[1] He was born on 14 October 1798 to Sir Fitzroy Jeffreys Grafton Maclean, 8th Baronet.

In 1816, he entered the Scots Guards, and afterward commanded the 81st Regiment.

They had as their children:[1][2] He died on 27 January 1883 or 27 December 1883 at West Cliffe House in Folkestone in Kent, England.

[1][2] This article incorporates text from A history of the clan Mac Lean from its first settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period: including a genealogical account of some of the principal families together with their heraldry, legends, superstitions, etc, by John Patterson MacLean, a publication from 1889, now in the public domain in the United States.

This article incorporates text from The Jacobite peerage, baronetage, knightage and grants of honour, by Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny et Raineval (marquis de), a publication from 1904, now in the public domain in the United States.