Allan Maclean, Jacobite General: The Life of an Eighteenth Century Career Soldier

Born on the Scottish Isle of Mull to an impoverished lair of the clan Maclean, Allan Maclean (1725-1798) fought his first battle — for Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden — from a sense of deep conviction and family loyalty. He fled into exile when the Stuart cause was lost. In Holland he became a mercenary, and after amnesty was granted by George II for Jacobite officers willing to swear allegiance to the house of Hanover, he joined the British army serving in North America during the Seven Years' War, and again during the American Revolution. He was responsible for the military arrangements in the town of Quebec which led to the defeat of the Americans, under Benedict Arnold, on 31 Dec. 1775. In 1777 he was promoted brigadier-general and made military governor of Montreal. Maclean returned to Great Britain after the peace settlement of 1783 with the American colonies. He retired from the army in 1784 and lived quietly in London until his death.

Toronto, ON

Dundurn Press

1987

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