Allegiance United Kingdom Name Charles Weldon Died September 5, 1962 Rank Colonel | Other work Member of Parliament Role Canadian Politician Service/branch British Army | |
Commands held 52 Brigade Royal Horse Artillery Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Awards Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars Relations Hugh Havelock McLean (father) Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Colonel Charles Wesley Weldon McLean DSO & Two Bars (August 1882 – 5 September 1962) was a Canadian soldier and politician.
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Early life
He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1882. His father, Brigadier General Hugh Havelock McLean, was a lawyer and politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Canada from 1928 to 1933. He was educated at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario from 1897 to 1899.
Career
He began his military career in the Boer War, South Africa from 1899 to 1901. During World War I, Major McLean commanded the 52 Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, 9th Scottish Division, Imperial Army. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1915, a bar in 1917 "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has commanded his battery with great skill and courage. He has observed fire and commanded the battery from an observation post under heavy fire with great coolness and accuracy." and a second bar in the same gazette.
He remained in England after the War. Standing as a Coalition Conservative, he was elected at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Brigg division of Lincolnshire, but did not stand again at the 1922 general election.
Correspondence related to his service in artillery and as MP are in the Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents. He died in 1962.