Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean

Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean Bt , KT , PC , GCVO , KBE (* May 5, 1916 , † February 8, 1990 in Hampton Court Palace ) was a British farmer and court official who, among other things, was Lord Chamberlain of the Household of Queen Elizabeth II and became a member of the House of Lords in 1971 as Life Peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .

Life

Baronet, Clan Chief and Chief Scout

Maclean became 10th Baronet on the death of his grandfather Sir Fitzroy Maclean in 1936, his successor as 11th  Baronet , of Duart and Morvern in Argyllshire, since his father had died in 1936. At the same time he became the 27th  Clan Chief of Clan MacLean . During the Second World War he did his military service in the 3rd  Battalion of the Scots Guards and took part in missions in France , Belgium , the Netherlands and most recently in Germany . After the war he worked as a cattle and sheep farmer in Scotland.

In 1954 he became Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and held this position for twenty years until 1974. During this time he was involved in the scout organization The Scout Association and in September 1959 succeeded Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan their Chief Scout in Great Britain and the overseas territories. He held this position until his replacement by Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet, in September 1971, although he remained Chief Scout of the Scout Association of the Commonwealth of Nations until August 1975 . In 1967 he was awarded the Bronze Wolf , the only award from the World Organization of the Scout Movement .

Member of the House of Lords and Lord Chamberlain

A letters patent dated February 9, 1971, made Maclean, who was Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966 and Knight Companion of the Scottish Order of the Thistle in 1969 and thus had the suffix "Sir", as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act In 1958 with the title Baron Maclean , of Duart and Morvern in the County of Argyll, raised to the nobility and thus also a member of the House of Lords.

As such, Baron Maclean succeeded Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold Lord Chamberlain of the Household in 1971 and thus one of the highest officials of the British court of Queen Elizabeth II up to his David Ogilvy, 8th Earl of Airlie Privy Councilor . As Lord Chamberlain, he was responsible for the ceremonial design of the funeral of the Duke of Windsor , the former King Edward VIII , in 1972 .

In 1974 he became Lord Lieutenant of the newly created Council Area Argyll and Bute and held this until his death in 1990. After his resignation as Lord Chamberlain, he was awarded the title of Lord-in-Waiting in 1984 and also served as Lord High Commissioner between 1984 and 1985 to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , and was thus the Queen's personal representative at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . In 1984 he was also raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order .

After his death, his eldest son, Sir Lachlan Maclean, succeeded him as the 12th Baronet, of Duart and Morvern in Argyllshire and as the 28th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean. Successor as Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute was John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute .

Web links

• Charles Maclean at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Biography in the Clan Maclean History Project

Individual evidence

1. ^ Current Nova Scotia Baronetcies

predecessor	title	successor
Fitzroy Maclean	Baronet, of Duart and Morvern 1936–1990	Lachlan Maclean