Hector Mor Maclean, 12th Chief | |
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 Hector Mor Maclean, 12th Chief wax seal from 1545 | |
| 12th Chief of Clan Maclean 8th Laird of Duart | |
| In office 1523-1568 (45 years) | |
| Preceded by | Lachlan Cattanach Maclean, 11th Chief, father |
| Succeeded by | Hector Og Maclean, 13th Chief, son |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1497 Duart Castle |
| Died | 1568 |
Eachann Mór Maclean (1497–1568) or Hector Mor Maclean, or Hector Maclean the Great, was the 12th Chief of Maclean. Mór or Mor translates as great when added to a name in Scottish Gaelic.[1] He was the 8th laird of Duart Castle.
- ^ "Mór". MacBain's Dictionary. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
great, Irish mór, Old Irish mór, már, Welsh mawr, Old Welsh, Cornish maur, Breton meur, Gaulish -mârós; Greek @G-mwros, great, famed ( @Ge@'ghesí-mwros) in spear-throw; Gothic -mêrs, famed, mêrian, proclaim, Old High German mâri, famed, -mar in Germanic names German märchen, a tale, Norse m@oerr, famous; Slavonic -meru (Vladimir, etc.); Latin merus, English mere. A shorter form of the stem (*mâro-) appears in mò, greater (mâ), q.v.