Of Dunedin. Knighted 1909. Born Elgin, Scotland and went to Melbourne in 1852 and in 1862 he came to New Zealand when he was appointed manager of the Bank of New Zealand in Dunedin. Elected to the Otago Provincial Counil in 1869 and in 1871 to Parliament where he remained until 1881 except for a brief lapse in 1872. He was called to the Legislative Council in 1881 and remained there until 1917. (Scholefield, DNZB, v2; Who's Who in New Zealand (1908); `Southern people; a dictionary of Otago Southland biography', 1998.)
McLean, George (Sir), 1834-1917
There are 11 related items to this topic
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Dec 1881
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-05/5
Description: Mainly telegrams. Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1880
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-03/2
Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field below Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: May-Sep 1881
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-100
Description: Language - Letter in Maori with translation Quantity: 1 folder(s). Plan of allotments on Ferry Road, Christchurch; sale 21 May 1881 by H Matson & Co
Map
Land deed with survey plan of Waitaki Plain Estate
Date: 26 March 1906-30 March 1906
Reference: MapColl-834.52gbbd/1906/Acc.51522
Description: Land deed and survey plan relating to conveyance of lands in Papakaio and Awamoko Survey Districts, part of the Waitaki Plain Estate. Deed dated 26 March 1906, prepared by John Fraser, Crown Solicitor, Dunedin. Parties to transaction were John McLean Buckley and George McLean and 'His Majesty the King'. Registered at Dunedin, 30 March 1906. Quantity: 1 map(s) Deed with attached folded map. Physical Description: Land deed, ink on parchment, with ink and watercolour map on tracing linen sewn-in (edges rodent damaged), 62 x 82.5 cm.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Jun 1883
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-106
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Outward correspondence
Date: 1859, 1872, 1887
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-037
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Manuscript
McLean, George (Sir), 1834-1917 : Documents of appointment
Date: 1876-1884
By: McLean, George (Sir), 1834-1917
Reference: MS-Papers-2813
Description: For appointments held between 1876-1884, i e Executive Council, Commissioner of Customs, Legislative Council Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Lady Georgia Wilford, 1949
Image
Portraits
From: New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department :Portraits of Members of Parliament and persons associated with the Post and Telegraph Department
Reference: PAColl-3768-3
Description: Persons as above, also: J Patterson (1866), W Gray (Senior) (1872-4), and W Gray (Secy) (1874-1907) Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Apr 1888
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-144
Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Jon W [?] Copermann, Marlborough House, Willesden; letter regarding the Rhodes [?] Memorial [?] Community Home, Christchurch; letter from the Department of Justice regarding the Lanauze case Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Outward correspondence
Date: Feb 1888-Dec 1890
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-038
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
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[Gordon, William Francis] d. 1936. Attributed works :[Fighting politicians. Cartoon of ...
Date: 1877
By: Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936; Landseer, Edwin Henry (Sir), 1802-1873
Reference: A-091-012
Description: A kitchen scene, with McLean and McAndrew on the table as cats, while on a low stool below, Sir George Grey as a dog is trying to prevent Larnach (a cat) from helping himself to a bread roll. The bread roll is keeping warm on top of the oven, which also has an iron and a poker on top of it. Behind Larnach and Grey is a half barrel inscribed Larnach £2000. Refers to Larnach's debt and mismanagement of money The composition of the caricature is derived from a well-known painting by Landseer, 'The cat's paw', painted in 1824 and widely distributed in print form. It shows a monkey getting a cat to remove chestnuts from a hot stovetop by forcing the cat's paw onto the stove. See Sir Edwin Landseer by Richard Ormond (1981), p. 57 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Quiz. 1877. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash drawing, 250 x 190 mm (image) on sheet 403 x 300 mm