Lachlan Loudoun MacLean, Capt.

Birth recorded as Simla (Shimla) in India, as reported by granddaughter by first marriage, Fiona MacLean.

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Baptism record 05 Sep 1890 at Rawal Pindi, Bengal, India (now Pakistan): "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGFS-445 : 8 December 2014), Lachlan Loudoun Maclean, 05 Sep 1890; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 510,893
Records spelling as Loudoun, and gives his father's name with the same spelling.

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Captain in the RAF, 8th Gurkha Rifles in India (portrait from 1917).

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Married 3 times.

• To Phyllis Morris in 1917 in London: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26FT-WG9 : 22 May 2014), Lachlan L Mac Lean and null, 1917; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1917, quarter 4, vol. 1A, p. 432, Kensington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• To Winifred Loraine (born Strangman) in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1939: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8V-5VCG : 8 October 2014), Lachlan L Maclean and null, 1939; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1939, quarter 3, vol. 10B, p. 366, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• To Mary Luttrell Sampson (born Bailey) in Cape Town in 1949 (spelt Loudon): "South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99J-YJ7N?cc=1935348&w... : 19 May 2016), Wynberg > image 307 of 308; Western Cape Archives, Cape Town.

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Photo: http://alh-research.tripod.com/desert_column_forum_pix/index.album/...

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Announcement of promotion from Wing Commanda to Group Captain in the RAF, London Gazette 1 JANUARY, 1935: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34119/supplement/16/data.pdf

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http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/c-r-a.25411/ "My interest in the CRA is mainly in connection with another of its members, Lachlan Loudon MacLean, who was for a time an Air Officer Commanding an RAF bomber Group in WWII. MacLean was the second husband of Winifred Strangman, daughter of Sir Thomas Strangman, the prosecutor in the Bombay courts of Ghandi. Winifred's first husband was the actor and pioneer aviator Robert Loraine."