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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 1510–1568 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

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

Death Date: 15 Sep 1568

Death Location: Boharm, Moray, Scotland

Father: Lachlan Duart

Mother: Lady Mac-Lean

Spouse(s): Lady Moren, Lady Castle, Lady o127035, Lady MacDonald, Lady Moren

Children(s): Lady Maclean, Iain Coll, Hector MacLean, John Pennycross, Giles Maclean, Marian MacLean, Catherine Tyrconnoll, Janet MacLean, Margaret vmc, Janet MacLean, Giles MacLean, Lachlan Maclean

In 1510, 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 Maclean 6Th Laird Of Duart And Lady Janet Kingairloch Campbell Countness Athool Mac Lean. 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 Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle, Lady Mary Of Islay The Glens Duart And Morven Macdonald O127035, Lady Meve Mary Macdonald Of Dunnyveg Macdonald Of Glengarry Lady Of Islay The Glens Duart And Moren, Lady Meve Mary Macdonald Of Dunnyveg Macdonald Of Glengarry Lady Of Islay Then Glens Duart And Moren Macdonald, and had children including Catherine 11 Maclean Queen Of Tyrconnoll, Giles Julia Maclean, Hector Eachann Og Maclean 13Th Chief Of Clan Maclean, Iain John Garbh Maclean 1St Laird Of Coll, Janet Of Duart Maclean, John Dobh Maclean 1St Lord Of Morvern Progenitor Of The Macleans Of Kinlochaine Drimnin And Pennycross, Lachlan Maclean, Lady Catherine Julian Countess Campbell Maclean, Margaret Maclean Vmc, Marian 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 1568 in Boharm, Moray, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1510, 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 Maclean 6Th Laird Of Duart And Lady Janet Kingairloch Campbell Countness Athool Mac Lean.
  • 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 Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle, Lady Mary Of Islay The Glens Duart And Morven Macdonald O127035, Lady Meve Mary Macdonald Of Dunnyveg Macdonald Of Glengarry Lady Of Islay The Glens Duart And Moren, Lady Meve Mary Macdonald Of Dunnyveg Macdonald Of Glengarry Lady Of Islay Then Glens Duart And Moren Macdonald, and had children including Catherine 11 Maclean Queen Of Tyrconnoll, Giles Julia Maclean, Hector Eachann Og Maclean 13Th Chief Of Clan Maclean, Iain John Garbh Maclean 1St Laird Of Coll, Janet Of Duart Maclean, John Dobh Maclean 1St Lord Of Morvern Progenitor Of The Macleans Of Kinlochaine Drimnin And Pennycross, Lachlan Maclean, Lady Catherine Julian Countess Campbell Maclean, Margaret Maclean Vmc, Marian 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 1568 in Boharm, Moray, Scotland.

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Hector MacLean's Ancestors

Self
Hector MacLean
1510–1568
Birth Place: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Parents
Lachlan MacLean, 6th Laird of Duart
1500–1550
Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Kingairloch Campbell Countness Athool) Mac-Lean
1485–1578
Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK or Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Grandparents
Hector (Mac-Lean Laird van) Duart
1445–1513
Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland
Marjorie (of Chattan) MacKintosh
1445–1465
Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
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 (1510–15 Sep 1568) m. Lady (Meve (Mary) MacDonald of Dunnyveg (MacDonald of Glengarry), Lady of Islay-The Glens-Duart and) Moren (1518–8 May 1550) m. Lady (Janet Julia MacLean, Lady of Duart) Castle (11 Mar 1524–10 Nov 1573) m. Lady (Mary, of Islay, the Glens, Duart and Morven, MacDonald,) o127035 (1515–05 Aug 1550) m. Lady (Meve(Mary) MacDonald of Dunnyveg (macDonald Of Glengarry) Lady of Islay Then Glens-Duart and Moren) MacDonald (1515–1550) m. Lady (Meve (Mary) MacDonald of Dunnyveg (MacDonald of Glengarry), Lady of Islay-The Glens-Duart and) Moren (1515–05 Aug 1550)
  1. 1. Lady (Catherine Julian (Countess Campbell)) Maclean 1530–1585 m. Calvagh (O'Donnell) O'Reilly 1520–1566
    1. 1. Conn-Oge O'Donnell_Campbell 1550–1583 m. Jane (McBryan O'Neill O’) Donnell 1550–1570 m. Róisín (Ní) Néill 1554–1585
      1. 1. Niall-Garve, ("The Rough",) O'Donnell_O'Neill 1569–1626 m. Nuala (MacDonnell O'Donnell (O) Domhnaill) 1571–1603
        1. 1. Manus (O'Donnell) O'Neill 1600–1675 m. Mary (Margaret Campbell of) Argyll 1620–
    2. 2. Princess (Rose O' Donnell Of) Ireland 1542–1566
  2. 2. Iain (John Garbh MacLean 1st. Laird of) Coll 1540–1585
  3. 3. Hector (Eachann Og MacLean 13th Chief of Clan) MacLean 1534–1575
  4. 4. John (Dobh Maclean, 1st Lord of Morvern, Progenitor of the MacLeans of Kinlochaine, Drimnin and) Pennycross 1532–1586
  5. 5. Giles (Julia) Maclean 1526–1568
  6. 6. Marian MacLean 1536–1568
  7. 7. Catherine (11 MacLean, Queen of) Tyrconnoll 1535–1585
  8. 8. Janet ((of Duart)) MacLean 1524–1573
  9. 9. Margaret (MacLean) vmc 1540–1620
  10. 10. Janet ((of Duart)) MacLean 1524–1580
  11. 11. Giles (Julia) MacLean 1526–1568
  12. 12. Lachlan Maclean 1558–1598

Hector MacLean's Timeline

3 Records

1510
1510
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
1557
1557
Age 47
Hector "the Great" (Mor) MacLean, 8th Lord of Duart, 12th Chief of Clan MacLean; Heir and Successor to his father, Lachlan Cattanach MacLean was married in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
1568
15 Sep 1568
Age 58
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 Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: A history of the clan MacLean

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1568
    Event Place: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Boharm, Moray, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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