MACLEAN, JACOB [SSNE 312]

Surname

MACLEAN, MACHLIER, MAKELEER, MACKLIER, MAKLEER

First name

JACOB, JAMES, JAKOB

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

GOTHENBURG

Social status

NOBILITY

Education

UNIVERSITY

Text source

Jacob Maclean was the first son of John Maclean, 1st Baronet Duart [SSNE 1631] and his first wife Anna Gubbertz. Jacob Maclean was born in 1632. He became a student at Uppsala university on 9 May 1651.

After 1660 he became a colonel in Stuart service and a gentleman of the bedchamber to the Stuart Court.

Jacob married Catherine Cochrane [SSNE 6231], the daughter of the one time Covenanting and then Stuart diplomat, Colonel John Cochrane [SSNE 1490] (aka Blair). They had one daughter, also called Catherine.

Maclean was a colonel in Stuart's regiment and died in Ireland in 1663. Maclean's placement at the Stuart court is interesting given his connection to the Cochrane family. His father-in-law, Colonel John Cochrane was by this point in great disfavour with the monarchy.

While in Stuart service, Jacob kept in correspondence with Sweden, writing to Axel Oxenstierna and members of the Brahe family.

Jacob Maclean died in dubious circumstances in 1663: some sources note that in a fit of illness he cast himself upon his sword, whereas other sources hold his wife responsible for his death.

 

Sources: Swedish Riksarkiv, Oxenstierna Samlingen, skrivelser till Axel Oxenstierna, March 1652 (1); Swedish Riksarkiv, Brev till Brahe 8, 1658 [letters from the Stuart Court?]; Andersson et al, Uppsala Universitets Matrikel, (Uppsala, 1900-1911); Uppsala University Library, Palmskioldiska Samlingen, vol.225, p.17, p.31; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), Supplement, pp.215-267; J. N. M. Maclean, The Macleans of Sweden (Edinburgh, 1971), p.27; Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 5, p.139, p.143.

Service record

SWEDEN, UPPSALA

Arrived 1651-01-01

Departed 1651-12-31

Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC

STUART KINGDOMS, SPANISH NETHERLANDS

Arrived 1652-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1660-04-30, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

STUART KINGDOMS, IRELAND

Arrived 1661-06-01, as COLONEL

Departed 1663-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY