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  Donald Duart Maclean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maclean reported from London on 16 September 1941 the uranium bomb might be constructed within two years through the efforts of Imperial Chemical Industries with support of the British government.
MacLean reported to Moscow that the goal of the Marshall Plan was to ensure American economic domination in Europe.
The story of the Burgess and Maclean defection, and the subsequent implication of Philby, is a fascinating one of code-breaking, detection, and discovery.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_Duart_Maclean   (1522 words)

  
 Clan MACLEAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
John Maclean, surnamed Garbh, son of Lachlan of Dowart, obtained the isle of Coll and the lands of Quinish in Mull from Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles, and afterwards, on the forfeiture of Cameron, the lands of Loachiel.
In 1463, Ewen or Eugene, son of Donald, held the office of seneschal of the household to the latter earl; and in 1493, Lachlan Macewen Maclean was laird of Ardgour.
Septs of the Macleans of Lochbuy: MacCormick, MacFadyen, MacFadzean, MacGilvra, Macilvora.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/m/maclean2.html   (6118 words)

  
 Donald Maclean
Donald Maclean, the son of the Liberal cabinet minister, Donald Maclean, was born in London in 1913.
Maclean could have noticed that he was no longer receiving as many secret papers as previously or the observation on his movements may have been detected by him.
Maclean's record of service had been satisfactory from 1935 until 1950, when he was guilty of bad conduct in Cairo, this being put down to overwork and excessive drinking.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /SSmaclean.htm   (1457 words)

  
 clan donald names   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Clan Donald MacAlonies derive from: Gaelic MacGille OnFhaidh "son of the servant of the storm".
MacCarters not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacArthur.
MacLures not of Clan Donald are of Clan MacLeod.
www.clan-donald-usa.org /septs.htm   (8254 words)

  
 BBC - History - Donald Duart Maclean (1913 - 1983)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Donald Maclean was a British diplomat in the 1940s and 1950s, serving in France, the United States and Egypt.
In 1944 the couple were sent to Washington, where Maclean was first secretary in the British embassy and served on the Combined Policy Committee, which dealt with atomic energy and the atomic bomb.
Maclean retained his early idealism and lived a life fully in accord with his Communist principles, eschewing all privileges.
www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/maclean_donald.shtml   (499 words)

  
 Maclean
His brother John, at the head of the Macleans, was in the expedition of Donald Balloch, cousin of the Lord of the Isles, in 1431, when the Islesmen ravaged Lochaber, and were encountered at Inverlochy, near Fort William, by the royal forces under the Earls of Caithness and Mar, whom they defeated.
In 1545, Maclean of Duart acted a very prominent part in the intrigues with England, in furtherance of the project of Henry VIII, to force the Scottish nation to consent to a marriage between Prince Edward and the young Queen Mary.
The quarrel between the Macleans and the Macdonalds of Isla and Kintyre attracted, in 1589, the serious attention of the king and council, thus the rival chiefs, with Macdonald of Sleat, were summoned to Edinburgh.
www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/maclean.html   (3010 words)

  
 maclean99
MacLEAN, (McIsaac) Sybil May - 87, formerly of Halifax, died March 25, 1997, in Northills Nursing Home, Granville Ferry, Annapolis Co. Born in Halifax, she was a daughter of the late Daniel J. and Annabel (Dicks) McIsaac.
Father MacLean served on numerous committees at the university during his teaching career and as retreat director and spiritual director for the nurses of St. Martha's Hospital, Antigonish.
Besides her husband, Donald, she is survived by sons, Joseph D. and wife Jean, Pugwash; Donald M., Saint John; daughter, Sister Margaret M. MacLean, Sisters of Charity, Saint John; grandson, Joseph Donald MacLean and wife Peggie, Dartmouth; great-granddaughters, Nicole and Bethany; several nieces and nephews.
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 BBC ON THIS DAY | 11 | 1956: 'Cambridge spies' surface in Moscow
Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean handed a statement to four representatives from the press in a hotel room overlooking Moscow's Red Square.
In 1951 Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean were recalled to London from the British embassy in Washington after confidential documents went missing.
Burgess and Maclean were part of a spy ring involving five men who studied at Cambridge University during the 1930s.
news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11/newsid_2721000/2721413.stm   (515 words)

