Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

34 HISTORICAL NOTICES.
completed important additions to the family seat.
Hector Mor was the founder of that noble ad-
dition to Duart Castle called the " Great Tower."
He lived altogether, while permitted to do so
by the troublesome neighbours surrounding him,
more like a noble of our own day than a feudal
baron. But however much he loved the peace
and happiness which he now enjoyed, it was
impossible for the chief of Maclean to be an idle
spectator to the warlike preparations at that time
(1543) going forward in the isles.
Donald Dubh, a claimant to the forfeited lord-
ship of the isles and earldom of Ross, having
escaped from imprisonment, in which he had
been detained from infancy by the king, was
received with open arms by the island chiefs ;
they instantly took the field in support of
his claim, and that support we may suppose
to be of no mean consideration when it con-
sisted of "Hector Maclean, Lord of Dowartj
" John Mac Allister, captain of Clanranald ;
" Rorie Macleod of Lewis ; Alexander Mac-
" leod of Dunvegan ; Murdoch Maclean of
" Lochbuy ; Angus Macdonald, broth er-german
" to James Macdonald (of Isla) ; Allan Maclean
" of Torloisk, broth er-german to the Lord Mac-
" lean j Archibald Macdonald, captain of the
" Clan-Huisten ; Alexander Macian (Mac-
" donald) of Arduamurchan ; John Maclean ofY
" Coll; Gilliganan(Gilleonan)MacneilofBarraj
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