Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas (c. 1600 – after 1655), was a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

Laird Laird () is a Scottish word for minor lord (or landlord) and is a designation that applies to an owner of a large, long-established Scotland, Scottish estate. In the traditional Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranked below a Baronage of ...

Clan MacLean Clan Maclean (; Scottish Gaelic: ' ) is a Scottish Highlands, Highlands Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early Macle ...

who fought in the battle of

Battle of Inverkeithing The Battle of Inverkeithing was fought on 20 July 1651 between an English army under John Lambert and a Scottish army led by James Holborne as part of an English invasion of Scotland. The battle was fought near the isthmus of the Ferry ...

. He was the first Laird of Brolas.

Early years

His father was

Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief Sir Hector Og Maclean (1583–1623), or Eachann Óg Maclean in Scottish Gaelic, was the 15th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean in Scotland. Early years He was born in 1583, the son of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean the 14th Clan Chief. His father, Sir Lac ...

and his mother was a daughter of

Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet Sir Archibald Acheson of Glencairn, Lord Glencairn, 1st Baronet (1583 – 9 September 1634), was a Scottish jurist. Biography Acheson was the son of Captain Patrick Acheson and Martha Drummond. On 31 March 1620, "Archibald Acheson, a Scotchm ...

. Donald was the first son of Hector's second marriage. His brother was

John Hans Makeléer 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 ...

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 Sir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet Maclean Baronets, of Morvern (1710 – 10 December 1783) was the 22nd Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1750 till his death in 1783. He was the 4th Laird of Brolas. He died without leaving a male heir to his title, s ...

, became the Clan Chief when the previous chief died without an heir. * Mor Maclean of Brolas *

Hector Og Maclean of Brolas In Greek mythology, Hector (; , ) was a Trojan prince, a hero and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. He is a major character in Homer's ''Iliad'', where he leads the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, killing c ...

, who married Janet, daughter of

MacNeil of Barra Clan MacNeil, also known in Scotland as Clan Niall, is a Scottish Highlands, highland Scottish clan of Irish people, Irish origin. According to their early genealogies and some sources they're descended from Eógan mac Néill and Niall of the Ni ...

. 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 Brolas The Laird of Brolas owned the estate at Taynuilt in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. *Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Brolas, son of Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief, Hector Og Maclean, 15th Chief *Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas *Donald Maclean, 3 ...

who married and had Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet. Donald married a second time and had Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet.

Ancestors

References

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Donald Donald is a Scottish masculine given name. It is derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinter ...

1600s births 17th-century deaths 17th-century Scottish people Scottish soldiers