  
 Clan MacLean Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
According to old texts, Sir Hector Maclean of Duart granted the lands of Pennycross in the southern part of the island to Andrew Beaton in 1572 after he had been wounded by a poisoned arrow.
The Library of Clan Maclean is in the Mull Museum at Tobermory.
Macleans were represented in the Highland Festival in a New South Wales community - story and pictures.
www.maclean.org /Reports.HTM   (1415 words)

  
 The Session: Tunes - Donald MacLean's Farewell To Oban (barndance)
It is said (perhaps apocryphally) that Donald Maclean of Skye came to Oban to compete for a piping trophy, but when his performance failed to inspire the judges to award him a prize commensurate with his own perceptions of his skill, he left in a huff.
Oban is a port town on the west coast of Scotland and the embarktion point for the sea trip to the western isles.
Donald MacLean was a very small man who would compete regularly in the sport of greyhound racing...as a jockey.
www.thesession.org /tunes/display.php/4806   (980 words)

  
 BBC America - Cambridge Spies Cast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge, where, like Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess, and Donald Maclean, he became a Communist and was recruited as a Soviet Agent.
Maclean was born in London, the son of Liberal cabinet minister Sir Donald Maclean.
Maclean became a respected Soviet citizen, working for the Foreign Ministry and at the Institute of World Economic and International Relations.
www.bbcamerica.com /genre/drama_mysteries/cambridge_spies/cambridge_spies_cast.jsp   (690 words)

  
 All about The Cambridge Spies, by Russell Aiuto
Concerned that Maclean would be positively identified, interrogated, and, in the process (because of his highly agitated nervous state) confess to MI5, Philby and Burgess concocted a scheme in which Burgess would return to London (where Maclean was now the Foreign Service officer in charge of American affairs).
On Maclean's birthday, May 25th, the Friday before the Monday that he was to interrogated, Burgess and Maclean fled to the coast, boarded a ship to France, and disappeared.
Maclean contritely returned to her husband, and then to America (where she still lives), Philby married his fourth wife, a Russian citizen introduced to him by one of his KGB controllers.
www.crimelibrary.com /terrorists_spies/spies/cambridge/4.html   (2950 words)

  
 Philby, Burgess, McLean - Cambridge Spy Ring FBI Files   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean were British diplomats who disappeared in 1951 and surfaced in Moscow in 1956.
Maclean and Philby betrayed agents infiltrating the Balkans, who were apprehended and shot.
In 1951, Allied counterintelligence began to suspect Maclean was a mole.
www.paperlessarchives.com /philby.html   (289 words)

  
 BBC America - Cambridge Spies Cast Penry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A close-knit family is as important to him as it is to his character, Donald Maclean, in Cambridge Spies.
"Maclean is battling with this sense of betrayal all the way through, he's tormented.
But Maclean battles with his loyalties to his father and has to leave his wife - he is not even supposed to tell them what he does.
www.bbcamerica.com /genre/drama_mysteries/cambridge_spies/cambridge_spies_cast_penry.jsp   (540 words)

  
 Donald MacLean AHL Player of the Week Nov, 2001 - MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League News Magazine
MacLean helped pace the Maple Leafs to a 5-3 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Mile One Stadium on Thursday evening, recording four points on one goal and three assists.
MacLean currently owns a share of the AHL lead with 14 assists, and leads the Maple Leafs with 18 points in 15 games.
A second-round choice of the Los Angeles Kings in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, MacLean has skated in 217 career matches in the AHL, recording 69 goals and 96 assists for 165 points.
www.minorleaguenews.com /hockey/ahl/mapleleafs/articles2001/111201.html   (220 words)

