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About Sir George McLean
George McLean represents an important strand of Scottish entrepreneurship in 19th-century Otago. He was a banker and merchant who was also heavily involved as a director with the Union Steamship Company. He was one of Dunedin’s ‘merchant princes’ if you like. His wife, Isabella, was one of the daughters of Mathew Holmes, an Ulster-born businessman who was one of the richest men in New Zealand through his extensive landholdings and also a significant political figure.
George McLean was born in Elgin, Scotland, in 1834. After attending St Andrews University he emigrated to Melbourne in 1852 and worked for the Colonial Bank. He came over to Otago in 1862 to be manager of the Bank of New Zealand in Dunedin. In 1865 he left banking and became a partner with John and Edward Cargill in their mercantile firm. He entered parliament in 1871 and served as a minister in various governments before ill health forced his retirement in 1881. He was then appointed to the Legislative Council. He was knighted in 1909 and died in Dunedin in 1917.
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Sir George McLean's Timeline
| 1834 |
September 10, 1834
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Elgin, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| 1868 |
September 21, 1868
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Andersons Bay, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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May 4, 1870
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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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| 1871 |
1871
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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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December 7, 1874
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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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1877
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February 17, 1917
Age 82
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New Zealand
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