Editing Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean (section)

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Hector MacLean was the eldest son of Margaret MacQueen (née Bairnsfather; 1846–1921) and Major-General Charles Smith MacLean CB CIE (1836–1921).<ref>1881 Scotland Census has him resident at 16 North Bell Street, St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife</ref> Hector was born in a tent on the hill of Sheikh Budin, in the Northwestern Provinces of India, now Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sinclair|first1=Rev A MacLean|title=The Clan Gillean|date=1899|publisher=Haszard and Moore|location=Charlottetown|page=[https://archive.org/details/clangillean00sincuoft/page/423 423]|url=https://archive.org/details/clangillean00sincuoft|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref> He was educated at [[Fettes College]] in [[Edinburgh]]. He was 26 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[Corps of Guides (British India)|Indian Staff Corps and Corps of Guides]], [[Indian Army]] during the [[Tirah Campaign]] when the following deed took place for which he was posthumously awarded the VC.

On 17 August 1897 at Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, [[British India]], Lieutenant Maclean, with fellow officers [[Robert Bellew Adams]] and [[Viscount, Alexander Edward Murray Fincastle|Alexander Edward Murray, Viscount Fincastle]] and five men of the Guides, went under a heavy and close fire, to the rescue of a Lieutenant Greaves of the [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] who was lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by enemy swordsmen. While the wounded officer was being brought under cover he was killed by a bullet. Lieutenant Maclean was mortally wounded. His citation read:
{{blockquote|During the fighting at Nawa Bali, in Upper Swat, on the 17th August, 1897, Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Adams proceeded with Lieutenants H. L. S. MacLean and Viscount Fincastle, and five men of the Guides, under a very heavy and close fire, to the rescue of Lieutenant R. T. Greaves, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded by the enemy's swordsmen. In bringing him under cover he (Lieutenant Greaves) was struck by a bullet and killed—Lieutenant MacLean was mortally wounded—whilst the horses of Lieutenant-Colonel Adams and Lieutenant Viscount Fincastle were shot, as well as two troop horses.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26908|page=6143|date=9 November 1897}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27986|date=15 January 1907 |page=325}}</ref>}}

[[Bruce Bairnsfather]] was his maternal cousin.

His nephew, [[Vice Admiral]] Sir Hector Charles Donald Maclean, was the maternal grandfather of actor [[Rupert Everett]].