Marianne (of Torloisk) Maclean^[1]

1765 - 1843  (78 years)

• Name	Marianne (of Torloisk) Maclean
  Birth	1765
  Gender	Female
  Death	1843
  Person ID	I158202	First tree
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Lachlan (7th of Torloisk) Maclean,   b. 1720   d. 1799 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Margaret Smith   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F29536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Lachlan (7th of Torloisk) Maclean,   b. 1720   d. 1799 (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F29537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maj-Gen William Douglas (21st of Carslogie) Maclean Clephane,   b. 20 Apr 1759, Carslogie, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 4 Nov 1803, Grenada, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, West Indies (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1790
  Children	1. Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane,   b. 13 Dec 1791   d. 2nd April 1830, Rome, Italy (Age 38 years)   2. Anna Jane Clephane,   b. 21 May 1793, Kirkness d. 27 Jan 1860, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England (Age 66 years)   3. Wilmina Clephane,   b. 26 Dec 1803   d. 9 Feb 1869, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F29539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  The MacLeans of Torloisk were a long established Mull family who by the end of the eighteenth century were represented by Marianne MacLean, (1765 – 1843), the only daughter and heiress of Lachlan MacLean of Torloisk (1720 – 1799). Marianne had married William Douglas Clephane from Carsloggie in Fife, (who added 'MacLean' to his own family name), and they had three surviving daughters, Margaret, Anna– Jane and Wilmina. The father Major General W. D. MacLean Clephane as he became, was a career military man and died in 1803 shortly after being posted to Grenada as its military governor. This led to Sir Walter Scott, who had acted for the family in a legal capacity becoming an unofficial 'godfather' to the girls. The mother and daughters were all musical, the young ladies in particular having benefited from instruction by Ann Young, the inventor of a patented musical game, and subsequently the wife of John Gunn, the author of the Highland Society Report on the Lude Harps. Between them the Torloisk ladies compiled a large collection of music manuscripts ranging from their native Gaelic songs to the current art music of that period. Among this collection one discrete manuscript contains a number of predominantly Irish tunes along with ten 'Ports' copied by Anna Jane in December 1816, according to her initials and date at the bottom of the last 'Port' on page 69.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren.