, Hector and Lachlan. The 
pedigree in the MS. of 1467 begins with Lachlan 
Lubanach, The pedigree in Skene's Keltic Scot- 
land begins with Lachlan Bronnach. Macvurich 
gives the genealogy of the Macleans not the 
Macleans of Duart, but the Macleans as a clan 
in the Book of Clanranald, and begins it with Sir 
John of Duart. 

6. The Highland bards must have known who 
the men were that were recognized as chiefs of 
clans. When we examine their productions w r e find 
that they speak of Maclean of Duart generally 
as Mac-Gilleain, or Maclean, sometimes as ceann- 
cinnidh Chloinn-Ghilleain, or the kenkinnie of the 
Macleans, and once or twice as ceannard Chloinn- 
Ghilleain, or the captain of the Macleans. They 
refer to Maclean of Lochbuie simply as Maclean 
of Lochbuie, as Murdoch of Moy, or as Lochbuie. 
It is thus evident that the old Highland bards 
believed that Maclean of Duart was the chief of 
the Macleans. It is equally evident that in the 
time of the old bards, Maclean of Duart w r as 
recognized throughout the whole Highlands as 
the chief of the Macleans. 

7. In all the battles in which the Macleans took 
part as a clan, they were led by the Lords of 
Duart. Hector Roy of Duart commanded them 
at Harlaw ; Hector Odhar of Duart commanded 
them at Bloody Bay and Hallidon Hill ; Lachlan 
Mor of Duart commanded them at Glenlivet ; Sir 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 511 

Lachlan of Duart commanded them in the battles 
in which they took part in the time of Montrose; 
Sir Hector Roy of Duart commanded them at 
Inverkeithing; and Sir John of Duart commanded 
them at Killiecrankie and Sheriffmuir. The Mac- 
leans as a clan were never in one single instance 
led into battle by a Maclean of Lochbuie. 

8. In a letter written by Charles II. to the Privy 
Council of Scotland on July loth, 1680, he describes 
Sir John of Duart as "the laird of Maclean." 
Thus, according- to King Charles, Sir John was 
chief of the Clan Gillean. 

9. According to the acts of the parliaments of 
Scotland, Sir John Maclean of Duart was laird 
of Maclean. On May I3th, 1685, King James 
II. of Britain, with the advice and consent of 
parliament, appointed certain persons to be com- 
missioners within the sheriffdom of Argyle, for 
ordering and uplifting the cess. Among those 
appointed were, the Earl of Perth, the Marquis 
of Atholl, the Earl of Breadalbane, Campbell of 
Lochnell, the laird of Maclean, Lachlan Maclean 
of Brolas, Lachlan Maclean of Torloisk, Maclean 
of Ardgour, Maclean of Lochbuie, Macalister of 
Tarbert, Macdonald of Largie, the laird of La- 
mont, the laird of Macnaughton, Stewart of 
Appin, and John Campbell of Glendaruel. The 
laird of Brolas was convener. The person desig- 
nated laird of Maclean, was Sir John Maclean of 
Duart. The words, laird of Maclean, and the 
words, chief of the Macleans, mean the same 



512 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

thing. Thus, then, according" to King James 
and the Scottish parliament, Sir John of Duart 
was the lawful chief of the Macleans, and their 
only chief. 

10. According to the direct testimony of his- 
torians and other writers, the Macleans of Duart 
were the chiefs of the Clan Gillean. We have 
already seen that Hugh Macdonald, of Sleat, 
refers to Lachlan Bronnach as the chief of the 
Macleans. The author of Diurnal Occurrences 
in Scotland from 1652 to 1654, speaks of the 
Macleans as one of the greatest clans in Scotland, 
and states that it was their chief and divers of 
them who fought so stoutly at Inverkeithing. 
Thus, then, according to the testimony of a person 
who wrote in 1652, Hector Roy of Inverkeithing 
was chief of the Clan Gillean. Martin wrote his 
Description of the Western Isles of Scotland 
about 1695. In his account of Mull he makes 
the following statements : "The castle of Duart 
was the seat of Sir John Maclean, head of the 
ancient family of the Macleans ; the castle of 
Moy is the seat of Maclean of Lochbuie." To 
say that Sir John was the head of the family of 
the Macleans is precisely the same thing as to say 
that he was chief of the Clan Gillean. Dr. 
Johnson, who visited Mull in 1773, speaks of Sir 
Allan Maclean of Brolas as " the chieftain of the 
great clan of Maclean," and of Maclean of Loch- 
buie as " a very powerful laird." Boswell, who 
accompanied Dr. Johnson in his travels, speaks 



THE CHIEFSHIP OF THE CLAN. 513 

of Sir Allan, in one place, as "the chief of his 
clan," and, in another place, as "the chief of the 
Macleans." 

Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean is the lawful heir 
male of Sir Allan of Brolas, Sir Lachlan of Duart, 
Hector Og of Duart, and Lachlan Mor of Duart, 
the mightiest chiet^ the Macleans ever had. He is 
acknowledged as their chief by the Macleans of 
Duart, Ardgour, Ross, Coll, Kingerloch, Doch- 
garroch, and Morvern, and by some of the best 
men among the Maclaines of Lochbuie. We take 
for granted that some who loyally follow him as 
their chief really believe that Hector Reaganach 
was older than Lachlan Liibanach. This belief, 
however, does not blind them to the historic fact 
that the Macleans of Duart were all along the 
head men or chiefs of the Macleans considered as 
one great clan. The truth is that, apart from the 
daring deeds performed by them under the leader- 
ship of the Lords of Duart, the Macleans have 
no historic position no standing of any kind as 
a portion of the Scottish nation from the battle of 
Harlaw in 1411 to the battle of Sheriffmuir in 
1715. Surely the men under whom they dis- 
tinguished themselves on one bloody field after 
another must have been their chiefs. If the lairds 
of Lochbuie were their chiefs, where were they 
when the Lords of Duart were leading the mem- 
bers of the clan, possibly to death, but certainly 
to fame as warriors ? 



