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Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean 1510–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 15 Sep 1570

Death Location: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Father: Lachlan 11th

Mother: Lady Mac-Lean

Spouse(s): Lady Moren, Lady Glens), Lady o127035, Janet Campbell, Lady Moren

Children(s): Hector 'sct, Janet Castle, Caitlín Craignish, Margaret vmc, John 'sct, Sir Line), John 2, Giles Maclean, Marian MacLean, Iain Coll, Queen Tyrconnell, Hector MacLean, Lady Great-Grandmother

Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean was born in 1510 in Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lachlan Frederick Copland Cattanach Maclean Chief Of Clan Maclean 7Th Lord Duart 11Th And Lady Janet Kingairloch Campbell Countness Athool Mac Lean. Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean married Janet Of Argyll Campbell, Lady Mary Of Islay The Glens Duart And Morven Macdonald O127035, Lady Mary Maeve Mac Donald Islay Of The Glens, Lady Meve Mary Macdonald Of Dunnyveg Macdonald Of Glengarry Lady Of Islay The Glens Duart And Moren, and had children including Caitlin Maclean Lady Of Craignish, Giles Julia Maclean, Hector Og Eachuinn Og Maclean Of Duart 9Th Laird Of Duart 13Th Clan Chief Of Maclean Of Duart Sct, Hector Roy Eachuinn Ruodh Maclean, Iain John Garbh Maclean 1St Laird Of Coll, Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle, John Dobh 1St Laird Of Morvern Progenitor Of The Macleans Of Kinlochaine Drimnin And Pennycross Maclean 2, 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, Lady Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle 12Th Great Grandmother, Margaret Maclean Vmc, Marian Maclean, Queen Catherine Maclean Queen Of Tyrconnell, Sir Lord Hector Ii Og Maclean Knight Of Duart 9Th Lord Of Duart 13Th Chief Of Clan Maclean Nicholson Mclaughlin Line. Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean passed away in 1570 in Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland.

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  • Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean was born in 1510 in Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lachlan Frederick Copland Cattanach Maclean Chief Of Clan Maclean 7Th Lord Duart 11Th And Lady Janet Kingairloch Campbell Countness Athool Mac Lean.
  • Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean married Janet Of Argyll Campbell, Lady Mary Of Islay The Glens Duart And Morven Macdonald O127035, Lady Mary Maeve Mac Donald Islay Of The Glens, Lady Meve Mary Macdonald Of Dunnyveg Macdonald Of Glengarry Lady Of Islay The Glens Duart And Moren, and had children including Caitlin Maclean Lady Of Craignish, Giles Julia Maclean, Hector Og Eachuinn Og Maclean Of Duart 9Th Laird Of Duart 13Th Clan Chief Of Maclean Of Duart Sct, Hector Roy Eachuinn Ruodh Maclean, Iain John Garbh Maclean 1St Laird Of Coll, Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle, John Dobh 1St Laird Of Morvern Progenitor Of The Macleans Of Kinlochaine Drimnin And Pennycross Maclean 2, 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, Lady Janet Julia Maclean Lady Of Duart Castle 12Th Great Grandmother, Margaret Maclean Vmc, Marian Maclean, Queen Catherine Maclean Queen Of Tyrconnell, Sir Lord Hector Ii Og Maclean Knight Of Duart 9Th Lord Of Duart 13Th Chief Of Clan Maclean Nicholson Mclaughlin Line.
  • Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean passed away in 1570 in Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland.

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Hector MacLean's Ancestors

Self
Hector MacLean
1510–1570
Birth Place: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lachlan Frederick Copland Cattanach MacLean (Chief of Clan MacLean; 7th Lord Duart) 11th
1465–1523
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
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hector MacLean's Descendants

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Hector (Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan) MacLean (1510–15 Sep 1570) m. Lady (Meve (Mary) MacDonald of Dunnyveg (MacDonald of Glengarry), Lady of Islay-The Glens-Duart and) Moren (1515–1550) m. Lady (Mary Maeve Mac Donald (Islay of the) Glens) (abt 1512–05 Aug 1550) m. Lady (Mary, of Islay, the Glens, Duart and Morven, MacDonald,) o127035 (1518–05/08/1550) m. Janet (of Argyll) Campbell (1540–12 Feb 1577) m. Lady (Meve (Mary) MacDonald of Dunnyveg (MacDonald of Glengarry), Lady of Islay-The Glens-Duart and) Moren (1515–05 Aug 1550)
  1. 1. Hector (Og Eachuinn Og MacLean of Duart 9th Laird of Duart 13th Clan Chief of Maclean of Duart) 'sct 1534–1575 m. Lady (Janet of Argyll (MacLean) Campbell of) Duart 1540–1577
    1. 1. Sir (Lachlan More MacLean Sir van Dowart 14th Clan) Chief 1558–1598
      1. 1. Sir (Lachlan, 1st Baronet of Morvern Lachlan of Duart MacLEAN 17th Clan Chief) ^{b} 1593–1651 m. Marion Mac-Donald 1595–1656
        1. 1. Catherine\Christina MacLean 1626–1651 m. Donald ((12th Chief of Ulva)) MacQuarrie 1620–1680
  2. 2. Janet (Julia Maclean Lady of Duart) Castle 1528–1573
  3. 3. Caitlín (Maclean, Lady of) Craignish –1573
  4. 4. Margaret (MacLean) vmc 1540–1542
  5. 5. 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
  6. 6. Sir (Lord Hector II "Og" MacLean, Knight of Duart, 9th Lord of Duart, 13th Chief of Clan MacLean (Nicholson\McLaughlin) Line) 1530–1575
  7. 7. John (Dobh 1st Laird of Morvern, Progenitor of the Macleans of Kinlochaine, Drimnin and Pennycross MacLean) 2 1532–1586
  8. 8. Giles (Julia) Maclean 1526–1568
  9. 9. Marian MacLean 1526–1568
  10. 10. Iain (John Garbh MacLean 1st. Laird of) Coll 1540–1585
  11. 11. Queen (Catherine MacLean Queen of) Tyrconnell 1530–1576
  12. 12. Hector (Roy Eachuinn Ruodh) MacLean 1555–1593
  13. 13. Lady (Janet Julia MacLean, Lady of Duart Castle 12th) Great-Grandmother 1524–1573

Hector MacLean's Timeline

3 Records

1497
1497
Birth of Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean in Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
1510
1510
Birth of Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean in Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
1570
15 Sep 1570
Age 60
Death of Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart 12th Chief of MacLean DNA10 supermatch (WP) Knight of Duart Castle, 7th Lord of Duart & Morven, 11th Chief of Clan MacLean in Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland
Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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

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