Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet

Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet of Duart and Morvern (1670–1716) was the 20th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1674 to 1716. He was the 16th and last Laird of Duart, when in 1691 he lost Castle Duart to Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll.[1] The castle wasn't recovered by Clan Maclean until 1912 until it was purchased by Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 221 years later.[2]

Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet
20th Clan Chief 16th Laird of Duart 4th Baronet
In office 1674–1716
Preceded by	Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet, father
Succeeded by	Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet, son
Personal details
Born	John Maclean 1670
Died	March 1716 (age 46)
Children	Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet
Parents	Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet
Residence	Castle Duart until 1691

Biography

He was born in 1670. He became chief at the death of his father, Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet, in 1674, when he was four years old. Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas, and Lachlan Maclean, 3rd Laird of Torloisk were assigned as his legal guardians. In 1691 Castle Duart was under siege by Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, and Maclean was forced to surrender it.[1][3][4]

He commanded the right wing of the Jacobite army at Battle of Killiecrankie, and held out in Cairnburgh Castle, which straddles Cairn na Burgh Mòr and Cairn na Burgh Beag. In 1692 he made his peace with William III of England. He afterwards went to France and remained at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye until the Act of Indemnity 1703, when he returned to Scotland. He joined John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar in the Battle of Sheriffmuir, and after retired to Gordon Castle where he died in March 1716.[4]

Marriage and children

He married Mary, daughter of Sir Aeneas Macpherson of Invereshie and had:

• Sir Hector Maclean, 5th Baronet

Ancestors

Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet's ancestors in three generations

Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet	Father: Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet	Paternal Grandfather: Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Hector Mor Maclean
			Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Mary MacLeod	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Sir Roderick MacLeod
			Paternal Great-Grandmother:
	Mother: Juliana MacLeod of MacLeod	Maternal Grandfather:	Maternal Great-Grandfather:
			Maternal Great-Grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
			Maternal Great-Grandmother:

References

 This article incorporates text from A history of the clan Mac Lean from its first settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period, by John Patterson MacLean, a publication from 1889 now in the public domain in the United States.  This article incorporates text from The Jacobite peerage, baronetage, knightage and grants of honour, by Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval (marquis de), a publication from 1904 now in the public domain in the United States.

1. "MacLean". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 2007-08-26. The castle dates from the thirteenth century, and was repaired and enlarged by Hector Mor Maclean, who was Lord of Duart from 1523 till 1568. In 1691 it was besieged by Argyll, and Sir John Maclean, the chief of that time, was forced to surrender it. After that date, though occasionally occupied by troops, the stronghold gradually fell to ruins, and the Duart properties passed to other hands till Sir Fitzroy repurchased Duart itself in 1912.
2. "Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Duart". Ambaile. Retrieved 2009-03-05. Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean was born in 1835 and was the 26th chief of the clan Maclean. He served in Bulgaria and the Crimea and was present at the capture of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the West Indies. In 1911 he bought and restored the ruined Duart Castle. To celebrate his 100th birthday he planted a rowan tree in the castle grounds to ward off evil spirits
3. MacLean, John Patterson (1889). A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, Etc. R. Clarke & Company. p. 224. Sir John MacLean, twentieth chief of MacLeun and fourth baronet of Morvern, was four years old when he succeeded his father. The appointment of his two near kinsman, Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas, and Lachlan Og Maclean, 1st Laird of Torloisk, men of profound judgment and determined minds, gave unbounded satisfaction to the whole clan, who resolved that the Argyle-Lauderdale collusion claim should now be resisted with the sword.
4. de la Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle (1904). The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 98. Sir John Maclean commanded the right wing of the Jacobite army at Kiltie crankie, and held out in the island of Kernburgh until 1692, when he made his peace with William of Orange. He afterwards went to France and remained at St. Germains until the Act of Indemnity of 1703, when he returned to Scotland. He joined Lord Mar in 1715, and after Sheriffmuir retired to Gordon Castle, where he died in March 1716. The Castle of Duart and most of his other lands were seized by Argyll, and never afterwards recovered.