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ADDITIONS, REFERENCES, AND 
CORRECTIONS. 



PAGE 9. For"Ewen, Alexander, and Malcolm" read Ewen, 
Alexander, and Lachlan; and for "his brother Alexander" read 
his son Alexander. According to Mr. A. Brown's Memorials of 
Argyleshire, the Chartulary of Cupar makes Alexander the son 
of Duncan. As we took for granted that this was really the 
case, we stated that Ewen was succeeded by his brother Alex- 
ander. We have lately learned from an article by that excellent 
Keltic scholar, Mr. Alexander Macbain, of Inverness, that the 
Duncan referred to in the Chartulary of Cupar was Duncan of 
Lornie, near Perth, not Duncan of Lorn in Argyleshire. There 
is thus no ground whatever for the assertion that Ewen of Lorn 
was succeeded by his brother Alexander. It is possible that 
Alexander was Ewen's nephew, but the probability is that he 
was his son. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, 
vol. xxi.,p. 202. 

PAGE 33. The Ardgour MS. is a work of great value. It 
contains an account of the Macleans of Duart, Ardgour, Lehir 
and Ross, Coll, Morvern, Torloisk,and Brolas. It was written 
between 1762 and 1765. For our copy of it we are indebted to 
the kindness of the late Alexander Maclean, Esq., of Ardgour. 

PAGE 36. Old Dugald of Scone is referred to in Skene's 
Keltic Scotland, vol. iii., pp. 62, 343, 361, and 480. 



516 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

PAGE 44. For " Donlad "' read Donald, and for " Beala- 
chuain," Bailechuain. The published portion of the history of 
the Clan Donald by the Sleat historian will be found in the 
Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis, a rare but very useful work. 

PAGE 55. Maoim Mor le Mac-Dhbmhnaill na h-Alba air 
Gallaibh Alba, agus Mac-Gille-eom de mhuinntir Mhic-Dhomh- 
naill do mharbhadh e am frithghuin a mhaoim sin. Great 
onset by Macdonald of Scotland on the Lowlanders of Scot- 
land, and Maclean of Macdonald' s people was slain in the heat 
of that onset. Annals of Loch Ce, vol. ii,, p. 137. 

PAGE 57. For the lands granted to Janet Stewart, see The 
Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, vol. vi., pp. 467, 519, and 654, 
and also p. 142 of the preface. 

PAGE 61. Apud Edinburgh, 3 Oct., 1496. Rex dedit le- 
gitimationem Lachlano Makgilleone, filio naturali Hectoris 
Macgilleone. Lachlan was thus legitimated on the 3d of 
October. On the 8th of the same month he received a charter 
of all the lands which had belonged to his father. 

PAGE 68. Among those slain at Flodden were the Bishop 
of the Isles, the Earl of Argyll, and " Mack Clene." Hall's 
Chronicle, p. 563. 

PAGE 75. A.D., 1523. Macgilleain, i.e., Lachainn Mor 
Mac Eachainn, do mharbhadh am foill leis an ridire Mac Mhic- 
Cailin am baile righ Alba in hoc anno. Mac-Gillean, that is, 
Lachlan Mor, son of Hector, was killed in treachery by the 
knight, the son of Mac-Cailin, in the King of Albin's town in 
this year. Annals of Loch Ce, vol. ii., p. 243. 

It seems that Lachlan Cattanach was known in Ireland as 
Lachlan Mor. He was also known as Maclean. Hector Roy, 
who was killed at Harlaw in 1411, was likewise known in 
Ireland as Maclean. 

PAGE. 95. For "Tiree" in first line read Tiree, Morvern, 
and other lands. Hector Mor seems indeed to have received 
a remission for the rents of all his lands. Exchequer Rolls, 
vol. xvi.,p. 566. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 517 

PAGE in. JOHN DUBH OF MORVERN, 
" REGISTER OF PRIVY COUNCIL. 

" STIRLING CASTLE, 28th March, 1579. 

"Complaint of John, Bishop of the Isles, as follows: 
Although he is lawful Bishop of the Isles, ' be his Hienes and 
the ordour ressavit in the reformit Kirk of Scotland,' and has 
been in possession of the bishopric, uplifting ' the maillis and 
dewities of the samyn, be the space of diverse and sundrie 
yeiris, yet Johnne Dow McClayne, bailie of Morvarne, Murdo 
McClayne of Lochboy, Johnne McClayne, Allane McClayne, 
Ewin McClayne, and Master Lauchlane McClane, his sons, 
Gilleonane NcNeill of Barray, Rorie Oig, his son and heir, 
. . . . , his son, and Gilleonane, his brother, Lauchlane 
McClayne and Tarloch McClayne sons to Donald Murynauch 
McClayne, Hector McClayne, and Tarloch McClayne, sons to 
Donald Crowdirnauch McClayne, Donald McClayne, Lauch- 
lane Cam, his brother, Neill McAne VcNeill, Donald Barrach 
McAchin, Hectour McEwin VcDonald Dow, captain of Carn- 
'k u 'k Johnne Rogach, his brother, Donald Goddach, his brother, 
Lauchlane McAne Dow, . . . McNaell of Ballenyntyne, 
Gillecallum McLauchlane Fyn and his brother, Terloch Mc- 
Achin Row Our Roy McAchin, Fynnoun McKynnoun of 
Strathowardill, Lauchlane Oig, his son and apparent heir, Angus 
McConnell of Dunnaveg, Raunald, Donald Gorm, and Coll 
his brothers, Raunald McChoill, and Johnne McKane of the 
Randy, with their accomplices,' not onlie hes maid stop trubill, 
and impediment to the said Bischope,in uptaking of the maillis, 
fermes, teindis, proffettis, emolumentis, and dewiteis of the said 
bischoprik thir diverse yeiris bygane, and in a maner dispossest 
him thairfra, quhairthrow he gettis littill or na commoditie of 
the samyn, bot als hes stoppit, and still stoppis and makis 
impediment to him and his servandis to travell in the cuntrie 
for doing of thair lefull busines and executing of his office, 
swa that they, nor utheris our Soverane Lordis trew liegis, sic 
as merchandis, schipmers, and fischearis dar not resort to the 
saidis ylis for feir of thair lyvis and spuilyeing of thair guidis, 



