Francis William Maclean
Sir Francis William Maclean KCIE KC (13 December 1844 – 11 November 1913) was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician
who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1891.
Maclean was the third son of Alexander Maclean, of Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey.[1] He was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1868.
In 1885 Maclean was elected
resignation in 1891.[3]
Maclean was made a
Chief Justice of Bengal. He was knighted in 1896,[4] appointed K.C.I.E. in 1898,[5] and awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal in 1900.[6] His career in India included the chairmanship of famine relief committees in 1897, 1900 and 1907, as well as a short spell as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
between 1898 and 1900.
Maclean resided latterly in London and died at the age of 68.
Maclean married Mattie Sowerby of
Benwell Tower, Northumberland in August 1869. Their son, Montague Francis Maclean, was a leading figure in the coal industry.[7]
References
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ^ "Maclean, Francis William (MLN862FW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "No. 10825". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 October 1896. p. 993.
- ^ "No. 10953". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 January 1898. p. 45.
- ^ "No. 27195". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1900. p. 3329.
- ^ "1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory".
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