Hector MacLean, Lord of Dowart (c. 1560 - c. 1630); aka Hector MacLean of Dowart; aka Hector MacLean of Duart aka Hector Og Maclean was a Scottish Lord of the Clan MacLean.
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Birth
Hector was most likely the son of Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean, Lord of Dowart (c1558-1598) and Margaret Cunningham of Glensairen. He married Isabella Atcheson of Gosford. Isabella was the daughter of Archibald Atcheson of Gosford. Together they had the following children:
- John Hans MacLean, Iain Dubh Baronet (1604-1666) who moved to Sweden and took the name John Hans Makeléer and married Anna Gubbertz (c1595-1653)
- Donald MacLean, 1st Laird of Brolas who married Florence MacLean who was his cousin
- Isabelle MacLean.
Hector may have had a daughter: Katherine MacLean (1590-?) who married Sir John of Dunollie (c1585-1634), Seventeenth chief of the clan and the son of Duncan (16th) of Dunollie in 1610.
Other Macleans of Dowart
- Lachlan Maclean of Dowart, called Lachlan Mor, was chief of the Macleans in 1678.
Other Hector MacLeans of Dowart
- 17th Clan Chief, Sir Hector MacLean of Duart
The four branches of the MacLean clan
- MacLeans of Duart
- MacLeans of Lochbuie
- MacLeans of Coll
- MacLeans of Ardgour
