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The Lord Maclean
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| 27th Clan Chief 11th Baronet Lord Maclean | |
| In office 1936-1990 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet, grandfather |
| Succeeded by | Sir Lachlan Maclean, 12th Baronet, son |
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| Born | Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1916-05-05)5 May 1916 |
| Died | 8 February 1990(1990-02-08) (aged 73) Hampton Court Palace |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Mann |
| Children | 2, including Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean |
| Parent(s) | Hector Fitzroy Maclean Winifred Joan Wilding |
| Residence | Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull |
| Education | Canford School |
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Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE, PC (5 May 1916 – 8 February 1990) was Lord ChamberlaintoElizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1984.[1][2] He became the 27th Clan ChiefofClan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather.
Maclean was born on 5 May 1916 to Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932) and Winifred Joan Wilding (c1875-1941), daughter of J. H. Wilding.[3] He succeeded as the 27th Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather, Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet. He married (Joan) Elizabeth Mann (1923–2021), granddaughter of Sir Edward Mann, 1st Baronet, of Thelveton Hall in 1941. They had two children and eight grandchildren:[4]
He saw active service in World War II while serving in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards. He fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. After the war ended he became a sheep and cattle farmer in Scotland.[1] He was Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire from 1954 to 1975
The Boy Scouts Association appointed Maclean as its Chief Scout of the United Kingdom from 1959 to 1971 and Commonwealth from 1959 to August 1975.[5] He oversaw the formation of his Advance Party and its The Chief Scout's Advance Party Report which resulted in sweeping changes to the Boy Scouts Association and disaffection and schisms but failed to arrest enrolment losses and shifted the balance of enrolments to younger age children.[6][7][8][9] The World Organization of the Scout Movement’s committee awarded him its only distinction, the Bronze Wolf in 1967, for exceptional services to world Scouting.
He was created a life peerasBaron Maclean, of Duart and Morven in the County of Argyll in 1971. His first ceremonial assignment as Lord Chamberlain was the 1972 funeral of the Duke of Windsor.[1] He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1984 and 1985.
He died on 8 February 1990 at Hampton Court Palace.[1]
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Lord Maclean, the former chief official of Queen Elizabeth II's household and organizer of the 1981 wedding of the Prince of Wales, died on Thursday, his family announced today. He was 73 years old. Lord Maclean died at Hampton Court Palace, a former royal residence in London, where he was chief steward since 1985. The announcement gave no cause of death.
Born in 1916, Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean succeeded as the twentyseventh Chief of the Clan Maclean and 11th hereditary Baronet of Morvern in 1936. A respected leader and public servant, Lord Maclean was ever committed to the preparing future generations for service.
Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Bt., who died yesterday at Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, at the age of 101, Chief of his Clan and a Crimean veteran, was one of the best known of the "grand old men" of Scotland. ... He married in 1872 Constance Marianne, daughter of Mr. G.H.Ackers, of Moreton Hall, Cheshire. She died in 1920, leaving two sons and one daughter, the wife of Brigadier F.W.Bullock-Marsham. Sir Fitzroy's elder son, Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Scots Guards, who married Winifred Joan, daughter of Mr.J.H.Wilding, died in 1932, and he is succeeded by his grandson, Charles Hector Fitzroy, born in 1916.
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| Preceded by | Lord Chamberlain 1971–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire 1954–1975 |
Replaced by office of Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute |
| New title | Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute 1975–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1984–1985 |
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| Preceded by | The Scout Boy Association's Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories 1959–1971 |
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| The Scout Boy Association's Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth 1959–1975 |
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| Preceded by | Baronet (of Duart and Morvern) 1936–1990 |
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