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.

[1] He was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

[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 married Mattie Sowerby of Benwell Tower, Northumberland in August 1869.

Their son, Montague Francis Maclean, was a leading figure in the coal industry.