Thom's Irish Who's Who/McLean, Major William Richard James

McLEAN, Major William Richard James, Mus.B. (Durham), composer, conductor, organist and teacher. Educ.: privately and at King's College, London; was assistant examiner of Music Papers, Board of Education, 1896-1904; organist and choirmaster St. James's, Clerkenwell, 1896-1898; Christ Church, Fulham, 1905-1910; conductor, Clark's College Choir, 1889-07; Fulham and District Choral Society, 1907: Grand Organist Supreme Grand Chapter, 1905; Grand Lodge, 1908; his many compositions include an operetta, songs, pianoforte pieces, and marches for military bands; has also written articles in leading musical journals, and published Essay on Strict Counterpoint, and The Complete Detail of Section, Company, and Battalion Drill (four editions). Recn.: boating; son of Richard Waters McLean and Maria Olive Aslett; b. in Cork, 22nd March, 1858; m. Esther, dau. of Abraham Harris. Res.: Armidale, 319 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, S.W.