Background
MACLEAN, Fitzroy Donald was born on May 18, 1835. Son of 9th Baronet and Emily, daughter of Honourable and Reverend J. Marsham, Doctor of Divinity (b. of 2nd Earl of Romney). Succeeded father 1883.
MACLEAN, Fitzroy Donald was born on May 18, 1835. Son of 9th Baronet and Emily, daughter of Honourable and Reverend J. Marsham, Doctor of Divinity (b. of 2nd Earl of Romney). Succeeded father 1883.
He lived to be 101 years old. He bought and restored Duart Castle in 1911 as the seat of the Maclean clan. He started his military career as a Cornet at the 7th Dragoon Guards.
On 12 October 1852 was promoted to a Lieutenant of the 13th Light Dragoons.
In 1854 he was promoted to Captain and in 1856 was promoted to Major. In 1861 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
By 1871 he was commanding the 13th Hussars. He was promoted to Colonel and commanded the Queen"s Own West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry in 1880.
In 1854–1855, he served in Bulgaria and the Crimea, and was with his regiment at the landing at Eupatoria.
He was in the Battle of the Alma on 20 September 1854. He participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854. He was also at the Siege of Sevastopol.
Sir Fitzroy married Constance Marianne Ackers (c 1840–1920) on 17 January 1872.
She was the younger daughter of George Holland Ackers, the High Sheriff of Cheshire. Their children were:
Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (b 17 February 1873 – d 25 July 1932), the father of Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet.
Died at the age of 59. Charles Lachlan Maclean (b 20 September 1874 – d 27 August 1958) Died at the age of 83.
Fitzroy Holland Maclean (b 10 May 1876 – d 13 April 1881) Died at age 4.
John Marsham Maclean (b 24 October 1879 – d 4 November 1901) Killed in action in the Boer War at the age of 22. – d1919) on 7 April 1908. He became the 10th Baronet of Morvern and 26th Clan Chief in 1883 on the death of his father, Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet, who was the 25th Chief of Clan Maclean.
He was invested as a Civil Companion of the Order of the Bath (Central Bank) on 22 June in 1897.
On 24 June 1904, he was again invested, this time as a Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of Order of the Bath (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath), and in December 1910, was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent. He bought Duart Castle in September 1911 and restored lieutenant
On his 100th birthday he planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits. He lived to be 101 years old.
He was Grand President of the Clan Gillean Association, honorary president of the Mull and Iona Association, vice-president and formerly president of the Highland Society of London.
He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Argyllshire in 1932.
Clubs: United Service, Cavalry. Royal Highland Yacht, Oban.
Heir: Hector.