Iain Maclean, 1st Laird of Coll

JOHN GARBH MACLEAN OF COLL

Biographical Summary

Iain Garve MacLean, 1st of Coll, was a younger son of Lachlan 'Bronnach' MacLean, chief of the MacLeans, and Finola MacLeod.

He married Isabel Fraser of Lovat. Iain Garve MacLean received from Macdonald, lord of the Isles, a charter of the twenty-pound lands of Coll, and the eighteen-merk lands of Cuinish in Mull.

Ian Garve MacLean was a daring warrior of whose prowess the traditions of the western isles furnish many an interesting anecdote, even to the present day. He lived feared by his enemies, and respected by his friends.

He was succeeded by his son Iain Abrach.

Genealogy

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