518 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

without his Hienes and the Lordis of Secreit Counsale provide 
sum reraeid." 

This extract is valuable for its list of names. Professor 
Mackinnon, of Edinburgh, has kindly examined the original 
for us, and states that Ballenyntyne is clearly a mistake for 
Balemertyn, and that Our in Our Roy should perhaps be read 
Ewir or Ewin. Carnbulk stands for Carnaborg, or Cairnburg. 

PAGE 169. For "Moror" read Morar. 

PAGE 185. For " Glenroy, over " read Glenroy^and over. 

PAGE 231. For "General Carpenter's dragoons" read one 
squadron of Carpenter's dragoons. 

PAGE 244. For "aithre" read aire. 

PAGE 248. The sentence, "John Garbh was the progenitor 
of the Macleans of Coll," should have come in immediately 
after the words " Lehir and Ross." 

PAGE 254. " Hector Reaganach was married twice. By 
his first wife he had at least one son." Instead of these 
positive assertions we should have written, Hector Reaganach 
seems to have been married twice, and by his first wife to have 
had at least one son, Terlach. 

According to the genealogical tables published in Skene's 
Keltic Scotland, Terlach was the third son of Hector Reag- 
anach. The statements of the tables are as follows: "John 
had two good sons, Lachlan and Hector. Hector had these 
sons ; Murdoch, Donald, Charles, Ewen, Thomas and Malcolm. 
They were the sons of Christina, daughter of Macleod, namely, 
Murdoch, son of Tormod, son of Leod." 

Among the reasons for thinking that Hector Reaganach 
was married twice are the following : i. Tradition affirms that 
Terlach was the eldest son of Hector Reaganach. In a letter 
written on August 3d, 1780, by Hugh Maclean, laird of Kin- 
gerloch, to John Maclean of Grulin, we find this statement : 
" From the tradition of your own family and others, it was 
currently affirmed that Charles, son to Hector, first of Loch- 
buie, was the oldest of several sons, but contented himself 
with the division of Ardmeanach, and left the rest to the other 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 519 

brothers to divide as they thought proper." The Ardgour MS. 
assures us that this tradition is true. 2. Douglas's Baronage 
contains the views held by the Maclaines of Lochbuie respect- 
ing their own origin when that work was written, and one of 
the statements made in it is this : " Hector Reaganach is said 
to have married a daughter of the Lord of the Isles." It is 
absolutely certain that Hector Reaganach married Christina, 
daughter of Murdoch Macleod. If then he married a daughter 
of the Lord of the Isles, it must have been as his first wife. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles M. Maclean tells us in his History 
of the Clan Tarlach that "Tarlach, ancestor of the Clan 
Tarlach, was a son of Hector Reaganach by a daughter of the 
Lord of the Isles, and that Murdoch, progenitor of the Macleans 
of Lochbuie, was his son by a daughter of Macleod of Lewis." 
Of course Macleod of Lewis is a mistake for Murdoch Macleod, 
who was of the Harris family. 3. It is tolerably certain that 
John Og of Lochbuie was not born earlier than 1470. It is 
thus extremely probable that his great-grandfather, Murdoch of 
Lochbuie, was not born earlier than 1370. Now in a charter 
of the year 1427 we find as contemporaries, John Mac Murdoch 
Mac Hector and Terlach Mac Ferchar Mac Terlach Mac 
Hector, or John the grandson of Hector Reaganach and 
Terlach the great-grandson of Hector Reaganach. We also 
find that when the charter was granted, the daughter of Ferchar 
Mac Terlach Mac Hector was married, and had children. It is 
probable then that she was born as early as 1407. It is thus 
also probable that her grandfather, Terlach Mac Hector, was 
born as early as 1357 several years earlier than his brother 
Murdoch. 

The argument from tradition in favour of the seniority of 
Terlach, taken by itself, is not sufficiently strong to counter- 
balance the statement in Skene's tables, and certainly the 
assertions of Douglas's Baronage and the History of the Clan 
Tarlach do not add much weight to it. Taken, however, in 
connection with the third argument advanced, it possesses some 
evidential value. The third argument, or the apparent teach- 



520 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

ings of historic facts, is really the one that leads us to think 
that Terlach of Urchart was actually older than Murdoch of 
Lochbuie. But whether he was or not, Murdoch was chieftain 
of the Macleans of Lochbuie. There can be no dispute about 
that point. 

PAGE 256. " Apud Linlithgow, 13 Sept., 1538. Rex dedit 
literas legitimation is Murdaco Makgilleoune et Karolo Makgil- 
leoune bastardis, filiis naturalibus Johannis Makgilleoune de 
Lochboy, et eorum alteri." Register of the Great Seal, vol. ii., 
p. 409. 

