{"product_id":"an-historical-and-genealogical-account-of-the-clan-maclean-1838-searchable-digital-pdf-edition","title":"An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan Maclean (1838) – Searchable Digital PDF Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fairbairns-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrace your Highland and Hebridean roots through the landmarkfirst printed history of Clan Maclean (\u003cem\u003eClann Ghilleain\u003c\/em\u003e)—restored, whitened, and indexed for modern genealogists.\u003c\/strong\u003e Originally published in London and Edinburgh in 1838 by \"A Seneachie\" (Lachlan MacLean, 1798–1848) under the patronage of Charles Hope Maclean of Ardgour and General Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet of Morvern, \u003cem\u003eAn Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan Maclean, From Its First Settlement at Castle Duart, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period\u003c\/em\u003e is the foundational primary source for Maclean, Maclaine, and allied Hebridean family history. Compiled directly from the ancient Duart, Ardgour, Coll, and Dochgarroch manuscripts, this 408-page Fairbairn's Crests Digital Edition pairs a crystal-clear, pure-white (\u003ccode\u003e#FFFFFF\u003c\/code\u003e) restoration of the 1838 text with a newly compiled 9-page Back-of-Book Surname, Parish \u0026amp; Place Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhy This 1838 Edition Is Essential for Clan Maclean \u0026amp; Hebridean Researchers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWritten while the oral traditions of the Isle of Mull, Morvern, Coll, Tiree, and Ardgour were still living memory—and while veterans of the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the 18th-century Highland Clearances and emigrations were still alive to contribute their family papers—this volume preserves hundreds of genealogical links that never appeared in parish registers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ancient Chiefs of Castle Duart \u0026amp; Brolas:\u003c\/strong\u003e Traces the unbroken chiefly line from \u003cstrong\u003eGillean na Tuaidh\u003c\/strong\u003e (\"Gillean of the Battle-Axe\"), Gillise (who fought at the Battle of Largs in 1263), and Gillicallum (who fought under Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314) through \u003cstrong\u003eLachlan Lubaneach\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eEachuinn Ruadh na'n Cath\u003c\/strong\u003e (\"Red Hector of the Battles,\" slain at Harlaw in 1411), \u003cstrong\u003eLachlan Bronneach\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLachlan Cattanach\u003c\/strong\u003e (and the famous rescue of Lady Elizabeth Campbell from the \"Lady's Rock\"), \u003cstrong\u003eHector Mor\u003c\/strong\u003e (builder of the Great Tower of Duart), the giant warrior \u003cstrong\u003eSir Lachlan Mor\u003c\/strong\u003e (slain at Traigh Gruinart in Islay, 1598), \u003cstrong\u003eSirLachlan Maclean, 1st Baronet\u003c\/strong\u003e (companion-in-arms of the Marquess of Montrose at Inverlochy, Auldearn, Alford, and Kilsyth), \u003cstrong\u003eSir Hector Roy\u003c\/strong\u003e (who fell at Inverkeithing in 1651 amid the immortal cry \u003cem\u003e\"Fear eil airson Eachuinn!\"\u003c\/em\u003e—\"Another for Hector!\"), \u003cstrong\u003eSir John Maclean, 4th Baronet\u003c\/strong\u003e (commander of the right wing at Killiecrankie in 1689 and Jacobite leader at Sheriffmuir in 1715), \u003cstrong\u003eSir Allan Maclean, 6th Baronet\u003c\/strong\u003e (host to Dr. Samuel Johnson on Inch Kenneth in 1773), and \u003cstrong\u003eGeneral Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplete Cadet Genealogies Across 24 Houses:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dedicated biographical and genealogical chapters for the Houses of \u003cstrong\u003eDuart \u0026amp; 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