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LIEUT-COLONEL MACLEAN. November 24th, at Ardgour, N.B., aged 90, Alexander Maclean, Esq., of Ardgour.? He was formerly a lieutenant in 2nd battalion of the Royals, which he entered in 1780, but afterwards exchanged into the 63rd Foot. He subsequently became captain and major in the 8th Light Dragoons, and was for many years lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd Argyll militia. In 1795, he married a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, by whom he had two daughters and twelve sons; no less than seven of the latter embraced the military profession. The Gentleman's Magazine states that Colonel Maclean was "guardian to the present Marquis of Dalhousie;" but this can scarcely have been the case, as his lordship was already of age long before the death of his father, the late earl, in 1838.

Died:
? November 24th, at Ardgour, N.B.
See obituary in notes

Alexander married Lady Margaret Hope on 10 Jul 1793. Margaret (daughter of John (2nd Earl of Hopetoun) Hope and Elizabeth (of Leven) Leslie) was born on 24 Jun 1772 in South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 16 Sep 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hugh Maclean was born in Died In Infancy; and died.
2. John Hugh MacLean was born on 23 Apr 1796; died on 6 Feb 1826 in Rome, Italy.
3. Archibald Maclean was born on 16 Jul 1797; died on 8 Aug 1832 in Died Unmarried.
4. Alexander (14th of Ardgour) Maclean was born on 1 Mar 1799; died on 28 Nov 1872.
5. Col. Henry Dundas (of Lazonby Hall) Maclean, JP was born on 15 Jan 1800; died on 8 Dec 1863.
6. James Charles Maclean was born on 25 Jun 1801; died on 27 Dec 1829 in Culcutta.
7. Charles Hope Maclean was born on 23 Oct 1802; died on 14 Aug 1839.
8. Elizabeth Margaret Maclean was born in 1803; died on 7 Mar 1895 in Unmarried.
9. Charlotte Mary Maclean was born in 1806; died in 1824 in Bordeaux. Unmarried.
10. Thomas Maclean was born on 27 Jul 1807; died on 5 May 1840 in Secundrabad, India.
11. Captain William Gunston Maclean, RN was born on 16 May 1809; died on 26 Jan 1851.
12. Col. George Maclean was born on 12 Dec 1811; died on 31 Aug 1862.
13. Robert Maclean was born on 12 Oct 1812; died on 9 Jan 1835 in Died Sans Progeny.
14. Maj Gen Peter (of Lazonby Hall) Maclean was born on 2 Apr 1814 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland; died on 15 Jan 1901 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.

Hugh married Elizabeth Houston in 1763. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander (of Jordanhill) Houston and Elizabeth Rae) was born about 1744; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Marjory Maclachlan on 25 Dec 1735. Marjory (daughter of Allan (of Corry) Maclachlan and Margaret Maclean) died in 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His widow died 20 Feb 1804 or 1805

Check that the following dos not refer to his son.

He founded West India house of Alexander Houstoun & Co. and was one of the six founders of the old Ship Bank (or Dunlop Houston & Co.).

Lead partner from 1742 in Glasgow's premier West India House, Alex Houston & Co, which originated as partnership of William McDowall I and James Milliken I of Nevis and St Kitts.

Children baptised in the parishes of Glasgow or Renfrew: Elizabeth (1744), Isobell (1745), Jean (1746), Andrew (1748), Robert (1749), Johanna (1751), Alexander (1752), Christian (1754), James (1756).

Second cousin of William McDowall II. The father, William McDowall I brought Houston into his sugar business from the late 1720s as his agent in Port Glasgow and in Glasgow's South Sugar House. Houston's brother William captained McDowall's sugar ships (for example, The Industry, from 1731).

From 1727, The McDowall (Thomas Milliken master) regularly used the London ports (London, Deal, Gravesend, Dartmouth) in McDowalls name. On McDowall's return to Britain from St Kitts, he began changing his sugar ports from the Thames to the Clyde. In 1735 The Industry, Wm. Houston Master (and the McDowall, Thos Milliken Master), for St. Kitts are listed as belonging to 'Jas Milliken & Co'. When the Port Glasgow Customs accounts become available from 1742 (the year after James Milliken's death), all the company's ships are listed under Alexander Houston.

(Research):In 1750 the Crawfords sold Jordanhill to a notable Glasgow merchant, Alexander Houston (one of the "Tobacco Lords"). However at the end of the century the firm of Alexander Houston & Co. got into serious financial trouble as a result of their business in slaves at a time when slavery was falling into disrepute in British eyes, and forgetting that slaves unlike other commodities had to be fed and maintained till they were sold. Jordanhill had to be sold in 1800 and it was bought by another Glasgow merchant, Archibald Smith, of the firm of Smith & Leitch.

