(not to be confused with modern-day Texas secessionist, Richard Lance McLaren, for whom see Republic of Texas (group))
Richard Wellington McLaren (April 21, 1918 – February 25, 1976) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, McLaren received a B.A. from Yale College in 1939 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1942. He was in private practice in New York City in 1942. He was in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He was in private practice in New York City from 1946 to 1949. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1950 to 1969. He was an Assistant U.S. attorney general of Antitrust Division from 1969 to 1972.
McLaren was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. McLaren was nominated by President Richard Nixon on December 2, 1971, to a seat vacated by Julius J. Hoffman. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1971, and received his commission on January 26, 1972. McLaren served in that capacity until February 25, 1976, due to his death.
He died in Chicago, Illinois.