IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380401
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
Title: McLean, David
Date(s): Created 1862-1889
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s): McLean | David | 1833-1908 | banker
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
David McLean was born on 4 February 1833 at Scotswall Farm, near Dunfermline in Fife. At sixteen he joined the National Bank of Scotland. In 1858 he took a post in the Far East with the Oriental Bank at Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1865 he was appointed Manager of the Shanghai Office of the newly formed Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. He remained there until 1873 when he was made Manager of the Bank's London Office, where he stayed until his retirement in 1899. McLean remained with the Bank as a Member of its London Committee for some years after his retirement. He died in June 1908.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Ten original letterbooks, 1862-1889, of David McLean, containing copies of his family and official business correspondence during his career with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. They provide an insight into the work and dealings of a British banker involved in trading with the Far East. The business correspondence is concerned with the condition of stocks and shares of various companies. The family letters are about personal financial matters.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The letterbooks have been arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1983.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
The letterbooks have been transcribed into 3 typed volumes, stored with the originals.
Related material:
The School of Oriental and African Studies holds papers of Sir Charles Addis (Ref: PP MS 14), also concerning the business of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
Archives of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank are held at HSBC Group Archives, HSBC Holdings plc, 10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6AG.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000