Col. Macdowall, in 1727, bought Castle Sempill, the ancient patrimony of the Sempills, Barons Sempill; and Major Milliken, in 1733, bought the adjoining estate of Milliken, then called Johnston. They brought their business with them, making Glasgow the market for their sugar, and Port-Glasgow the headquarters oF their ships. This was enough to materially help the West India trade of Glasgow and the Clyde. But this was only a small part of what they did for it. They founded the West India house of James Milliken & Co. (which in Gibson's History appears in the list of shipowners of 1735), and out of James Milliken & Co. grew the great West India house of Alexander Houston & Co., which would be regarded as a great house even now, and did business then on a scale that one would scarce believe possible for a house of last century.

The partners in 1795 were two sons of the founder, Alexander Houston, namely, Andrew Houston of Jordanhill, and his brother, Robert Houston-Rae of Little Govan, and two grandsons of Col. W. Macdowall, namely, William Macdowall of Castle Sempill, M.P., and his brother, James Macdowall, Provost of Glasgow. This great firm failed, and there had been no such crash since the Virginian collapse in 1775, and there has been no such crash since till the collapse of the Western and City Banks. Ultimately, after untold delay and confusion, every creditor was paid in full, principal and interest; for the assets, including the great estates of the partners, realised over ?1,000,000 sterling, but the Houstons were utterly ruined, and the Macdowalls were left with but a fragment of a great fortune.

???buried in the old Ramshorn cemetery in Glasgow.

Alexander married Elizabeth Rae on 3 Oct 1743 in Govan, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert (of Little Govan) Rae and Elizabeth Dunlop) was born about 1709; died about 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was born in 1668 to Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour and Mary, daughter of Lachlan Maclean of Lochbuie. His siblings were Donald, Charles, John, and Lachlan.

He had the misfortune of being the representative of the family in evil times, on which account he and his tribe in a more especial manner were persecuted for depredations committed not only by them, but for the deeds of other clans also. In 1685 an indemnity for their past offenses was procured by Torloisk at London, but as Torloisk died soon after his return, no one knew it was in his custody until afterward accidentally discovered. While it was dormant, Ardgour was judged and obliged to borrow sums of money by mortgaging considerable portions of his estate to pay these debts, which, together with other additional burdens added and contracted through misfortunes and mismanagement on his own as well as his son Donald's part, the estate sunk so low, that it was thought to be in a desperate condition. When the affairs reached their lowest point, Hector Maclean, 4th Laird of Coll, Donald Maclean, 5th Laird of Torloisk, John MacLean, minister in Kilninan, and Archibald MacLean, minister in the Ross of Mull, took upon themselves the management of the estate, and after passing through much trouble and changes, appointed Donald Cameron of Strontin superintendent under them. Cameron continued a few years, went to Edinburgh, took a ship at Leith, and never was heard of afterward. The management of the estate fell back again into the hands of the trustees, and in a tottering condition continued for many years. On the death of the eldest son Donald, in 1731, Allan made over the estate to John, then the oldest living son, after which John continued the management under the trustees. Allan reserved for himself a small yearly portion.

Allan died in 1756, in the eighty-eighth year of his age.

Allan + Anne Cameron. Anne (son of Sir Ewen Dubh (of Lochiel, 17th Chief) Cameron and Daughter Maclean) died in Mar 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Formerly Maclean
From Erickson.Gedcom
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=e2539&id=I12733
by Marilyn Ann Erickson

Corry or Corrie

Allan + Margaret Maclean. Margaret (daughter of Ewen (9th of Ardgour) Maclean and Mary Maclaine) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Colonel Hare purchased the Calder Hall estate from Sir Alexander Houston (About or before 1886)

Birth:
Kirknewton & East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland

Andrew + Isobel Elphinstone. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Rae of Little Govan is that eldest son of the deceased John Rae, merchant, burgess and guild brother of the burgh of Glasgow, who was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of the burgh of Glasgow on 15 November 1732

In 1737 John Geils and his trustees sold the lands of Govan-haugh, for the behoof of John Geils's creditors, to Robert Rae, father of Colin Rae

Robert + Elizabeth Dunlop. Elizabeth (daughter of James (3rd of Garnkirk) Dunlop and Lilias Campbell) was born before 8 Nov 1698; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ELIZABETH DUNLOP (secundus) is the daughter of James Dunlop of Garnkirk. She was born before 8 November 1698, the date upon which her baptism was registered at Cadder parish in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Supposedly Lilias campbell was her mother, she being the daughter of Robert Campbell of North Woodside and Catherine Napier

Birth:
possibly at Garnkirk, Cadder parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Christened:
Her baptismal record, which reads as follows: "Elizt laull daughter to James Dunlop of Garnkirk baptized Witneses therto Matt Cuming of Cardarach Mr Archd Robertone of Bedlay Jo: Rae and Wm: Dunlop Merts in Glasgow" - no mention of her mother