Musicians - Harry Aubrey de Maclean

Home > Listing Index > Musicians > Harry Aubrey de Maclean

	Musicians - Harry Aubrey de Maclean

General Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean (Kaïd) (1848 - 1920) was a Scottish Soldier and Instructor to the Moroccan Army.

He began his Military career in the 69th Foot (The South Lincolnshire Regiment) in 1869. He was dispatched overseas to fight the Fenians in Canada. In 1877, Maclean went to Morocco and began his career as an army instructor for the Sultan Mulai Hassan. He gained the trust of the Sultan and his successor through his service and fought against opposing tribes throughout Morocco. During his career, he was kidnapped and for held ransom after a failed first attempt. He visited the forbidden city of Tafilelt, and eventually became commander of the Sultan of Morocco's Army.

Although he was loyal to his employer to a fault, he was regarded as an unofficial British agent in the UK. He was made a Knights Commander of St Michael and St George (KCMG) by King Edward VII upon his retun to England for the Moroccan Delegation.

He was physically large and used this to his advantage when diciplining insubordinates. Although maintaining his Scottish personality and expert bagpipe skill, he adopted Moorish costume.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Harry Aubrey de Maclean ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Harry Aubrey de Maclean; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay