Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT. 2()1
issue ; viz. John, captain in the 27th regiment ;
Jessie, married to Major Macpherson, also of the
27th, son of the late Major Macpherson, barrack-
master general in Scotland ; and Eliza, married
to Surgeon Mostyn, likewise of the 27th.
Macleans of Kingerloch.
Of the Kingerloch Branch, which for many
ages maintained so high a character for honour-
able and independent bearing, few members can
now be traced ; the determined adherence of
this family to the cause of the royal Stuarts
having ruined their prospects and scattered their
house subsequent to 1745, beyond which time
I am unable to give much of their genealogy.
Hugh Maclean of Kingerloch, who lived about
that (to this ancient house) fatal period, had five
sons and three daughters ; his eldest son
Donald was married to the only daughter of Hugh,
12th Maclean of Ardgour, and sister of the pre-
sent laird, but died without issue.
Murdoch, the second son, was a gentleman of
superior accomplishments. He was bred a sur-
geon ; but being rendered incapable of following
that profession by an accident which deprived
him of the use of one of his arms, he obtained
a commission in the army, and attained to the
rank of captain in the 2d West India regiment.
He was killed in the island of St. Vincent during
die war with the Caribbs.
Colin was a lieutenant in the 37th regiment, and
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