Sir Hector Maclean, 2nd Baronet and 18th Clan Chief | |
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18th Clan Chief 14th Laird of Duart 2nd Baronet |
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In office 1649-1651 |
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Preceded by | Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet, father |
Succeeded by | Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet, brother |
Personal details | |
Born |
Hector Maclean circa 1620 |
Died | 1651 |
Parents |
Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet Mary, second daughter of Sir Roderick MacLeod |
Relatives | Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet, brother |
Sir Hector Maclean, 2nd Baronet of Morvern (c. 1620 – 1651) was the 18th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1649 to 1651. He died without leaving a son as an heir.
Hector was the son of Sir Lachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet and succeeded him at his death in 1649. His mother was Mary MacLeod, the second daughter of Sir Roderick MacLeod. At Hector's death in 1651, he was succeeded as Clan Maclean Chief by his brother, Sir Allan Maclean, 3rd Baronet.
Hector was killed fighting for the Royalists at the battle of Inverkeithing. It was during this battle that seven brothers died protecting their Clan chief. Each brother crying "Another for Hector" as they stepped forward to protect him.Fear eile airson Eachuinn (from Scottish Gaelic: "Another for Hector") became one of the two slogans used by Clan Maclean.
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: including a genealogical account of some of the principal families together with their heraldry, legends, superstitions, etc, by John Patterson MacLean, a publication from 1889 now in the public domain in the United States.