Maclean, Fitzroy, 1911-1996

found: 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)

found: 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)