Sir Donald Maclean, KCMG

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Donald MacLean

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Birthplace: Kilmaluaig, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: January 05, 1877 (56)
Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Old Napier Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Margaret McColl
Husband of Susan Douglas MacLean
Father of Sir Douglas Maclean
Brother of Annabella McLean

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About Sir Donald Maclean, KCMG

Sir Donald McLean KCMG (27 October 1820 – 5 January 1877) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician and government official. He was involved in negotiations between the settler government and Māori from 1844 to 1861, eventually as Native Secretary and Land Purchase commissioner. He was one of the most influential figures in Māori-Pākehā relations in the mid-1800s and was involved in the dispute over the "Waitara Purchase", which led up to the First Taranaki War.

Biography: wikipedia.org

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Sir Donald Maclean, KCMG's Timeline

1820
October 25, 1820
Kilmaluaig, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
October 28, 1820
Tiree, Taynuilt, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
1852
November 7, 1852
Wellington, New Zealand
1877
January 5, 1877
Age 56
Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
1877
Age 56
Old Napier Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand