| LC control no. | n 79060691 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Maclean, Fitzroy, 1911-1996 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland |
| Associated place | Strachur (Scotland) |
| Birth date | 1911-03-11 |
| Death date | 1996-06-15 |
| Place of birth | Cairo (Egypt) |
| Place of death | Hitchin (England) |
| Field of activity | Great Britain--Armed Forces Political science Scotland--History Biography Fiction |
| Affiliation | Conservative Party (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Soldiers Politicians Diplomats Armed Forces--Officers Authors |
| Found in | His Eastern approaches, 1949. Oxford dict. of national biography, 16 Aug. 2006 (Maclean, Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle, first baronet; army officer and politician; b. Cairo on 11 Mar. 1911; d. Clouds Hill, Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, on 15 June 1996) Wikipedia, 1 April 2020 (Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet; Major-General Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st Baronet, KT, CBE (11 March 1911-15 June 1996); born Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt; died Hertford, England; was a Scottish soldier, writer and politician; during World War II Churchill chose him to lead a liaison mission (Macmis) to central Yugoslavia in 1943; In the late summer of 1944, together with Tito, he planned and implemented Operation Ratweek; Political parties: Conservative and Unionist; Member of Parliament for Lancaster (1941-59); Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for War (1954-1957); Member of Parliament for Bute and Northern Ayrshire (1959-74); honoured with the baronetcy of Maclean of Strachur and Glensluain in 1957...managed a hotel at Strachur; In retirement Maclean wrote extensively; his wide range of subjects included: Scottish history, biographies (including Tito and [Guy] Burgess), a Russian trilogy and assorted works of fiction) |
| Associated language | eng |
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