PAGE 262. A. D. 1651. Murdoch Maclean of Lochbuie 
and Lachlan Maclean of Calchellie complained to the Estates 
of Parliament against John Mac Alister Roy, alias Campbell, 
bailie of Colonsay ; Neil Mac Alister Vic Phatrick, alias 
Campbell, of Torropafe in Islay ; Malcolm Mac Ian Roy in 
Corranbeg, Creignish ; Iver Ban Mac Iver of Ardlarich ; and 
others, because in 1647 they went with guns, swords, bows, 
dorlochs, culverins, pistols, and other weapons, under silence 
and cloud of night, to the lands of Glengaristil belonging to 
Murdoch Maclean of Lochbuie, and most cruelly and barbar- 
ously murdered John Mac Gilliecalum Vic Donald Duy, John 
Mac Terlach Vic Alister, Donald Mac Angus Vic Ian, Donald 
Mac Gilliecalum Vic Donald, John Mac Neill Duy, tenants 
and servants to said Murdoch Maclean of Lochbuie, all being 
quietly and peaceably at their own houses. The said murderers 
were declared to be fugitives and rebels, and ordained to be put 
to the horn and all their moveable goods to be escheated. 
Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, vol. vii., p. 301. 

PAGE 272. For "Glengyrth" read Glyngarth. 

PAGE 277. For the obligation given by Alexander of the 
Isles, see Thanes of Cawdor, p. 15. 

PAGE 279. For the first three sentences read, Heftor Buie 
had six sons : Ewen, Allan, and Ferchar ; Neil and Terlach; 
and Alexander. It is said that the mother of Ewen, Allan, 
and Ferchar was a daughter of Allan Mac Rory of Moydart. 
Mora, daughter of Malcolm Mackintosh, was the mother of 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 521 

Nell and Terlaeh. Margaret, daughter of Hugh Fraser, Lord 
Lovat, was the mother of Alexander. Three of Hettor Bute's 
sons, Ewen, Ferchar, and Terlaeh, survived him. 

PAGE 280. For " In the same year," &c., read, On January 
6th, 1510, fames IV. gave to Ewen Maclean a charter of Kilmalieu, 
Blaaich, and other lands, all of which had been formerly held by him 
under the Lord of the Isles. It is certain that the lands thus granted 
to him had belonged to his father. Reg. Mag. Sig., Lib. XV., No. 71. 

PAGE 307. HANDFASTING. In his History of the Macleans, 
Seannachie makes the following statements: "John, fourth 
laird of Ardgour, had two sons by a daughter of Mac Ian of 
Ardnamurchan, whom he had taken upon the prospect of 
marriage if she pleased him. At the expiration of two years 
the period of her noviciate he sent her home to her father, 
but the children by her were reputed lawful children, because 
their mother was taken upon a prospect of marriage." 

The assertion that the children by Mac lan's daughter were 
reputed lawful children is not true. John of Inverscadale, the 
elder of the two sons, was a man of ability and prominence ; 
but there was no attempt to make him chieftain of the Macleans 
of Ardgour. Had he been a lawful son he would certainly 
have been appointed chieftain. 

According to the lowest conception which can be formed of 
marriage as a divine institution, it is necessary that a man and 
woman should take each other as husband and wife until God 
shall separate them by death. In the handfasting ceremony a 
man merely stood up before witnesses, took a woman by the 
hand, and declared that he accepted her as his wife for a year 
and a day or perhaps a longer period. It is clear that there is 
nothing of the nature of marriage in this ceremony. It is 
equally clear that the children of handfasting persons were 
simply illegitimate. 

The Ardgour MS. contains the following statements : 
" Allan, fourth laird of Ardgour, had two sons by a daughter 
of Mac Ian of Ardnamurchan, whom he had taken upon a 
prospect of marriage. After living with him for a year or two, 

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522 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

he sent her home to her friends, but the children were reputed 
as good as lawfully begotten, because their mother was taken 
upon a prospect of marriage." These statements are correct; 
but Seannachie in copying them changed their meaning. What 
the writer of the Ardgour MS. meant was, not that the children 
were reputed lawful children, but that they held as good a 
social position as lawful children, which was undoubtedly the 
case. There were really two classes of natural children ; those 
acknowledged by their fathers as their children, and those who 
were ignored by their fathers. A child acknowledged by his 
father as his, provided for and protected by him, was in a very 
different position from a child who had no father to care for 
him. It may be regarded as a fact that all the natural children 
referred to in this work were children who had been treated 
by their fathers as if they had been born in wedlock. We may 
state that in Seannachie' s History a natural son is invariably 
described as " another son." 

PAGE 309. For " Anderton " read Anderston. 

PAGE 310. Marion, daughter of John Crubach, was married 
to Lachlan Macquarrie of Ulva, by whom she had John, whose 
son Lachlan was born in 1715. 

PAGE 320. The Rev. Archibald Maclean was born in 1679. 
He died on March loth, 1755. 

PAGE 337. For "Hodh" read Hogh. 

PAGE 342. Extracts from letters by John Maclean, Inver- 
scadale John, son of Ian Mac Thearlaich Oig. 

" ST. ANDREWS, 2oth March, 1797. 

" One of the chiefs of our clan married a daughter of 
Macdonald of the Isles, whose arms were blended with ours 
and used by the clan till lately. On searching the Heralds' 
Office, it was found that those I use were the proper ones ; 
namely, a mountain called Kernaburg the stronghold of the 
clan in times of danger, and very difficult of access in one 
quarter; a hand and cross crosslet in another; a galley or lymphad 
in the third ; and two hawk's or griffin's heads and a salmon in 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 523 

the fourth, with a Lochaber axe between branches of laurel and 
cypress as a crest. The different families of the clan have 
little or no distinction. Excepting the family of Lochbuie, 
they all, since the above discovery, at least such as chose to 
be at the expense of new seals, have assumed them. The lairds 
of Lochbuie, indeed, have of late taken it into their heads to 
dispute the chiefship, and have chosen sea dogs or seals for 
their supporters, animals as awkward and clumsy as their pre- 
tensions, as the honour of the chiefship by universal consent 
was vested in the Duart branch from the earliest settlement of 
the clan in Scotland. 

