Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

HISTORICAL NOTICES. 215
teenth century were in the Scottish senate, or
on the fields of Inverlochy, Auldearn, Kilsyth,
and Inverkeithing ; where their best energies
were strained and their dearest blood was
shed on behalf of a dethroned and murdered
sovereign.
The honourable member is married to Harriet
daughter of General Frederick Maitland, of the
noble house of Lauderdale. It may deserve
remark, that we have thus the son of the chief
of Maclean of our day married to a direct de-
scendant of Duke John of Lauderdale, whose
conduct towards the Macleans in their struggles
to obtain justice against the house of Argyle in
Charles the Second's reign was any thing but
impartial.
Circumscribed by the limits which he originally
designed for himself, the author finds it necessary
here to close his Historical Notices, yet in doing
so he is fully aware that the history of the race
of Maclean might be considerably extended. He
hopes, however, that, in conformity with his
original purpose, he has succeeded in laying the
foundation for a more detailed account, which
some future author may be disposed to take up,
so as to include the many interesting particulars
of the Clan-Gillean here unnoticed.
One of the principal objects of the author
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