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Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean 1497–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1497

Birth Location: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Sep 1570

Death Location: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland

Father: Lachlan MacLean

Mother: Lady Campbell,

Spouse(s): Lady Morven, (Lady) DONALD, Lady Macdonald

Children(s): Janet Duart, Margaret vmc, Mary vmc, Lachlan MacLean, Sir vmc, John 'sct, Lady vmc, Giles Line), Catherine 'sct, Una MacLean, Ian Morvern, Hector Maclean

In 1497, Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean entered the world in Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland, born to Lachlan Frederick Copland Cattanach Maclean Chief Of Clan Maclean 7Th Lord Duart 11Th Of Maclean And Lady Catherine Kate Campbell. Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean married Lady Mary Mac Donald, Lady Mary Of Islay And The Glens Macdonald, Lady Mary Macdonald Lady Of Islay The Glens Duart Amp Morven, and had children including Catherine Julian Maclean Of Duart Countess Campbell Of Argyll Mrs Stewart Of Appin A High Spirited Woman And Was Distinguished For Her Beauty And Culture Sct, Giles Julia Jill Duart Maclean Nicholson Mclaughlin Line, Hector Maclean, Ian Duy Maclean 1St Laird Of Morvern, Janet Julia Maclean Of Duart, John Dubh Maclean Of Morvern Vmc 2Nd Son 1St Laird Of Movern Chief Of The Macleans Of Kinlocaline Castle Progenitor Of The Macleans Of Kinlochaine Drimnin Sct, Lachlan Mor Maclean, Lady Giles Maclean Of Duart Vmc, Margaret Maclean Vmc, Mary Of Duart Maclean Vmc, Sir Knight Hector Og Mac Lean Jr Vmc, Una Maclean. Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean passed away in 1570 in Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1497, Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean entered the world in Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland, born to Lachlan Frederick Copland Cattanach Maclean Chief Of Clan Maclean 7Th Lord Duart 11Th Of Maclean And Lady Catherine Kate Campbell.
  • Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean married Lady Mary Mac Donald, Lady Mary Of Islay And The Glens Macdonald, Lady Mary Macdonald Lady Of Islay The Glens Duart Amp Morven, and had children including Catherine Julian Maclean Of Duart Countess Campbell Of Argyll Mrs Stewart Of Appin A High Spirited Woman And Was Distinguished For Her Beauty And Culture Sct, Giles Julia Jill Duart Maclean Nicholson Mclaughlin Line, Hector Maclean, Ian Duy Maclean 1St Laird Of Morvern, Janet Julia Maclean Of Duart, John Dubh Maclean Of Morvern Vmc 2Nd Son 1St Laird Of Movern Chief Of The Macleans Of Kinlocaline Castle Progenitor Of The Macleans Of Kinlochaine Drimnin Sct, Lachlan Mor Maclean, Lady Giles Maclean Of Duart Vmc, Margaret Maclean Vmc, Mary Of Duart Maclean Vmc, Sir Knight Hector Og Mac Lean Jr Vmc, Una Maclean.
  • Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean passed away in 1570 in Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lachlan MacLean
1465–1523
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Lady Campbell,
1485–1578
Birth Location: Argyllshire,, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Morven
1512–1550
Birth Location: Dunnyveg, Isle of Islay, Western Isles, Scotland
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(Lady) DONALD
1500–1550
Birth Location: Island of Islay, Western Isles, Scotland
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Lady Macdonald
1518–1550
Birth Location: Island of Islay, Western Isles, Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet Duart
1524–1573
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Margaret vmc
1540–
Birth Location: Coll, Argyll, SCOTLAND
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Mary vmc
1526–1568
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland
Mv
Lachlan MacLean
1558–1598
Birth Location: Duart, Mull, Scotland
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Sir vmc
1530–1575
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Sv
John 'sct
1540–1586
Birth Location: Argyll County, Scotland
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Lady vmc
1526–1568
Birth Location: Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland
Lv
Giles Line)
1537–1573
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland
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Catherine 'sct
1530–1585
Birth Location: Duart, Isle of Mull, Scotland
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Una MacLean
1538–
Birth Location: Kincardine O'Neil, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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Ian Morvern
1539–1586
Birth Location: Argyll, Scotland
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Hector Maclean
1540–1573
Birth Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Hector MacLean's Ancestors

Self
Hector MacLean
1497–1570
Birth Place: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Parents
Lachlan Frederick Copland Cattanach MacLean (Chief of Clan MacLean; 7th Lord Duart), 11th of MacLean
1465–1523
Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine "Kate") Campbell,
1485–1578
Argyllshire,, Scotland
Grandparents
Hector (Odhar Thomas Duart Thomas) Maclean
1455–1513
Mull, Argyll, Scotland
Mackintosh (Chattan Mackintosh) p127049
1445–1465
Taigh Ghearraidh, N Uist, Scotland
Sir (Lord Colin II Malloch Campbell, Knight of Glenorchy, 5th Lord of Campbell, 3rd Earl of) Argyll
1475–1529
Glenorchy Castle, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Jean Countess of Argyll Huntley) Gordon
1479–1530
Huntly Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Archibald Campbell
1466–1513
Margaret Stewart
1476–1524
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hector MacLean's Descendants