" The motto was originally Vincere vel mori, but as some 
other clans had the same, Sir John or Sir Hector I forg-et 
which changed it to Altera merces, which is of pretty much 
the same import, alluding to the crest, cypress and laurel, 
emblems of death and victory. The full arms with support- 
ers have for motto, Virtus et durissima terit, alluding to the 
digestive power of the ostrich's stomach, said, whether true 
or false, to overcome the hardest substances, even iron. 

"At the battle of Largs in 1263, Gillean made such 
slaughter among the Danes with his battle-axe as drew the 
attention of the King and his generals. After the battle the 
King took great notice of him and gave him lands and 
armorial bearings, insisting he should have a Lochaber axe 
as his crest, to commemorate the noble use he made of it 
that day. 

" At the battle of Flodden in 1513, where James IV. was 
killed, one of our chiefs and 500 of his clan fell fighting 
around that brave though rash prince. Sir Hector, one of 
the first warriors of the age, was killed at Inverkeithing with 
750 Macleans. Of 1000 fine fellows who followed their chief 
250 only got off, most of them wounded. In point of num- 
bers we have scarcely got the better of this yet." 

PAGE 364. Lachlan Maclean and Lucy Campbell, his wife, 
had five children ; Donald, James, Alexander-Colin, Jessie, and 
Bethia. The second daughter, Bethia, was married to Peter 



524 THE CLAN GILLEAN. 

Pattison, by whom she had Thomas and Mary-Hamilton. 
Mary was married to Archibald Robertson. 

PAGE 366. In the last circular anent this history it was 
stated that the Chief of the Clan had offered to take ten copies 
more, and Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. McLean five copies more, 
if necessary. It should have been stated that Mr. Maclean of 
Breda had also offered to take five copies more. 

PAGE 372. For " Knockcarrach " read Knockcorrach. 

PAGES 384 and 395. For "Grimsary" read Grimisary. 

PAGE 389. For "Airleod" read Arileod. 

PAGE 414, line 12. For "Catherine," &c.,read Catherine, 
Allan, Helena, Polly, &c. 

PAGE 416. Dr. E. F. Reed and Hannah Maclean, his wife, 
had seven children; Julia, Ebenezer-Fitch,Maro-Maclean, Mary- 
Eliza, Harriet-Smith, Julius-Alexander, and Rosanna. Julius 
married Caroline Blood, by whom he had Anna, Rosanna, 
and Mary. Anna was married to Henry M. Wilkinson. 

PAGE 443, line 8. For "Deputy Surgeon -General" read 
Deputy Inspector-General. 

PAGE 468. For "Mary-Louisa" read Mary-Julia. Sean- 
nachie's History was written by Neil Maclean. 

PAGE 468. For "BHROLAIS" read BHROLAIS. 

PAGE 474, line 10. For "and has by her five children," 
&c., read and had by her five children; Hector - Fitzroy , 
Charles-Lachlan, Fitzroy- Holland, John-Marsham, and Fin- 
vola-Marianne-Eleanor. 

PAGE 484, line 29. Alexander Maclean married Lydia Cath- 
erine Rice, by whom he had James T., Annie M., Armenia E., 
and Alice A. 

PAGE 487, line 2. For " 1899" read 1889. 

PAGE 488, lines 22 and 28. For "James A." read /. A. 

PAGE 503, line 10. For " absolutely be determined" read 
be absolutely determined. 

PAGE 513, line 7. For "chiefs" read chief. 



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 



SCOTLAND. 

The Clan Maclean Association, Glasgow (20 copies) 

Prof. Magnus Maclean, D.Sc., 51 Kersland Terrace, Glasgow 

John Maclean, 68 Mitchell Street, Glasgow 

Mrs. A. H. Maclean, 3 Kirklee Gardens, Glasgow 

Andrew Bruce Maclean, Craigpark, Denniston, Glasgow 

Peter Maclean, 5 Cecil Street, Ibrox, Glasgow 

Neil Maclaine, 2 Rutland Crescent, Glasgow 

Sir Andrew Maclean, Viewfield House, Partick, Glasgow 

John Maclean, 4 Buchanan Street, Partick, Glasgow 

John Maclean, 35 Thornwood Terrace, Partick, Glasgow 

Hugh Maclean, 32 Gardner Street, Partick, Glasgow 

Angus Maclean, 6 Lome Street, Glasgow 

James B. Maclean, 52 West Nile Street, Glasgow 

Lachlan Maclean, 56 Paterson Street, S.S., Glasgow 

Neil Maclean, 56 Paterson Street, S.S., Glasgow 

William Maclean, 345 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow 

William Maclean of Plantation, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow 

Charles J. Maclean, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow 

Walter Maclean, 2 Bothwell Circus, Glasgow 

Peter Maclean, 76 Elderslie Street, Glasgow 

William Maclean, 25 Wellington Street, Glasgow 

Hugh Maclean, 122 Union Street, Glasgow 

Hector Maclean, 84 Paisley Road West, Glasgow 

Hector Maclean, 5 Belgrave Street, Glasgow 

Alexander Maclean, 42 Blackburn Street, Glasgow 

R. Maclean, 69 Main Street, Anderston, Glasgow 

Roderick Maclean 58 Sandyford Street, Glasgow 

John Maclean, 23 Kensington Terrace, Ibrox, Glasgow (2 copies) 

