Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway
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Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway D.G.St.J CBE (born Laura Elizabeth Pochin) (d. January 4, 1933, Antibes) was a British suffragist and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Henry Davis Pochin, a noted industrialist and chemist.
On March 6, 1877, she married Charles McLaren, a business associate of her father's, in Westminster. He would later be created Baron Aberconway, and they would be the parents of four children.
She was a campaigner for women's suffrage, founding the Liberal Women's Suffrage Union and publishing some writings on the subject. During World War I, she converted her house in London into a hospital and helped to run it. She was awarded the CBE in 1918.
Aside from her political activities, she was a talented artist and gardner. She and her husband worked to expand and improve the Bodnant Garden begun by her father, and were friends of James McNeill Whistler.
[edit] Writings
- The women's charter or rights and liberties. London, John Sewell, 1909.
- The prime minister and women's suffrage London, John Sewell, 1913.
