its citizens. As soon as the purchase was registered with city authorities, the free city status was revoked. In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Maclean and his wife delivered medical supplies to the island of Korčula, with a substantial contribution from the people of Rothesay and Bute. Death Sir Fitzroy Maclean died on 15 June 1996, aged 85, in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Legacy Maclean was posthumously awarded the Order of Prince Branimir for the humanitarian aid to Croatia, as well as contributing to international affirmation of Croatia. The decoration was presented by the Croatian President Stjepan Mesić in December 2001. Maclean may have been one of the models for Ian Fleming's character James Bond. Styles and honours Fitzroy Maclean, Esq (1911–41) Fitzroy Maclean, Esq (1941–44) MP Fitzroy Maclean, Esq, CBE, MP (1944–57) Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Strachur and Glensluian, Bt, CBE, MP (1957–74) Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Strachur and Glensluian, Bt, CBE (1974–81) Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnel, Bt, CBE (1981–94) Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnel, Bt, KT, CBE (1994–96) Posts held 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) President, GB-USSR Association (1977-1987) Bibliography Eastern Approaches, 1949 Also published as Disputed Barricade: the life and times of Josip Broz-Tito, Marshal of Yugoslavia, 1957 A Person from England and Other Travellers, 1958 Back to Bokhara, 1959 Yugoslavia, 1969 Concise History of Scotland, 1970 The Battle of Neretva, 1970 The Back of Beyond: an illustrated companion to Central Asia and Mongolia, 1974 To Causasus, 1976 Holy Russia, 1978 Take Nine Spies, 1978 Tito, 1980 Josip Broz Tito: A Pictorial Biography, 1980 The Isles of the Sea, 1985 Portrait of the Soviet Union, 1988 Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1988 All the Russias, 1992 Highlanders: A History of the Scottish Clans, 1995 Biographies Maclean, Veronica (2002) Past Forgetting: a memoir of heroes, adventure, love and life with Fitzroy Maclean. London: Review . McLynn, Frank (1992) Fitzroy Maclean. London: John Murray . See also Special Operations Executive Balkan Air Force Yugoslav Partisans References External links Sir Fitzroy, the original James Bond, is dead Scots adventurer was never a spy, reveals widow Fitzroy Maclean, War Hero And Author, Is Dead at 85 Local obituary - Veronica, Lady Maclean. Information on the latter part of his life, including running the Highland hotel. Times obituary of Veronica Lady Maclean. "Well-connected writer, traveller,