Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean

Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE, PC (5 May 1916 – 8 February 1990) was Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1984.^[1][2] He became the 27th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather.

The Right Honourable The Lord Maclean KT GCVO KBE PC
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
Personal details
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

Biography

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]

• The Hon. Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean (b. 1942); married with issue, including the heir to the baronetcy
• The Hon. Janet Elizabeth Maclean (b. 1944); married with issue

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 peer as Baron 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]

Honours

• Brigadier, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers)
• Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (1967)^[10]
• Knight, Order of the Thistle (1969)^[11]
• Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth II (1971)
• Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (1971)^[12]
• Created a life peer as Baron Maclean, of Duart and Morvern in the County of Argyll (1971)^[13]
• Lord-in-Waiting upon retiring as Lord Chamberlain (1984)
• Recipient, Royal Victorian Chain (1984)^[14]
• Chief Steward of Hampton Court Palace (1985)

Coat of arms of Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean

Crest A Tower embattled Argent Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st, Argent a Rock Gules; 2nd, Argent a Dexter Hand fesswise couped Gules holding a Cross Crosslet fitchée in pale azure; 3rd, Or a Lymphad Oars in saltire Sails furled Sable flagged Gules; 4th, Argent a Salmon naiant proper in chief two Eagles' Heads respectant Gules; Supporters Dexter: a Seal proper; Sinister: an Ostrich with a Horseshoe in its beak proper Motto Virtue mine honour[15]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean
16. Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 8th Baronet 8. Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, 9th Baronet 17. Elizabeth Kidd 4. Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet 9. Emily Eleanor Marsham 2. Hector Fitzroy Maclean 10. George Holland Ackers 5. Constance Marianne Ackers 1. Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet 6. J. H. Wilding 3. Winifred Joan Wilding

References

1. "Lord Maclean, 73, Aide to Queen; Organized 1981 Royal Wedding". Associated Press in The New York Times. 10 February 1990. Retrieved 1 March 2009. 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.
2. "Lord Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean, K.T., G.C.V.O., K.B.E." macleanclan.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2009. 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.
3. "Sir Fitzroy Maclean". 23 November 1936. Retrieved 6 March 2009. 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.
4. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition. Burke's Peerage. 2003. p. 2525.
5. "Meet the Chiefs" (PDF). The Scout Information Centre. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
6. Scout Action Group (1970). A Boy Scout Black Paper. Scout Action Group. p. 1970. ISBN 978-0-9501609-0-0.
7. Baden-Powell Scouts' Association
8. The Scouter, Volume LXIII No 10, October 1969 (pp. 276−7)
9. The Crisis in The Scout Movement
10. "No. 44210". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1967. p. 10.
11. "No. 44794". The London Gazette. 21 February 1969. p. 1995.
12. "No. 45536". The London Gazette. 3 December 1971. p. 13243.
13. "No. 45301". The London Gazette. 11 February 1971. p. 1289.
14. "No. 49955". The London Gazette. 11 December 1984. p. 16769.
15. "Life Peerages - M". Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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Court offices
Preceded by The Lord Cobbold	Lord Chamberlain 1971–1984	Succeeded by The Earl of Airlie
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Bruce Atta Campbell	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	Succeeded by The Marquess of Bute
Preceded by Sir John Gilmour	Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1984–1985	Succeeded by The Viscount of Arbuthnott
The Boy Scouts Association
Preceded by The Lord Rowallan	The Scout Boy Association's Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories 1959–1971	Succeeded by Sir William Gladstone
	The Scout Boy Association's Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth 1959–1975	Title relinquished
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Fitzroy Donald Maclean	Baronet (of Duart and Morvern) 1936–1990	Succeeded by Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean