Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway
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Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway CBE (April 16, 1879 – May 23, 1953), was a British politician, horticulturalist and industrialist. He was the son of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Pochin.
[edit] Career
He was educated at Eton and obtained a MA from Balliol College, Oxford. In 1903 he became a barrister of Lincoln's Inn.
In 1906 he was elected MP for West Staffordshire as a Liberal, and was Private Under-Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade, David Lloyd George, until 1908. In 1910, he stood for his father's old seat of Bosworth and replaced him. He left politics in 1922, and succeeded his father in the Barony in 1934.
McLaren was also a notable industrialist, and chaired companies from both sides of the family, including John Brown & Company. Around the end of his political career, in 1920, he had Aberconway House built as a residence in Mayfair. He would also inherit the family estate (originally his maternal grandfather's) in Bodnant, where he extensively developed and added to the Bodnant Garden. He was an avid horticulturalist and took interest in the breeding of rhododendrons and magnolias. He sponsored several botanical collectors, including George Forrest, and Rhododendron aberconwayi is named in his honor.
[edit] Family
He married Christabel Mary Melville MacNaghten (1890–1974) and had five children:
- Hon. Elizabeth Mary McLaren (31 May 1911 – 4 December 1991), married and had issue
- Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003)
- S/Ldr. Hon. John Francis McLaren (1919–1953)
- Dr. Hon. Anne McLaren (b. 1927)
- Hon. Christopher Melville McLaren (b. 15 April 1934), married and has issue
[edit] References
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Sir Alexander Henderson, Bt |
Member of Parliament for West Staffordshire 1906–January 1910 |
Succeeded by: George Lloyd |
| Preceded by: Charles McLaren |
Member of Parliament for Bosworth December 1910–1922 |
Succeeded by: Thomas Paget |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by: Charles McLaren |
Baron Aberconway 1934–1953 |
Succeeded by: Charles McLaren |
Categories: 1879 births | 1953 deaths | Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom | Commanders of the Order of the British Empire | Old Etonians | Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies | Liberal MPs (UK) | UK MPs 1906-1910 | UK MPs 1910-1918 | UK MPs 1918-1922