Malcolm Maclean, 42 York Street, Glasgow 

Hugh Maclean, 14 Selborne Terrace, Woodlands Road, Glasgow 

Allan Maclaine, 1085 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow 

Hugh Maclean, 74 Ardgowan Street, Glasgow 

Malcolm B. Maclean, 59 Cambridge Drive, Glasgow 

Rev. E. D. Fingland, 9 Fitzroy Place, Glasgow 

Neil C. Colquhoun, 64 Couper Street, Glasgow 



526 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 

Mrs. Donald, 13 Gloucester Street, Glasgow 

Duncan Macfarlane, 7 May Terrace, Mount Florida, Glasgow 

The University Library, Glasgow 

The Faculty of Procurators' Library, Glasgow 

The Mitchell Library, Glasgow 

Neil Maclean of Breda, Alford, Aberdeenshire (10 copies) 

Rev. Lachlan Maclean Watt, M.A. ,B.D., Turiff, Aberdeenshire 

J. A. Maclean, Forfar, Forfarshire (3 copies) 

A. R. Maclean Murray, Grove House, Brechin, Forfarshire 

James A. Maclean, Linden Lodge, Strawberry Bank, Dundee 

Neil Maclean, 4 Windsor Terrace, Stranraer, Wigtownshire 

C. A. Maclean, Writer, Wigtown, Wigtownshire 

Rev. John Maclean, Minister of Grandtully, Aberfeldy, Perthshire 

Duncan Maclean, 4 Rose Terrace, Perth 

Rev. Daniel Maclean, Bellvue, Alloa, Clackmannanshire 

William Gordon Maclean, Lindenlee, Trinity Road, Edinburgh 

Robert Maclean, Advocate, 19 Queen Street, Edinburgh 

The Advocates' Library, Edinburgh 

University Library, Edinburgh 

Rev. A. G. Maclean, The Rectory, Selkirk 

James S. Maclean, Myrtle Cottage, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire 

Robert M. MacFarlane, 2 Strathleven Place, Dumbartonshire 

R. Maclean, Merchant, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire 

A. Scott Maclean, M. I. M. E., 31 Bank Street, Greenock (2 copies) 

James Maclean, 7 Ardgowan Street, Greenock 

Donald Maclean, Rhives, Golspie, Sutherlandshire 

Duncan Maclean, 14 Strath, Gairloch, Ross-shire 

Murdo Maclean, Commission Agent, Stornoway, Lewis 

John Maclean, Merchant, Point Street, Stornoway 

Charles Maclean, Milton, South Uist, Inverness-shire 

Rev. D. Maclean, Duirinish, Skye 

Rev. John Maclean, Bracadale, Skye 

Rev. D. Maclean, Tomatin, Inverness-shire 

Ewen Maclean, 106 Church Street, Inverness 

William Mackay, Solicitor, Inverness 

Nigel Banks Mackenzie, Fort-William, Lochaber 

Mrs. Maclean of Ardgour, Ardgour, Argyleshire 

Angus McLean, Contractor, Tobermory, Mull 

Peter Maclean, M.D., Glenview, Dervaig, Mull 

C. R. Morison, Aintuim, Dervaig, Mull 

C. A. McVean, Kilfinichen, Mull 

Archibald Maclean, Arileod, Coll 

John Lome Stewart of Coll, Coll 

Rev. Dugald Maclean, Hylipol, Tiree 

ENGLAND. 

THE CHIEF OF THE CLAN GILLEAN, 15 Hyde Park Terrace, London 

(10 copies) 

Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 15 Hyde Park Terrace, London (3 copies) 
R. M. Maclean, Royal Colonial Institute, London (3 copies) 
Malcolm Maclean, Elmdale, Palmer's Green, London (4 copies) 
Charles Maclean, M.D., 159 Cromwell Road, South Kensington, 

London 
C. Fraser-Mackintosh of Drummond, LL.D., F.S.A. Scot., 18 Pont 

Street, London, S.W. 



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 527 

Major Alex. W. D. Maclean, 50 Bessborough Street, London, S.W. 

Hector A. C. Maclean, 50 Bessborough Street, London, S.W. 

Lieut. H. D. Neil Maclean, 50 Bessborough Street, London, S.W. 

Mrs. O. L. E. Maclean, 50 Bessborough Street, London, S.W. 

Lord Alwyne Compton, M.P. , 7 Balfour Place, London, W. 

Ewen J. Maclean, M.D., 51 Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London, W. 

J. G. Maclean, 21 Cadogan Garden, London, S.W. 

David Maclean, 5 Kensington Court, London, W. (2 copies) 

Thomas Maclean, 7 Haymarket, London, N. 

Miss Georgiana Flora Maclean, 13 Fopstone Road, Earle's Court, 

London, W. 

