Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean

Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, Baron Maclean KT GCVO KBE PC (5 May 1916 – 8 February 1990) was Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1984. He became the 27th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather.

He was born on 5 May 1916 to Major Hector Fitzroy Maclean (1873–1932) and Winifred Joan Wilding (c1875-1941), daughter of J. H. Wilding.

In 1941 Maclean married (Joan) Elizabeth Mann (b. 1923), granddaughter of Sir Edward Mann, 1st Baronet, of Thelveton Hall. They had two children and eight grandchildren.

• Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean (b. 1942); married with issue, including the heir to the baronetcy
• Hon. Janet Elizabeth Maclean (b. 1944); married with issue

He succeeded as the 27th Chief of Clan Maclean of Duart in 1936 at the death of his grandfather, Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet.

He saw active service in World War II while serving in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards. He fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. After the war ended he became a sheep and cattle farmer in Scotland. He was Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire from 1954 to 1975

Maclean was the Chief Scout of The Scout Association in the UK between 1959 and 1971, and continued as Chief Scout of the Commonwealth until August 1975. In 1967, he was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.

He was created a life peer as Baron Maclean, of Duart and Morven in the County of Argyll in 1971. His first ceremonial assignment as Lord Chamberlain was the 1972 funeral of the Duke of Windsor. He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1984 and 1985.

He died on 8 February 1990 at Hampton Court Palace.

• Brigadier, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers)
• Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (1967)
• Knight, Order of the Thistle (1969)
• Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1971)
• Knight of the Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (1971)
• Created a Life Peer as Baron Maclean, of Duart and Morvern in the County of Argyll (1971)
• Lord in Waiting upon retiring as Lord Chamberlain (1984)
• Royal Victorian Chain (1984)
• Chief Steward of Hampton Court Palace (1985)

• The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44210. p. 10. 1 January 1967.
• The London Gazette: no. 44794. p. 1995. 21 February 1969.
• The London Gazette: no. 45536. p. 13243. 3 December 1971.
• The London Gazette: no. 45301. p. 1289. 11 February 1971.
• The London Gazette: no. 49955. p. 16769. 11 December 1984.