George Hugh McLean FRPS was the son of Hugh McLean of Ballyarden, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, a house steward on the Rockingham estate, and Edith Moore, originally from Topsham in Devon. McLean worked at the Albert Agriculture College, Glasnevin, specialising in the photography of plants, prior to joining the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1914. He later was assigned to the Royal Engineers, 36th Ulster Division, Signal Company. He saw action in France during World War I and was awarded the Military Medal following the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Battle of Langemark). Returning to Dublin after the War, he opened a Photography Studio in Clare Street. He worked on commissions he received from State bodies and supplied photographs and slides for botanical books and journals. He subsequently worked as technician in the Department of Plant Pathology, Univeristy College Dublin. A member of the Zoological Society of Ireland and the Photographic Society of Ireland, he died in June 1971.

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