• Source: Douglas Maclean

Sir Robert Donald Douglas Maclean (7 November 1852 – 7 February 1929), generally known as Douglas Maclean but earlier spelled McLean like his father, was one of the largest land holders in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand. He was regarded as the country's most successful breeder of shorthorn cattle and Welsh Ponies. He had inherited his station from his father, Donald McLean, who was one of the most influential figures in Māori-Pākehā relations in the mid-1800s. For one term, Douglas Maclean represented the Napier electorate as an independent Conservative member of parliament. After his death, his station was broken up and the land is now covered by 60 farms. The woolshed of his station still exists. It is registered as a Category I heritage structure by Heritage New Zealand.




Early life


His parents, Donald McLean and Susan Douglas Strang, married on 28 August 1851 in Wellington. He was born in that city a good year later and shortly afterwards, his mother died in December 1852. His father was deeply affected by the loss and never remarried. He was known as Douglas, and initially used his father's spelling of the surname as McLean, but later changed to and preferred Maclean (with an 'a' and a lower case 'l').
He spent most of his early years in Napier, but received his education at Auckland Grammar School. He left New Zealand in 1864 for further study at Temple Grove in Surrey and Clifton College in Bristol, England. He returned to New Zealand and worked for the Wellington law firm of Hart and Buckley. He was an able athlete and won the first two bicycle races held in Wellington, and was one of the very early rugby players.
After several years, he returned to England to study law. He was called to the bar in that country, but did not practice. He returned to New Zealand in 1870 and inherited his father's Maraekakaho Station in 1877. In October 1877, he set up the Te Makarini Trust in memory of his father. From the initial endowment of £3,000, Te Aute College is providing annual scholarships to gifted Māori students.




Farming


As a farmer, Maclean was regarded as New Zealand's foremost breeder of shorthorn cattle and Welsh Ponies. He was also recognised as a breeder of draught horses, and various sheep breeds (Lincoln, English Leicester, and Merino). He had a large woolshed built on the station that had capacity for 5,000 sheep. The remaining building (an attached night pen has been demolished) is registered with Heritage New Zealand as a Category I heritage structure, with registration number 1026. At its peak, Maraekakaho Station had 50,777 acres (205.49 km2), 63,000 sheep and 80 staff. The land reforms introduced by the Seddon Ministry resulted in land having to be sold off. After Maclean's death, the station was cut up and sold by auction; 60 farms now cover the original Maraekakaho Station. Maclean was regarded as a good employer.




Community involvement



Maclean was a member of various public bodies. He was elected to the Hawke's Bay County Council and the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board. For a time, he was the president of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society.
There were speculations that Maclean would be the conservative candidate in the Napier electorate in the 1890 election upon his return from England instead of George Swan, but this was not correct. Swan contested the election and was successful against the Liberal Party candidate Michael Gannon. In the 1896 election, the Liberal Party incumbent Samuel Carnell was challenged by Maclean, with Maclean achieving a large majority of 2456 votes to 1709. Maclean represented the Napier electorate in Parliament for one term until 1899, when he was narrowly defeated (1994 votes to 1956) by the Liberal Party candidate Alfred Fraser. Politics was not his calling, and he was known to say that "a country made progress despite of its politicians".




World War I


He went to England during World War I and, together with his wife, was involved in various patriotic activities. He was on the executive committee of New Zealand Walton Hospital, the country's first military hospital in England. He was a member of the New Zealand War Contingent Association, and chaired the executive committee of the New Zealand's Soldiers' Hostel. The Macleans returned to Maraekakaho after the war, and he became a strong supporter of the Navy League. In the 1927 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to New Zealand.




Family and death


Maclean married Irish-born Florence Kate Butler-Stoney in September 1884 while he studied law in England. They had one son and two daughters. Their son, Algernon Donald Douglas Maclean, (1892- 5 November 1923) died from injuries received during World War I. His youngest daughter Louisa Constance Catherine Maclean (1890–1968) married Vice Admiral Charles Fountaine, and Andrew Fountaine was thus their grandson.
Maclean died on 7 February 1929. His estate was valued at just under £750,000, he left endowments to various organisations and made provisions for various friends and former employees. The family grave is on Napier Hill. His wife died in 1940.




Notes






References



Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Cowan, James (1940). Sir Donald Maclean: The Story of a New Zealand Statesman. Wellington: Reed.
Cowan, James (1940). "Preface". Sir Donald Maclean: The Story of a New Zealand Statesman. pp. VII–IX. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
Cowan, James (1940). "Sir Douglas Maclean. The Chief of Maraekakaho". Sir Donald Maclean: The Story of a New Zealand Statesman. pp. 143–147. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
• Source: Douglas MacLean

Charles Douglas MacLean (January 10, 1890 – July 9, 1967) was an American stage and silent film actor who later worked as a producer and screenwriter in the sound era.




Early life and stage career


Born in Philadelphia, MacLean was educated at Northwestern University and Lewis Institute of Technology, in Chicago. Although he came from a Navy family and was slated for Annapolis, he chose a different career path. After working as a bond salesman, MacLean enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and later played juvenile leads in repertory theatre and performed as supporting characters in major stage productions such as Peter Pan starring Maude Adams.




Film


MacLean's first film was the 1914 production As Ye Sow with Alice Brady, followed by bit parts in Fuss and Feathers and in two Mary Pickford features, Captain Kidd, Jr. and Johanna Enlists. He went on to appear with Dorothy Gish in The Hun Within, and he co-starred with Doris May in the romantic comedy 23 1/2 Hours' Leave, which was a big hit. From 1922 to 1929 he starred in 14 other features for Paramount and First National, all maintaining the standard light romantic comedy formula that continued to prove successful for him. MacLean during his film career was often billed as "The Man With the Million Dollar Smile". In 1929 he was cast in his only "talkie", Divorce Made Easy; he then retired from acting.




Producer and screenwriter


In 1932, MacLean made his debut as a producer with Ladies of the Jury. He produced a total of eight films for Paramount, including Tillie and Gus starring W.C. Fields, Ladies Should Listen starring Cary Grant, and Two for Tonight. He retired from film production in 1937 but continued to work as a freelance writer for movies and television during the 1940s and 1950s.




Personal life and death


MacLean married actress Faith Cole while both were performing in stock theater. They divorced in 1930. MacLean married actress Lorraine Eddy on March 3, 1931.

He met his third wife, Barbara Barondess, in a producer's office in April 1932, six years before they wed. At the time they were already aware of each others' work and recognized each other's voices. In her 1986 autobiography One Life is Not Enough, Barondess recalls, "There was something in this man's manner and speech that made an indelible impression on me." She describes him as having a vaulted, almost regal presence:He was the most elegant man I had ever met. I didn't identify with him in the girl-and-boy sense. He was too far away, on a pedestal, completely out of reach. I would have felt the same way if he had been the Prince of Wales.
MacLean, at age 77, died in 1967 in his Beverly Hills home from the effects of a stroke. His gravesite is located at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.




Filmography






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Mama Loves Papa (1945)
Six of a Kind (1934)
Mama Loves Papa (1933)
Caught Plastered (1931)
Cracked Nuts (1931)
Laugh and Get Rich (1931)




References






External links



Douglas MacLean at IMDb
Douglas MacLean at Virtual History

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