Biography

He was born in 1668 to Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour

Ewen Maclean, 9th Laird of Ardgour

-Biography:He was an honest, plain, well-inclined man, and he very much resembled his grandfather. He married Mary, daughter of Lachlan MacLean of Lochbuie, and had by her:*Allan Maclean, 10th Laird of Ardgour...

 and Mary, daughter of Lachlan Maclean of Lochbuie. His siblings were Donald, Charles, John, and Lachlan.

He had the misfortune of being the representative of the family in evil times, on which account he and his tribe in a more especial manner were persecuted for depredations committed not only by them, but for the deeds of other clans also. In 1685 an indemnity for their past offenses was procured by Torloisk at London, but as Torloisk died soon after his return, no one knew it was in his custody until afterward accidentally discovered. While it was dormant Ardgour

Ardgour

Ardgour is a district of Lochaber on Ardnamurchan peninisula on the western shore of Loch Linnhe, in Highland Scotland.The term Ardgour, together with Kingairloch, is applied to a large area of countryside around the village, from the Glensanda Superquarry, Kingairloch and Kilmalieu in the south...

 was judged and obliged to borrow sums of money by mortgaging considerable portions of his estate to pay these debts, which, together with other additional burdens added and contracted through misfortunes and mismanagement on his own as well as his son Donald's part, the estate sunk so low, that it was thought to be in a desperate condition. When the affairs reached their lowest point, Hector Maclean, 4th Laird of Coll

Hector Maclean, 4th Laird of Coll

Hector Maclean, 4th Laird of Coll was the son of John Abrach Maclean, 2nd Laird of Coll, and had a brother, John Maclean, 3rd Laird of Coll.-Biography:...

, Donald Maclean, 5th Laird of Torloisk

Donald Maclean, 5th Laird of Torloisk

Donald Maclean, 5th Laird of Torloisk was the 5th Laird of Torloisk.-Biography:He was a son of John of Tarbert. John of Tarbert was the third son of Hector Maclean, 2nd Laird of Torloisk....

, John MacLean, minister in Kilninan, and Archibald MacLean, minister in the Ross of Mull, took upon themselves the management of the estate, and after passing through much trouble and changes, appointed Donald Cameron of Strontin superintendent under them. Cameron continued a few years, went to Edinburgh, took a ship at Leith, and never was heard of afterward. The management of the estate fell back again into the hands of the trustees, and in a tottering condition continued for many years. On the death of the eldest son Donald, in 1731, Allan made over the estate to John, then the oldest living son, after which John continued the management under the trustees. Allan reserved for himself a small yearly portion.

He married Anne, daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, and had issue:

• Donald, Ewen, John Maclean, 11th Laird of Ardgour, Archibald, Allan, James, Isabella, Margaret, and Mary. Donald never married; Ewen died comparatively young, on his way from Virginia, where he had been engaged in mercantile pursuits; Archibald died unmarried; Allan emigrated to Georgia, and died there; James was a lieutenant in Montgomery's Highlanders, and was killed at sea in an action with a privateer on June 1, 1767; Isabella married Donald Maclean, 3rd Laird of Brolas
  Donald Maclean, 3rd Laird of Brolas
  Donald Maclean, 3rd Laird of Brolas was the Laird of Brolas.-Biography:His father, Lauchlan Maclean, 2nd Laird of Brolas, died at an early age...
  
  ; Margaret married Angus MacLean of Kinlochaline; and Mary married John, son of Charles MacLean of Kinlochaline.

Allan died in 1756, in the eighty-eighth year of his age.