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MacLean, Hector, d. ca. 1785
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Dr. Hector MacLean was the only son of Lachlan MacLean of the isle of Mull, Scotland. He spent several years in Flanders and Holland prior to his marriage to Catherine MacLean, daughter of Donald MacLean of Coll, with whom he had one child, Mary. He and his family resided in Glasgow for several years and later had a farm at Erray. Around 1768, MacLean composed a series of Gaelic poems which were later given by his daughter to fellow poet John MacLean, and published by John MacLean's grandson, A. Maclean Sinclair, in 1880. He died ca. 1785.