Biography
He was born on 14 October 1798 to Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. In 1816, he entered the Scots Guard, and afterward commanded the 81st Regiment. He was military secretary at Gibraltar. In 1846, he retired from the army as a Colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons. He opposed the attempt to abolish kilts in the army.
On 10 May 1831, he married Emily Eleanor Marsham, fourth daughter of the Honorable and Reverend Jacob Marsham. They had as their children:
- Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet, his heir and successor
- Emily Frances Harriet Maclean
- Louisa Marianne Maclean who married 12 July 1860, to Honorable Ralph Pelham Nevill, second son of the William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny
- Fanny Henrietta Maclean, married 2 October 1855, to Admiral Sir Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon
- Georgiana Marcia Maclean, married 20 October 1868, to John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock of The Hendre
He died on 27 January 1883 at West Cliffe House.
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