Lt.-Col. Alexander John Hew Maclean, 16th of Ardgour^[1]

1880 - 1930  (49 years)

• Name	Alexander John Hew Maclean  [2]
  Prefix	Lt.-Col.
  Suffix	16th of Ardgour
  Birth	1 Dec 1880  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 May 1930  [2]
  	Reputedly died of a heart attack whilst cutting wood.
  Person ID	I191878	First tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Alexander Thomas Maclean,   b. 1 Apr 1835, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India d. 14 Dec 1890 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Selina Phillipa Dicken   d. 22 Mar 1919
  Marriage	29 Apr 1875  [2]
  Family ID	F45781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hon Muriel Annette Burns,   b. 15 Jan 1893   d. 29 Jan 1969 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1918	The Hague, Holland   [2]
  	15th January 1909 Alexander Maclean and the Hon. Muriel Burns became engaged ……………. possibly. The story is told that the couple had met and fallen in love in 1908 or thereabouts when Granny was only 15 so, of course, her family prohibited any contact. However, on the morning of her 16th birthday, she came down to breakfast at Castle Wemyss wearing an engagement ring (Scots law ….) hence my date of 15th January 1909. Around that time, AJHM was packed off to India by the Army (these things could easily be arranged ….), one can easily assume to get him out of the way.
  Children	1. Catriona Louise (17th Laird, The Maid of Ardgour) Maclean,   b. 27 Aug 1919, Perth, Scotland d. 16 Mar 1988, Airds, Appin, Argyll, Scotland (Age 68 years)   2. Anne (of Ardgour) Maclean,   b. 2 Jun 1921   d. 1 May 1981, England (Age 59 years)   3. Margaret Beryl (of Ardgour) Maclean,   b. 20 Jul 1923   d. 28 Mar 1998, Tor-Na-Dee Hospice, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 74 years)   4. Heather Joan (of Ardgour) Maclean,   b. 22 Jan 1926, Ardgour, Argyll, Scotland d. 7 Jan 1985, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (Age 58 years)   5. Elizabeth Muriel Phillipa (of Ardgour) Maclean,   b. 10 Jun 1927   d. 28 Nov 2009, Cantsford, Nairnshire, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F45782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Ardgour branch of the Macleans, which held its lands directly from the Lord of the Isles, is descended from Donald, another son of Lachlan, third laird of Dowart. The estate of Ardgour, which is in Argyleshire, had previously belonged to a different tribe (the Macmasters), but it was conferred upon Donald, either by Alexander, Earl of Ross, or by his son and successor, John. In 1463, Ewen or Eugene, son of Donald, held the office of seneschal of the household to the latter earl; and in 1493, Lachlan Macewen Maclean was laird of Ardgour. Alexander Maclean, Esq, the 16th laird of Ardgour, is the 14th from father to son. The 17th laird was his daughter, Riona, and the title then passed to a nephew, Robin Torrie, who has since taken the name Maclean of Ardgour. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren. [S2993] William Douglas, Douglas Genealogy Database, (http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/index.htm).