About Alexander Grant McLean
Lived 1824 – 1862 (aged 37–38). Alexander Grant McLean was an Australian and British surveyor and civil servant.
Alexander Grant McLean (1824 – 28 September 1862) was a Surveyor General of New South Wales, (then a colony, now a state of Australia).
Early life McLean was born in Scotland, the second son of Captain John Leyburn Maclean, principal superintendent of convicts (1837–55), and his wife Jane Eliza, née Grant. He and arrived in Sydney, Australia with his family in the Earl Durham on 31 August 1837.
Later life McLean suffered from Bright's disease, taking medical leave in August 1862. However, his condition worsened and he died on 28 September 1862 in Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia.
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Surveyor (1824–1862)
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Alexander Grant McLean was born in 1824.
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Alexander Grant McLean died on 28 September 1862.
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Alexander Grant McLean was a surveyor and civil servant.
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