Miss Isabella S. Maclean, 60 Central Hill, Upper Norwood, London 
Miss F. M. Maclean, 54 Belvedere Road, Norwood, London, S.E. 
Miss Lucy Maclean, 63 Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead, London. 
Miss Margaret Maclean, 63 Fitzjohns Avenue 
Miss Nora Maclean, 63 Fitzjohns Avenue 
Mrs. S. Percy Howard, 25 Sussex Gardens, London, W. 
Baroness De Pallandt, 36 Bryanston Street, London 
Lady Hood of Avalon, 19 Queen's Gate Place, London 
Rev. Arthur J. Maclean, Isthmean Club, Piccadilly, London 
James Maclean, M.D.,97 Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield 
William Maclean, Grandtully, West Hartlepool (2 copies) 
Miss Emily F. H. Maclean, West Cliffe House, Folkestone (2 copies) 
Capt. William Maclean, Superintendent Sailors' Home, Southampton 
Allan Maclean, M.D., Weymouth, Dorset 
Allan Maclean, 47 Hove Park, Hove, Brighton 
Rev. Allan M. Maclean, 47 Hove Park, Hove, Brighton 
Rev. Hector Maclean, 47 Hove Park, Hove, Brighton 
John Robert Maclean of Aston Hall, Shifnal, Shropshire (2 copies) 
George W. Maclean, 3 Jesmond Villas, Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Major-General C. S. Maclean, Shanklin, Isle of Wight 
James Maclean, Old Wittington, N. Chesterfield 
The Honourable Mrs. Nevill, Birling Manor, Maidstone 
Mrs. Francis, Woodhurst Shorne, near Gravesend 
The Marquis of Northampton, Castle Ashby, Northampton 
J. Campbell Maclean, M.D.,Swindon House, Swindon, Wilts 
Mrs. Hamilton-Dundas, Duddingstoun, Torquay 
T. B. Maclean, Gresham Rectory, Norwich 
Mrs. D. H. Maclean, Stobery, Wells, Somerset 
Lady Llangattock, The Hendre, Monmouth (2 copies) 
Donald Maclean, Albion Chambers, Cardiff 
John Mackay, C.E. , Reay House, Hereford 

NORWAY, GERMANY, AND HOLLAND. 

W. M. Human, Oscars Gade, Christiania 
Archibald Maclean, 25 Koninggraetzer Strasse, Berlin 
Dr. P. Maclaine Pont, Copes 72, The Hague 
Miss M. W. Maclaine Pont, Zetten, Gelderland 

ASIA, AFRICA, AND AUSTRALASIA. 

Lieut. A. H. Maclean, 93d Highlanders, Shahjahanpur, N.W. P., 

India 
Lieut. Charles A. H. Maclean, 93d Highlanders, Shahjahanpur, 

N.W. P., India 



528 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 

Surgeon-Major Fitzroy B. Maclean, Campbellpore, Punjaub 

W. Maclaine Pont, Totok, Manado, Dutch East India 

Kaid Maclean, C.M.G., Fez, Morocco 

Lachlan Maclean, Greenhill, Kenilworth, Cape Town (10 copies) 

Hon. R. D. Douglas Maclean, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, 

(2 copies) 

P. S. Maclean, Barrister and Solicitor, Napier, New Zealand 
A. A. Maclean, Inverell, New South Wales 
John E. B. Maclean, Munbilla, Queensland 
Capt. Alex. McLean, Geelong Street, E. Brisbane, Queensland 

UNITED STATES. 

Malcolm Maclean, M.D., 29 East I26th Street, New York (2 copies) 
Donald Maclean, Counsellor-at-Law, 27 William Street, New York, 

(2 copies) 

George Hammond Maclean, 126 West 57th Street, New York (2 copies) 
Frank B. Maclean, 1829 Washington Avenue, New York 
Rev. J. L. Campbell, D.D., 20 East !2Oth Street, New York 
W. Pender Maclean, 476 Lexington Avenue, New York. 
Hon. J. R. Maclean, 1500 First Street, Washington, D.C. 
Mrs. Helen L. McL. Kimball, office of Comptroller of the Currency, 

Washington, D.C. 
Mrs. George Mackintosh Maclean, 73 Alexander Street, Princeton, 

New Jersey 

Mrs. C. F. Kroeh, 328 Central Avenue, Orange, New Jersey 
Thomas Neil Maclean, M.D., Elizabeth, New Jersey 
Mrs. John A. Buckingham, Watertown, Connecticut (2 copies) 
Hon. George P. Maclean, Simsbury, Connecticut 
Mrs. Mary D. Maclean, Wethersfield, Connecticut 
Mrs. Theodore S. Ferry, Bethel, Connecticut 
John McLean, Danbury, Connecticut (2 copies) 

Mrs. Henry W. Wilkinson, 168 Bowen St., Providence, R.I. (2 copies) 
R. E. Maclean, Escanaba, Michigan (3 copies) 
Rev. J. T. Maclean, M.A., Oakryn, Penn. (4 copies) 
W. S. McLean, Wilkes Barre, Pehn. (2 copies) 
David M. McLean, Chicago, 111. 

Alexander Campbell Maclean, M.D., Salt Lake City, Utah 
G. D. McClain, 1537 Washington Avenue, Denver, Colorado 
Robert A. McLean, M.D., 305 Kearney St., San Francisco, California 

CANADA. 

Alexander Campbell, Strathlorne, Cape Breton 

Donald E. Maclean, Strathlorne, Cape Breton 

A. G. McLean, Sydney, Cape Breton 

Rev. Lachlan A. Maclean, B.A., Louisburg, Cape Breton 

Allan Maclean, 28 Cornwallis Street, Halifax, N.S. 

A. II. Mackay, LL. D., Superintendent of Education, Halifax, N.S. 

A. K. Maclean, Barrister and Solicitor, Lunenburg, N.S. 

Mrs. Hector Maclean, Bridgetown, Annapolis, N.S. 

James A. Maclean, Q.C., Bridgewater, N.S. 

Rev. J. B. Maclean, Upper Stewiacke. N.S. (2 copies) 

Henry Gray Maclean, Amherst, N.S. 

Alister Maclean, Amherst, N.S. 

Rev. James Maclean, Great Village, N.S. 



LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 529 

Rev. A. Maclean, D.D., Hopewell, Pictou, N.S. 
Rev. Andrew Macgillivray, Dunmaglass, Antigonish, N.S. 
Alexander Maclean, Glenbard, Antigonish, N.S. 

Hon. D. Farquharson, Premier of Prince Edward Island, Charlotte- 
town, P.E.I. 