  
 BBC - History - Cambridge Spies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Blunt is cool, viciously funny and clever, while Maclean veers between being warm and friendly and drunk and difficult.
He thinks that one of the hardest things about being a double agent is the fact that they are unable to have 'relationships with anyone based on honesty and trust'.
'Maclean is the most sensitive of all the Cambridge spies', he explains.
www.bbc.co.uk /history/programmes/cambridge_spies/cambridge_spies_faq.shtml   (1131 words)

  
 Donald MacLean Stats, Statistics and Fantasy News - RotoWire.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
MacLean scored a goal in an intersquad scrimmage on Saturday, and seems fully recovered from last year's neck surgery.
MacLean scored a goal in his season debut with AHL Syracuse on Friday.
MacLean (neck) was activated from injured reserve on Tuesday and assigned to Syracuse of the AHL.
www.rotowire.com /hockey/player.htm?ID=501   (247 words)

  
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Donald Junior’s fourth son (indented bordure) was William Archibald MacLean, who was my great-grandfather.
To difference our grant from the Chief’s as that of an indeterminate cadet, Lord Lyon was pleased to change the colour of the second quarter from Argent to Or; place the lymphad on a sea undy; and give the eagles’ heads in the fourth quarter beaks and eyes Azure.
The addition of the two fleurs de lys recognizes that Donald McLean emigrated to Quebec, as well as a nod to the later move by William Archibald MacLean to Louisville, Kentucky.
www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk /scotsarmsgal/gallery.asp?ID=170   (476 words)

  
 Descendants of Donald MacLean [Donald MacLeod's Genealogy Pages]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
I suspect they lived in Altandhu as that was where their son Donald was living when he married and it was a place where the name MacLean predominated.
Alexandrina (Lexy) MacLean, born 6 Jan 1864, died 7 Jul 1876 in Reiff, aged 12 of diarrhoea.
Euphemia (Effy) MacLean, born 1836 Camuscoille, she lived at home until she married Donald MacLeod on 4 Dec 1862 in Strathan, Assynt.
home.xtra.co.nz /hosts/clan/d_mclean.html   (330 words)

  
 Detroit Red Wings signed Donald MacLean :: SportzDomain ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
MacLean’s 54 assists and 14 power play goals each tied for second in the AHL that season, during which he was chosen as a starter for the 2002 AHL All-Star Classic.
A veteran of 29 NHL contests with Columbus, Toronto and Los Angeles, MacLean spent the 2004-05 campaign with Blues Espoo of the Finnish Elite League, pacing the team with 22 goals while ranking second with 21 assists and 43 points.
MacLean, Los Angeles’ second choice (33rd overall) in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, made his Grand Rapids debut during the 1998-99 season.
www.sportzdomain.com /index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=35528   (458 words)

  
 Maclean Clan. Central Website Worldwide Clan Maclean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The importance of fast and easy communication was recognised by Donald MacLean as being a very important way of keeping in contact with members of the Clan scattered around the world.
Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart and Morvern, Bt.
Sir Fitzroy Maclean in 'The Isles of the Sea'
www.maclean.org   (300 words)

  
 Guy Burgess --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
They were recruited by Soviet intelligence operatives and supplied information from their positions, mainly in the British foreign office (Maclean from 1934, Burgess from 1944).
Maclean's post with the British embassy in Washington, D.C., enabled him to pass secret information about NATO to the Soviets; Burgess also served in Washington.
In 1951 both men were warned by their colleague Kim Philby that an investigation was closing in on Maclean.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9358319?tocId=9358319&query=prs   (623 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Kim Philby Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Philby belonged to the spy ring known as the Cambridge Five, along with Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross.
He returned to Britain in 1950 and in 1951 managed to tip off Burgess and Maclean to an internal British intelligence probe: this warning allowed them time to escape to the Soviet Union.
On May 25, Burgess and Maclean disappear from Britain, with help from Philby, having escaped via the Baltic to the Soviet Union.
www.ipedia.com /kim_philby.html   (1256 words)

