[3] Both Hector and Fitzroy were the sons of Donald Maclean of Brolas who was married first to Mary Dickson, and later to Margaret Wall(?).

In 1803. he was appointed commandant of the Batavians, who were received into the British service on the surrender of the Dutch West India colonies.

His administration of the affairs of those islands, his impartial conduct, mild sway, and kind disposition, were such as to endear him to all classes of the inhabitants, and when he took his departure, it was amidst the universal regret of the people.

In June 1815 he returned to Europe, after passing, with very little interval, a period of twenty-eight years on active service in the hot climate of the West Indies.

[3] 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.