Gillean Maclaine

For the 19th century Scottish businessman and adventurer, see Gillian Maclaine.

Gillean Robert Maclaine of Lochbuie, Baron of Moy (3 January 1921 – 5 May 1970) was the 25th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie.

Son of Kenneth Douglas Lorne MacLaine, Baron of Moy, 24th of Lochbuie, and Olive Marguerite Stewart- Richardson, Lady Moy. Married Noreen Olive Beadon; one son, Lorne Maclaine.

In August 1942 he received an emergency commission into The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and immediately transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment. By 1944 he was serving as Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment, part of the Airborne Forces at Arnhem. By the time of his retirement, as an Hon. Captain on 25 November 1953, he had transferred back to The Black Watch.

References

Beauclerk Dewar, Peter (2001). Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain Vol 1 Scotland. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 923. ISBN 978-0-9711966-0-5.