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Maclennan, William Ian Keith, son of Sir Ian Morrison Ross Maclennan KCMG, HM Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, and Margherita Lucas, d. of Frederick Lucas Jarratt of Bedford, Beds; b. 17 Sept. 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (G), (QS) 1954; left July 1959; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric, 1959, BA 1963, MA 1966; asst. master Rugby Sch. 1964-2000, head of classics and housemaster; retd.; ed. and trans. Virgil

MACLEAY, WILLIAM SHARP, eldest son of Alexander Macleay FRS, Speaker, Legislative Council, New South Wales, and Elizabeth, dau. of James Barclay of Urie [county]; b. 30 Jul 1792; adm. 19 Apr 1806; left 1810; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1810; BA 1814; MA 1818; attaché, British Embassy, Paris; Secretary to Board for liquidating British claims in France 1815; attached to Mixed British and Spanish Court for abolition of Slave Trade, Havana 1825-37, successively as Commissioner of Arbitration 1825, Commissary Judge 1830, and Judge 1836 – ret 1 Feb 1837; went to live in New South Wales, Australia 1839; a distinguished zoologist; author, Horae Entomologicae, 1819-21, and other works; d. unm. at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 26 Jan 1865. DNB.

MACLEAY, ST. CLAIR MELLOR SEARIGHT, fourth son of James Robert Macleay (qv); b. 12 Mar 1851; adm. 12 Jun 1863 (G); left Whitsun 1868; East India merchant, firm Duncan Macneill & Co., Old Broad Street, London; m. 123 May 1875 Alice, dau. of Alfred Ward, Valparaiso, Chile; d. 2 Feb 1911.

MACLEAY, OSWELL SULLIVAN, youngest son of James Robert Macleay (qv); b. 8 Jul 1852; adm. 8 Jul 1852; adm. 12 Jun 1863 (G); left Christmas 1870 (with Triplett); Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Jan 1871; BA 1875; MA 1877; adm. Inner Temple 11 Nov 1874, called to bar 15 May 1878; m. 16 Apr 1895 Ida Marion, widow of Capt. Frederick George Mawer, Welsh Regt., and dau. of James Searight [merchant, London ?]; d. at Hyères, France 5 Jan 1912.

MACLEAY, JAMES ROBERT, brother of William Sharp Macleay (qv); b. 15 Apr 1811; adm. 8 Jul 1822; KS 1825; family correspondence indicated that he left in Christmas 1827; Secretary to British Legation, Chile 1838; Registrar, Mixed Commission at Cape of Good Hope for Suppression of Slave Trade Jan 1843- May 1858; m. 1837 Amelia Savage; d. 28 Oct 1892. DNB s. v. Alexander Macleay. [1881 Census records wife as born Mauritius]

MACLEAY, SIR GEORGE, brother of William Sharp Macleay (qv); b. 29 Jul 1809; adm. 8 Jul 1822; family correspondence indicates that he was expelled Feb 1827; went out to Australia 1827; accompanied Sturt on the expedition down the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers 1829-30; farmed Brownlow Hill estate, New South Wales 1831-59; member, Legislative Council, New South Wales 1851-6, Legislative Assembly 1856-9; CMG 30 Jun 1869; KCMG 5 Mar 1875; returned to England 1859; subsequently resident in south of France; interested in horticulture, zoology and the fine arts; member, Society of Dilettanti 1869; m. 1st, 1842 Barbara St. Clair, dau. of James Innes, Thrumster, Caithness; m. 2nd, 15 Jan 1890 Augusta Annie, dau. of William Gardner Sams, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; d. at Menton, France 24 Jun 1891. DNB s. v. Alexander Macleay.

MacLean, Kenneth Smedley, son of Hugh MacLean MD DSc, Prof. of Medicine Univ. of Lon­don, and Ida Smedley DSc, d. of W. T. Smedley; b. 22 Nov. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (H); left July 1933; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1942; Guy's Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1939; Surgn-Lieut. RNVR Nov. 1939; MD 1948, FRCP 1954; a consult. Physician 1950-; Dir. Dept. of Medicine Guy's Hosp. Med. Sch. 1961-3; chairman Univ. Hospitals Assn 1975-7; Pres. Assurance Med. Society 1985; m. 2 Dec. 1939 Joan, d. of John Hardaker of Brad­ford, Yorks.; d. 4 Dec. 2009.

MACLEAN, FRANCIS JOHN, brother of Alexander Maclean (qv); b. 13 Jan 1872; adm. 5 Jun 1885; left Jul 1890; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1890; a financial journalist; m. 9 Apr 1912 Mary Ethel Christina, eldest dau. of Robert Whittle, Burmington House, Warwickshire; d. 22 Feb 1957.

Maclean, Francis John, brother of Alexander Maclean (q.v.); b. Jan. 13, 1872; adm. June 5, 1885 (G); left July 1890; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Oct. 10, 1890; m. April 9, 1912, Mary Ethel Christina, eldest daughter of Robert Whittle, of Burnington House, co. Warwick.

MACLEAN, SIR FRANCIS AUBREY DE VERE WILLIAMS, third son of Alexander Maclean, Carshalton, Surrey, and Maria, dau. of Joseph Lightfoot, Walworth, Surrey; b. 13 Dec 1844; adm. 8 May 1859 (G); left 1862 (with Triplett); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1862; BA 1866; MA 1871; adm. Inner Temple 17 Jan 1879, called to bar 30 Apr 1868, Bencher 25 Nov 1892; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Jan 1879; QC 1886; MP (Lib) Mid Oxfordshire 1885-6 (LU) 1886-91; a Master in Lunacy 1891-6; Assistant Chief Justice, Bengal Jul 1896, Chief Justice 9 Nov 1896 – Mar 1909; knighted 12 Oct 1896; KCIE 11 Jan 1898; Kaisar-i-Hind medal, 1st class 23 May 1900; Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta Univ., 1898-1900; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1913; m. 10 Aug 1869 Mattie, second dau. of John Sowerby, Benwell Tower, Northumberland; d. 11 Nov 1913.