Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT. 301
and sister of the late Archibald Maclean, esquire,
of Pennycross, but he left no issue. The major
died in London in the month of December
1819, and Mrs. Maclean at Pennycross, Mull,
in August 1830.
The death of Alexander, third son of Maclean
of Langmull, and brother of Major Donald Mac-
lean, is thus noticed in the Calcutta papers of
October 1821 :—
" DEATH.^-At Cuttack, East Indies, on the evening 1
" of the 29th Sept, ult. Alexander Maclean, esquire,
" (youngest son of the late Mr. John Maclean, Langa-
" mull, Mull, Argyleshire, ) surgeon of that station,
" aged about 37 years. The illness which terminated
" in the death of this estimable and lamented man,
" was a severe fever, which in its early stages assumed
" an alarming character ; and after fourteen days of
" suffering, baffled all the skill and endeavours of the
" medical gentlemen who attended him. It would be
" idle, in a notice destined for the public eye, to
" attempt to give expression to the profound sorrow
" for the loss of Mr. Maclean experienced by an ex-
" tensive circle of friends, at the station where the last
" three years of his life were spent ; but the superior
" worth and excellency of his chai'acter deserve to be
" recorded in a brief obituary tribute. Eminently
" skilled in the science and practice of his profession,
" and devoted with ardour to the discharge of all the
" duties connected with it, the frankness and cheerful-
" ness of his manners, the soundness and liberality of
" his understanding, and his extensive knowledge of