John Francis McLaren

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John Francis McLaren (June 19, 191923 March 1953) was a Royal Air Force officer. He was the younger son of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel MacNaghten.

[edit] Career

Educated at Eton College, McLaren became an RAF Squadron Leader during World War II, first serving as a Mosquito pilot and later as a flight instructor. After the war, he became a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1946. He was made High Sheriff of Denbighshire in 1952, but died in 1953.

[edit] Family

On April 3, 1940, he married Lady Rose Mary Primrose Paget (1919–2005), a noted beauty and the daughter of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey. They had two daughters:

  • Victoria Mary Caroline McLaren (b. 23 May 1945), married and has issue
  • Harriet Diana Christabel McLaren (b. 18 January 1949), married

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