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Hector ("the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach) MacLean (abt 1497–15 Sep 1570) m. Lady (Mary MacDonald, Lady of Islay, The Glens, Duart &) Morven (Abt 1512–1550) m. (Lady) (MARY MAC) DONALD (1500–8 May 1550) m. Lady (Mary (Of Islay And The Glens)) Macdonald (1518–05/08/1550)
  1. 1. Janet (Julia Maclean of) Duart 1524–1573 m. Norman ((Tormod) MacLeod of) Harris 1509–1584 m. Angus (Macalister MacDonald, 7th chief of Glengary) vmc 1515–1574
    1. 1. Sir (Roderick Ruairidh Mor "the great" (Rory the great), Macleod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod (Harris &) Dunvegan) 1558–1626 m. Lady (Isabella MacDonald (of) Glengarry) 1567–1655
      1. 1. Florence (( Flora)) MacLeod* 1626–1726 m. Donald (McSween- MacSweyn) (MacQueen) 1630–1710
        1. 1. Sweyn (Roag) MacSweyn 1660–1735
        2. 2. Sweyn (Tacksman Roag Macsweyn) McSween 1660–1735
        3. 3. Sweyn (Roag) MacSweyn 1660–1735
        4. 4. Dugald MacSweyn 1668–1738
        5. 5. Duncan MacSweyn 1664–1735
        6. 6. John MacSweyn 1666–1794
        7. 7. Angus (Alexander) McCaskill 1692–1807 m. Allien Mccaskill 1677–
      2. 2. Janet MacLeod 1621–1700
      3. 3. Mary (\ Moire Maleod Maclean) Macleod 1595–1687
      4. 4. Margaret MacLeod 1598–1650
      5. 5. Sir (Norman MacLeod, 1st Lord of Berneray, 4th Chief of Waternish, Laird of) Skye 1614–1705
      6. 6. William (MacLeod "of) Hamer" 1617–1698
      7. 7. Isabel MacLeod 1600–1680
      8. 8. Mary MacLeod 1575–1610
      9. 9. Donald (MacLeod, 1st Lord of) Greshornish 1601–1619
      10. 10. Janet (MacLeod of) Dunvegan 1605–1700
      11. 11. JOHN ("Iain Mor") MacLeod 1598–1649
      12. 12. John (Rigg MacLeod) I 1610–1709
      13. 13. Sir (Roderick Rory MacLeod, 1st Lord of) Tallisker 1606–1675
      14. 14. Marion MacLeod 1593–1650
      15. 15. Norman Macleod 1600–1705
      16. 16. Norman MacLeod 1597–1705
      17. 17. Chief (John Ian Mor Macleod 16th Chief of Clan) Macleod 1595–1649
    2. 2. William MacLeod 1560–1590
    3. 3. Christina MacLeod 1565–1620
    4. 4. Alexander (Alistair) MacLeod 1560–1647
    5. 5. Margaret MacLeod 1560–1620
    6. 6. Rudolph (M) Macleod 1558–1626
    7. 7. Alexander MacLeod 1540–1626
    8. 8. Jannet (Mac) Leod 1544–1644
    9. 9. Allan MacDonald 1547–1593
    10. 10. Elizabeth (of Glengarry) Macdonald 1554–1594
    11. 11. Donald MacDonald 1554–1618
    12. 12. Aeneas ((Angus) II) MacDonald 1548–1602
    13. 13. Marion Macdonald 1554–
    14. 14. Angus (Og) Macdonald 1537–1602
    15. 15. William (MacLeod 13th Chief of Clan) MacLeod 1560–1590
    16. 16. Margaret (of the Glens) MacDonald 1533–1620
    17. 17. Margaret MacDonald 1562–
    18. 18. Chief (Donald MacDonald of Glengarry) vmc 1545–1645
    19. 19. Elizabeth (MacDonald) vmc 1540–1594
    20. 20. Donald (MacAngus MacDonald, 8th Chief Laird of Clan MacDonald of) Glengarry 1545–1645
    21. 21. Ann (Elizabeth MacDonald of) Glengarry 1540–1594
  2. 2. Margaret (MacLean) vmc 1540–
  3. 3. Mary (of Duart MacLean) vmc 1526–1568
  4. 4. Lachlan (Mor) MacLean 1558–1598
  5. 5. Sir (Knight Hector "Og" Mac Lean, Jr.) vmc 1530–1575
  6. 6. John (Dubh MacLean of Morvern. vmc 2nd Son 1st Laird of Movern Chief of the MacLeans of Kinlocaline Castle progenitor of the Macleans of Kinlochaine Drimnin) 'sct 1540–1586
  7. 7. Lady (Giles Maclean of Duart) vmc 1526–1568
  8. 8. Giles (Julia "Jill" Duart MacLean (Nicholson\McLaughlin) Line) 1537–1573
  9. 9. Catherine (Julian MacLean of Duart Countess Campbell of Argyll Mrs Stewart of Appin a high-spirited woman and was distinguished for her beauty and culture) 'sct 1530–1585
  10. 10. Una MacLean 1538–
  11. 11. Ian (Duy MacLean, 1st Laird of) Morvern 1539–1586
  12. 12. Hector Maclean 1540–1573

Hector MacLean's Timeline

2 Records

1497
abt 1497
Birth of Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean in Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
1570
15 Sep 1570
Age 73
Death of Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean in Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1497
    Event Place: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: A history of the clan MacLean

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1570
    Event Place: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
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