Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

10 HISTORICAL NOTICES.
with certain privileges ; one of which was the
right of raising one hundred armed men for the
service of his sovereign. It may well be matter
of pride with the descendants of Sir Charles
of Achat that they can boast of a personal
representative to their gallant ancestor, in one
than whom no Maclean living can show the
character of the amiable and enlightened man
and the brave soldier more conspicuously. The
knight himself, could he have foreseen the day,
would have reason to be proud of such a descend-
ant as General Sir John Maclean, K.C.B., whose
name I feel myself justified in sending to pos-
terity as one who in the laurels his bravery
won for himself has also conferred infinite honor
on the name of Maclean. The house itself is
now represented in the direct line by William
Maclean, Esq., of Dochgarroch near Inverness.
Lachlan Lubaneach of Duart died at an ad-
vanced age, and his successor, Eachuinn Ruadh-
ndn Cath (Hector Rufus Bellicosus), was indeed,
according to the expression of the seneachies,
" a man worthy to be called his father's son."
In early youth he distinguished himself in many
daring exploits, and was esteemed one of the
most accomplished knights, or, in homelier terms,
one of the best swordsmen of his age. Mention
is made of an expedition, of which he was the
leader, from the Isles, against the English power
in Ireland, " in which he defeated the king of