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Sir John Maclean, 1st Baronet, (1604 – 7 July 1666) also known as John Makeléer or Hans Makeléer in Sweden, was Lord of Gåsevadholm, Hageby and Hammarö. He lived in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was made a Baronet by Charles II of England and was made Lord of Gåsevadholm, Hageby, and Hammarö by Christina of Sweden in 1649. Biography John was born in 1604 at Duart Castle, Mull, Argyll, Scotland. He was the son of Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief and Isabella Atcheson of Gosford, daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet. His full brother was Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas Isabella was the daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet. John MacLean then became an officer in the Royal Navy. Emigration and marriage He emigrated to Gothenburg, Sweden in 1620, where he had an uncle that worked as a merchant. Now known as John Makeléer or Hans Makeléer, he worked as a merchant, and married Anna Gubbertz (c.1595–1653) or Anna Quickelberry in 1629 in Gothenburg. ...
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Scotland
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Argyll
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Gothenburg Court Of Justice
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University Of St Andrews
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Steve Murdoch
Steve Murdoch is an academic and writer. He is author on the history of Scotland and the Wider World in general and of Scotland and Scandinavia in particular. His monographs include ''Britain, Denmark-Norway and the House of Stuart, 1603-1660'' (2000/2003); ''Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746'' (2006) and the book ''The Terror of the Seas? Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713'' (2010). In 2014 he published the co-authored book (with Alexia Grosjean) ''Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648''. He has edited several volumes including ''Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648'' (2000) and with Alexia Grosjean ''Scottish Communities Abroad in the Early Modern Period'' (2005). This same pairing created the Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database (SSNE). Murdoch's first job after gaining his PhD from the University of Aberdeen in 1998 was as a research a ...
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Charles XI Of Sweden
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Royal Navy
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Donald MacLean, 1st Laird Of Brolas
Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas (c. 1600 – after 1655), was a Scottish Laird of Clan MacLean who fought in the battle of Battle of Inverkeithing. He was the first Laird of Brolas. Early years His father was Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief and his mother was a daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet. Donald was the first son of Hector's second marriage. His brother was John Hans Makeléer. Marriage and children He married Florence Maclean, the daughter of John Garbh Maclean, 7th Laird of Coll and had the following children: * Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas, who was the Member of Parliament for Argyllshire. His descendant, Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet, became the Clan Chief when the previous chief died without an heir. * Mor Maclean of Brolas *Hector Og Maclean of Brolas, who married Janet, daughter of MacNeil of Barra. He had a son, John Maclean of Brolas who married Finovia of Garmony. John Maclean of Brolas then had as his son, Donald Maclean of ...
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