From New Zealand Dictionary of National Biography:
(He) was the son of Sir Donald McLean, and was born in Wellington. Educated at Auckland Grammar School and Clifton College, England, he was a prominent cyclist and rugby footballer. After serving his articles to Hart and Buckley, he read law in England and was called to the bar of the Middle Temple (1882). He did not pracitse, but devoted his attention to his propety, Maraekakaho station, Hawkes Bay, where he bred English Leicester and Lincoln sheep, shorthorn cattle and thrtoughbred horses. He won many prizes in the show ring. He was chairman of the Hawkes Bay county council and a member of the Heretaunga road board, the charitable aid board, the rabbit board, the Hawkes Bay central rivers board and the education board, and a governor of the Napier High Schools. Maclean was president of the Hawkes Bay A. and P. society and the Manawatu A. and P. association, and a councillor of the Royal Agricultural society; a prominent supporter of the Navy League, a member of the executive council of the Royal Empire Society; president of the Wellington Early Settlers' association, and the Caledonian society; and a director of the North British Freezing Co., the Hawkes Bay Farmers' Co-operative association and the New Zealand Freezing Co. He represented Napier in Parliament (1896-99), being defeated by A L D Fraser. He married (1882) a daughter of T Butler-Stoney, of Portland Park, county Tipperary. He was created a knight bachelor in 1927, and died on 7 Feb 1929.
(He) was the son of Sir Donald McLean, and was born in Wellington. Educated at Auckland Grammar School and Clifton College, England, he was a prominent cyclist and rugby footballer. After serving his articles to Hart and Buckley, he read law in England and was called to the bar of the Middle Temple (1882). He did not pracitse, but devoted his attention to his propety, Maraekakaho station, Hawkes Bay, where he bred English Leicester and Lincoln sheep, shorthorn cattle and thrtoughbred horses. He won many prizes in the show ring. He was chairman of the Hawkes Bay county council and a member of the Heretaunga road board, the charitable aid board, the rabbit board, the Hawkes Bay central rivers board and the education board, and a governor of the Napier High Schools. Maclean was president of the Hawkes Bay A. and P. society and the Manawatu A. and P. association, and a councillor of the Royal Agricultural society; a prominent supporter of the Navy League, a member of the executive council of the Royal Empire Society; president of the Wellington Early Settlers' association, and the Caledonian society; and a director of the North British Freezing Co., the Hawkes Bay Farmers' Co-operative association and the New Zealand Freezing Co. He represented Napier in Parliament (1896-99), being defeated by A L D Fraser. He married (1882) a daughter of T Butler-Stoney, of Portland Park, county Tipperary. He was created a knight bachelor in 1927, and died on 7 Feb 1929.
- 1852 - Birth - ; Wellington, New Zealand
- 7 FEB 1929 - Death -
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PARENT (M) Donald Maclean , Sir | |||
Birth | 25 OCT 1820 | Kilmaluag on Tiree, one of the Inner Hebrides | |
Death | 5 JAN 1877 | ||
Marriage | 28 AUG 1851 | to Susan Douglas Strang | |
Father | John Maclean | ||
Mother | Margaret MacColl | ||
PARENT (F) Susan Douglas Strang | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | 28 AUG 1851 | to Donald Maclean , Sir | |
Father | Robert Strang | ||
Mother | ? | ||
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M | Robert Douglas Donald Maclean , Sir | ||
Birth | 1852 | Wellington, New Zealand | |
Death | 7 FEB 1929 |