  
 Columbus Blue Jackets: News & Info - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
MacLean is expected to join the team prior to tonight's game at Buffalo.
MacLean, 27, has scored 26-40-66 in 72 games this season, leading the Crunch in all four categories.
MacLean's last NHL action came with Toronto during the 2002 Playoffs (three games).
www.bluejackets.com /news/press/arts/1948.0.html   (387 words)

  
 Descendants of John MacLean [Donald MacLeod's Genealogy Pages]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
John MacLean, born 28 Dec 1828, was a fisherman.
Murdo MacLean, born 18 May 1831, was a fisherman.
Norman MacLean, born circa 1837, was a fisherman.
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 Donald MacLean’s hat trick powered Griffins past Hershey :: SportzDomain ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Donald MacLean’s hat trick powered Griffins past Hershey
The referee gave no signal and the goal judge did not turn on the red light, but the Bears were nonetheless awarded the goal to snap Howard’s shutout streak at 83:21.
Grand Rapids’ power play proficiency resulted in a 3-1 advantage with 2:31 left in the frame, as MacLean tallied his second of the night by banging home a Manlow pass from point-blank range.
www.sportzdomain.com /index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=37903   (719 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A Divided Life: A Personal Portrait of the Spy Donald Maclean: Books: Robert Cecil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A dedicated Marxist and left-wing student activist, Maclean is shown rebelling against his stern Presbyterian father and landing in the Kremlin's lap.
His last 31 years, spent in his adopted communist haven, were a letdown, maintains Cecil: his wife had an affair with Philby, then emigrated to the U.S.; his three children spurned Russia and made their homes in the West; and his faith in communism was shaken by Soviet reality.
Cecil's stunningly personal account of Donald Maclean, one of the famous "Cambridge spies," is an invaluable firsthand contribution to this intricate tale.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0688081193?v=glance   (560 words)

  
 Macleans
I would be delighted to hear from Marjorie, and receive a copy of the history of the MacLeans in North Vancouver.
My father, Murdo, was a brother of Donald MacLean(No 63), and had actually emmigrated to Canada as well,working in Copper Mines with his brothers, and eventually working on a Canadian Pacific ferry between Vancouver and Vanouver Island, before returning home to Lewis in the early 30's, where he remained until his death in 1982.
I actually retain original papers from the Memorial Funeral Service for both Donald and Alexander Maclean, from 1958 and 1962 respectively, and would dearly love to finally have contact with our family members in Canada.
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 Columbus Blue Jackets: News & Info - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned forwards Donald MacLean and Jeremy Reich and defenseman Darrel Scoville to the Syracuse Crunch, the club's American Hockey League affiliate, Blue Jackets President and General Manager Doug MacLean announced today.
Donald MacLean, 27, leads Syracuse in goals (26), assists (40) and points (66) this season.
MacLean added 1-0-1 in four games with the Blue Jackets.
www.bluejackets.com /news/press/arts/1958.0.html   (223 words)

  
 UK - Spy Cases - Burgess & Maclean
According to DKR, AFIO WIN 44-04 (29 Nov. 2004), the author argues that "British intelligence knew far earlier [than the spring of 1951] that Maclean was Moscow's agent and concealed that knowledge in a 1949-1951 counterespionage operation that deceived Philby and Burgess.
Because Burgess and Maclean were diplomats (as opposed to Philby and Blunt who worked for clandestine organizations), the routine policy papers of the Foreign Office available in the Public Record Office can be used to trace some of their activities.
According to Carver, IJIandC 5.1, "Newton's conclusion that Maclean was far more valuable to the Soviets than either Burgess or Philby is hard to fault." However, the author "sometimes gets carried away with his argument and indulges in overkill," and several of his "best quotations...
intellit.muskingum.edu /uk_folder/ukspycases_folder/ukspycasesb&m.html   (956 words)

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