2000.26.1

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Black and white photograph of John MacLean haymaking at Cornaig in the late 1930s early 1940s.

John MacLean haymaking at Millhouse, Cornaig in the late 1930s early 1940s.

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Other Number: S79

John MacLean of Kilmoluaig and Carmarthen haymaking around 1940

His family became very notable: one son was Sir Donald MacLean, K.B.E., P.C., LL.D., solicitor and politician, chairman of the Parliamentary Liberal Party, Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, while another son was Sir Ewan MacLean, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1935-1938. His grandson was Donald MacLean, the infamous Cold War spy who defected to Russia.

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  1. Gordon McConnell

    Sir Ewan Maclean lived in Park Place Cardiff. I used to walk past his house with my mother Mary Maclean who would point out his house. It is possible that my parents met him since my father was a go.

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