Hon. Tames R. Maclean, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
J. J. Davies, Hotel Davies, Charlottetown, P.E.I. (3 copies) 
Capt. Alexander Cameron, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
Capt. Ewen Maclean, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
Tormoid Mac-Leoid, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
Malcolm Macleod, Q.C., Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
J. D. Macleod, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
D. A. Mackinnon, M.L.A., Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
Mrs. John F. Whear, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
Rev. J. C. Maclean, St. George's, P.E.I. 
Rev. Malcolm Campbell, Strathalbyn, P.E.I. 
Lieut. -Col. H. H. McLean, St. John, N.B. (10 copies) 
Rev. D. Henderson, Chatham, N.B. 
Lieut. -Col. John Bayne Maclean, Montreal (7 copies) 
David McLean, City Hall, Montreal, Quebec 
Capt. Hugh C. Maclean, 20 Front Street, Toronto, Ontario 
W. F. Maclean, M.P., 610 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario 
Allan Maclean Howard, 192 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario 
Malcolm Maclean, Postmaster, Walkerton, Ontario 



THE MACLEAN BARDS. 



"THE OLD MACLEAN BARDS" was published in 1898. It 
is the first volume of " The Maclean Bards," and contains the 
extant productions of all the Maclean poets who flourished 
between 1525 and 1775. It is sold at the low price of two 
shilling's and sixpence, and is thus within the reach of the 
poorest persons who may desire to have a copy of it. To- 
wards defraying- the expenses of publishing- it, the following 
contributions were given : 

Sir Andrew Maclean, Particle, Glasgow $ 5.10 

The Clan Maclean Association, Glasgow 5.10 

Prof. Magnus Maclean, Glasgow 5.00 

William Maclean, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow 1.82 

C, J. Maclean, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow 1.82 

Walter Maclean, 2 Bothwell Circus, Glasgow 1.82 

James B. Maclean, 56 West Nile Street, Glasgow 1.22 

John Maclean, 68 Mitchell Street, Glasgow 1.22 

Robert M. MacFarlane, 2 Strathleven Place, Dumbartonshire 2.43 

Thomas Maclean, B. L. Bank, Alexandria 1.22 

Neil Maclean of Breda, Aberdeenshire .... 25.00 

J. A. Maclean, Forfar 9.75 

James A. Maclean, Dundee . . 5.10 

Rev. John Maclean, Aberfeldy, Perthshire 1.22 

Neil Maclaine, Stranraer 1.22 

K. A. Maclean, Muir of Ord 1.22 

C. R. Morison, Aintuim, Mull 2.43 

THE CHIEF OF THE CLAN GILLEAN 25.00 

Miss E. F. H. Maclean, West Cliffe House, Folkestone 7.31 

H. A. C. Maclean, 50 Bessborough Street, London 4.87 

William Maclean, West Hartlepool 3. 10 

Mrs. Hamilton-Dundas, Duddingstoun. 2.55 

Edmund Eaton, Burwash, Sussex 1.34 

Lachlan Maclean, Kenilworth, Cape Town IO.2I 



Prof. J. P. MacLean, Greenville, Ohio .......................... .$ 5.00 

D. T. Macdonald, Red Jacket, Michigan ......................... 5-OO 

Mrs. H. L. McL. Kimball, Washington, D.C ...................... 2.00 

Lieut.-Col. H. H. McLean, St. John, N.B ........................ 10.00 

Lieut. -Col. John Bayne Maclean, Montreal ....................... 5.00 

Rev. A. Maclean, D.D., Hopewell, N.S ........................... 5.00 

Hector Maclean, Bridgetown, N.S ............................... 5.00 

Rev. Roderick Maclean, Valleyfielcl, P.E.I ........................ 5.00 



"THE MACLEAN BARDS FROM 1775 TO 1900," or Vol. II. 
of "The Maclean Bards," is ready for publication. It contains 
poems by all the Maclean poets and song-writers who have 
written in Gaelic during the last one hundred and twenty-five 
years. The following' sums have been received towards 
defraying the cost of publishing it : 

THE CHIEF OF THE CLAN GILLEAN ............................ $14.60 

Neil Maclean of Breda, Aberdeenshire ........................... 14.60 

Major-General C. S. Maclean, Isle of Wight ..................... 4.87 

Hector Maclean, Bridgetown, N.S .............................. S- 

Rev. Andrew Macgillivray, Dunmaglass, N.S ..................... 5.00 

It would take an additional sum of about one hundred 
dollars to make the work what it ought to be. The printer 
should have the copy in his hands in December. The book 
would then appear early in 1900. 



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SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 



CHARLES LACHLAN MACLEAN, Lieut. R.N., 15 Hyde Park Terrace, 
London. 

JOHN MARSHAM MACLEAN, Lieut. R.A., 15 Hyde Park Terrace-, 
London. 

ALEXANDER MACLEAN, H.M.S. "Re Adelaide," Chatham. 

ANDREW BRUCE MACLEAN, Craigpark, Dennistoun, Glasgow (additional 
4 copies). 

GEORGE A. MACLEAN, Hythe Hill, Elgin (2 copies). 
JOHN MACLEAN, 43 Paisley Road West, Glasgow. 
RONALD JOHN MACLEAN, 113 Springburn Road, Glasgow. 
GEORGE W. MACLEAN, 3 Jesmond Villas, Newcastle-on-Tyne 
JOHN A. MACLEAN, Mariano Railway, Havana, Cuba. ^ 
D. G. MACDONALD, Point Prison, P.E.I. 
JAMES PATON, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 

H. TRAVERS MACLEAN, Supreme Court Library, Auckland, New 
Zealand. 

CHARLES JAMES MACLEAN, 14 Winchester Road, South Hampstead, 
London, N.W. 

ANGUS MACLEAN, 1 Buchanan Street, Partick. 
A. G. ROBERTSON, Lismore, New South Wales. 



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