THE LATE SIR DONALD McLEAN HIS PARENTAGE AND EARLY CAREER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 11, 12 January 1877, Page 4

THE LATE SIR DONALD McLEAN HIS PARENTAGE AND EARLY CAREER.

; "V n< ?f n^ e - jappeaFa.nee/; of bip-. C :V -grapliiea! notice pf , »(^« lite'Sir. i>o,i ajitf ■. j, JWpjLeftn^ we hnvt* be«-n ( put . /JaWrifyf «»re ceroint; his family Tfel4iibaß,aa well as Bia movements' in ?hia . youthful ! day's r t-youpgest'soVof/B-f . i t JphuV MjLeap,Yot; Kilm.ajpag, the' Islo of Y^reejiArgyleshiro, 1 Scotland. V; The Ktlmatoa^faiaUy^iwho were off shoois of!tbe M cLaaos of Cp!L~-res l ideß : ia lyree^tor geveral.geperationa, as .. tacksmpn^ paying a Domioalrentctio the V life_i bf^i Acgyle, of whos€ ; iarge r P3t-tei Via tba Weatgm Hi^bUuda tl.at ; iaiaod ,; forms a part.;^^ Sir; Donal^M^^hVa father njftrried.a daughter of; the ;i^V> T Donald M'C^ll, raioiatßr of Tyrfle/ib^r whom he bad a iarga /aoitly;' several of T these df^;;it|Vii^*ioy^ |V;^J^cgo(l V eduea^ad boa pfcbis sqqa : V(.l)opaft|)cfoj the ministiry, and after being licensed to it'-P^^^^i"4Pt*^^ at Ki-garrloph^Voa' the western !p9r^ a of I#pcb ; JDJioobaf and within lf^.mjlpa V of: K^hWilliara. ir When oalyc twelve orl thirteen yearS of ag^-' D6nald 3 «Mc V Xieaa : was t-tkep to Kingairlocb V by hia rev. uncle, with^tbe via w- of; giving bim ;Va.H^^^J^ttpjjij^a^ thusV. preparing V t fe^ij^iilJP^orthe learned profesaioppj V Yooog Donald did not t Jboyev^_like the idea of being made a parson, a ;-' YV®a6fifi^Wr a' lawyer, r antl lie - B?outlyT.Bat _iffiopuido against leurniog^iandchated V / cuteodingi sctioGJ. His onule, wbocvaS :• bachelor, dldvalt belcoiitd to impress V upon his nephew the ( i_iproprietv of bisedaealuid' Wnfi 4\a f&pi dh^i' and frequently JoSd liitn -that ™ V Vli-ed t^^oji arrived) :it Enaub9od he ttQuid .deeply; regret biafplly prediction was ful.y verified m the as?!M^^ V Ybia^lfVto the acquicomeut ofV.kuow« 7s&&B^S^^^ : Y : ''^imaiiialad.er,the,H_W.- Zealand Govern,- ; meet. No doubt be -jfteo called hisi Y TvOhoie^aTadvice ta raoolleotioui and-as 1 - -. often upbraidedVbiat^eii for aot com« j P 01MWJ*k lil A^^^outjiniifflLteen 1 ; years old he^ left borne and took ship j ;/vQ?§i^a^PsoioX:Sydn^y,^ i y Ji^g{^p^ ? fp^;Bpjma^ mbgtb§ ifto4 tbVeto t - aferted for New VZ talaod^it.-AflejK'tb.e V disr a^tiou of the -Üburcb: t of jS^otland -yom^^%^^S^ W i , Kipgairlocb, be paving /eceived a pre--Beotaupn r eo the. r; ps,i-ish. of .Glenorchy, ; ,• ."• v/ t i*fc'--"JiOi.ir.'i, ~ ! --40 . . *»- V i^baupper part of Lome, where , he - Tepent the temoiiider ol bis da^s, and : rT^Miiii^fyk&^h Wi - r f ß. u !?^ jgocQQauai.oo '. VV - Wlfenia! wphew , twbbm ihe,-gie§tly .|jb- 1 .V^fi^pjed^for the :energ*f :I be-ibaa sbowh' iu VVV 1 bis '^pd'siiibif- _tt'er >leiiVib|w j T : -'V'.'.'K*^»j f /. f -'||flrq^cGoll^iif-d about ei^ht! r .years ago, at the age of 79. The only j : "/; ,^ar^relSHv;-i'bt S<r Donald's now living; :. Tat ; boDoe is.i-utauntj.ib" VWiilow of the.; V v':'i^e, { j^V/;fciclj!aq- M jKeuzie,, m>PJeter| T Y-of: Jura, vArsjyle&hirY— - wuo is ,bord(^r-| Tiip4;?P)(pP r scpna^tiurs. V. Sjr Donald! ■;Y>'--ficJ_Va_V.wa'B fc'u i irely a self th'il^b'iflisn,! T.:.V: : J»"B;'7»oip^ii?patfl#Jyy/.Hbla ti);. r^d'f.au' 1 ! '-:-: write i «vbeu be ari ived in this '-•Vf^-FiiiVfte'g^'Htiat/ ho 'could tjipcceed V YwiibouigrejiUy^imprpvin^ bis educaiidn j T t he l'jjieieir mined to redeem the $$*££ hej ; bad' waaee'd : whilst -under his; uncle's ; roof iu Y* unimprpviog bis mind jif as hej himself I'^a^'^brio say, and h^did so] V^jj^aaoy! years /he reai, wr^t.a^.aodj studied moat industriously, frlqPentljr VVfaitfiiog up till two o'clock in the moro-j dt^tYtQ^oyeicome tbe maay.diffiaultjes which the neglect of; bis, early mental improvement necessarily threw in hiii '-'■-asflfc svi^ '- ii-u>,* \ ■'.. -/ai Vt I