Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

HISTORICAL NOTICES. 201
Inverlochy, Sir John caught a severe cold, which
ended in a consumption, and he became so ill
at Perth that he was unable even to pay his last
court to the Chevalier, who was then on the eve
of departure from Scotland — for ever.
When the army broke up from Perth and
came to Montrose Sir John was offered accom-
modation on board the Chevalier's ship, but he
declined it ; he parted with his men at Keith,
and went to Gordon Castle, where this brave
unfortunate man, the last of the powerful Lords
of Duart, breathed his last, on the 12th March
1716. He was buried in the church of Baffin
in Bamffshire, in the family vault of the Gor-
dons of Buckie. His issue were an only son,
Hector, and six daughters.
With his life only ended Sir John Maclean's
misfortunes. His keen sense of the principles
of honour caused him to sacrifice every personal
consideration rather than compromise his loyalty
in that quarter to which alone he considered it
due. Though it is impossible entirely to con-
demn him for his extraordinary predilection for
the old royal race, it must be confessed that he
lacked prudence and foresight more than the
generality of those who with equal ardour ad-
hered to the same cause. Sir John Maclean
appears throughout the whole course of his life
to have been one of those with whom principle