Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

232 BIOGRAPHICAL AND
MACLEANS OF LOCHBUY.
This is the first collateral branch of the house
of Maclean that shot from the parent stem.
The founder of this highly respectable family
was Hector Reganeach, younger son of John
Dubh Maclean of Duart. He was a warrior of
considerable note in his day, and joined his
brother Lachlan Lubaneach in all his warlike
excursions. A tract of land in Upper-Mull,
ever since known as the estate of Lochbuy, was
given him by his father, and he and his descend-
ants afterwards acquired considerable possessions
in Lorn and Lochaber, which the family retained
for many generations. Moy Castle was the
ancient seat of the family, in the vicinity of
which is the elegant modern mansion, Lochbuy
House, commanding a view as enchanting as any
to be met with even in the picturesque and
romantic scenery of the Western Isles.
Amidst the stormy commotions which from
age to age overwhelmed so many powerful houses
in the highlands, the Macleans of Lochbuy
retained their original inheritance unimpaired,
and have maintained, now for more than four
hundred and fifty years, a high and independent
position among the families of the Isles. It is
no small cause of regret to me that I have been
entirely unsuccessful in my endeavours to obtain