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Henry Duncan MCLAREN, 2nd Baron Aberconway

Henry Duncan MCLAREN, 2nd Baron Aberconway

Male 1879 - 1953  (74 years)

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  1. 1.  Henry Duncan MCLAREN, 2nd Baron Aberconway was born on 16 Apr 1879 (son of Charles Benjamin Bright MCLAREN, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Elizabeth POCHIN); died on 23 May 1953.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: - Eton - Balliol College Oxford
    • Academic degree: Master of Arts (MA) from Balliol College Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: Chairman - John Brown, Ltd. - Tredegar Iron and Coal - Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries - Sheepbridge Coal and Iron - English Clays Loverin Pochin & Co. - Quarter Sessions
    • Occupation / Profession: Director - Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron - National Provincial Bank - London Assurance - Bolckow and Vaughan & Co.
    • Occupation / Profession: Justice of the Peace (JP) in Denbigh
    • Occupation / Profession: President - Royal Horticultural Society
    • Honor: (Honorary) Associate, Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1903; Barrister at Lincoln's Inn
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1906 to 1910; Member of Parliament (MP) (Liberal) for West Staffordshire
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1906 to 1908; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the President of Board of Trade
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1908 to 1910; Chancellor Exchequer
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1910 to 1922; Member of Parliament (MP) (Liberal) for Bosworth
    • Honor: 1918; Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Director, Area Organisation, Ministry of Munitions.
    • Title: From 23 Jan 1934 to 23 May 1953; 2nd Baron Aberconway (of Bodnant, County Denbigh) [UK. 1911], 2nd Baronet (of Bodnant, County Denbigh) [UK. 1902]
    • Honor: 1949; Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from University of Wales

    Henry married Christabel Mary Melville MACNAGHTEN on 19 Jul 1910. Christabel (daughter of Sir Melville Leslie MACNAGHTEN and Dora Emily SANDERSON) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 7 Aug 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Mary MCLAREN was born on 31 May 1911; died on 4 Dec 1991.
    2. Charles Melville MCLAREN, 3rd Baron Aberconway was born on 16 Apr 1913; died on 4 Feb 2003.
    3. John Francis MCLAREN was born on 19 Jun 1919; died on 23 Mar 1953.
    4. Anne Laura Dorinthea MCLAREN was born on 26 Apr 1927; died on 7 Jul 2007.
    5. Christopher Melville MCLAREN was born on 15 Apr 1934.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Benjamin Bright MCLAREN, 1st Baron Aberconway was born on 12 May 1850 (son of Duncan MCLAREN and Priscilla BRIGHT); died on 23 Jan 1934.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: - Edinburgh University - Bonn University - Heidelberg University
    • Academic degree: Master of Arts (MA) from University of Edinburgh
    • Occupation / Profession: Chairman - Metropolitan Railway Company - Tredegar Iron and Coal Company - John Brown and Company - Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company - Institute of Naval Architects
    • Occupation / Profession: Founder - National Liberal Club
    • Occupation / Profession: Justice of the Peace (JP) in Denbigh, Flint, Middlesex and Surrey
    • Published work: Author - Our Basic Industries
    • Honor: Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan), 3rd Class Takova (Serbia) and Redeemer of Greece
    • Occupation / Profession: 1874; Barrister at Lincoln's Inn
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1880 to 1886; Member of Parliament (MP) (Liberal) for Stafford
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1892 to 1910; Member of Parliament (MP) (Liberal) for Bosworth, Leicestershire
    • Occupation / Profession: 1897; Queen's Counsel (QC)
    • Title: From 8 Aug 1902 to 23 Jan 1934; 1st Baronet (of Bodnant, County Denbigh) [UK. 1902]
    • Occupation / Profession: 21 Nov 1908; Privy Counsellor (PC)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1909; Chairman - British Iron Trade Association
    • Title: From 21 Jun 1911 to 23 Jan 1934; 1st Baron Aberconway (of Bodnant, County Denbigh) [UK. 1911]

    Charles married Laura Elizabeth POCHIN on 6 Mar 1877. Laura (daughter of Henry Davis POCHIN and Agnes HEAP) was born on 14 May 1854; died on 4 Jan 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Laura Elizabeth POCHIN was born on 14 May 1854 (daughter of Henry Davis POCHIN and Agnes HEAP); died on 4 Jan 1933.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Honor: Dame of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (DGStJ)
    • Married name: From 6 Mar 1877 to 4 Jan 1933; Laura Elizabeth McLaren
    • Title: From 21 Jun 1911 to 4 Jan 1933; Baroness Aberconway
    • Honor: 1918; Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Donor and Administrator, Annexe to King Edward VII's Hospital

    Children:
    1. Elsie Dorothea MCLAREN was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 15 May 1973.
    2. 1. Henry Duncan MCLAREN, 2nd Baron Aberconway was born on 16 Apr 1879; died on 23 May 1953.
    3. Florence Priscilla MCLAREN was born in 1883; died on 1 Mar 1964.
    4. Francis Walter Stafford MCLAREN was born on 16 Jun 1886; died on 30 Aug 1917.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Duncan MCLAREN was born on 12 Jan 1800 in Renon, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of John MCLAREN and Catherine MCLELLAN); died on 26 Apr 1886.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Justice of the Peace (JP) - Deputy Lieutenant (DL)
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1851 to 1854; Lord Provost of Edinburgh
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1865 to 1881; Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh

    Duncan married Priscilla BRIGHT on 6 Jul 1848. Priscilla (daughter of Jacob BRIGHT, of Green Bank, Rochdale, Lancashire) was born on 8 Sep 1815; died on 5 Nov 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Priscilla BRIGHT was born on 8 Sep 1815 (daughter of Jacob BRIGHT, of Green Bank, Rochdale, Lancashire); died on 5 Nov 1906.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Priscilla McLaren

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Benjamin Bright MCLAREN, 1st Baron Aberconway was born on 12 May 1850; died on 23 Jan 1934.
    2. Helen Priscilla MCLAREN was born on 28 Oct 1851; died on 3 Jan 1934.
    3. Walter Stowe Bright MCLAREN was born on 17 Apr 1853; died on 29 Jun 1912.

  3. 6.  Henry Davis POCHIN was born on 25 May 1824 in Wigston, Leicestershire, England; died on 28 Aug 1895.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Bodnant, Denbigh
    • Occupation / Profession: - Justice of the Peace (JP) - Deputy Lieutenant (DL) - Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford

    Henry married Agnes HEAP in 1852. Agnes (daughter of George Gretton HEAP) was born in 1825; died in 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Agnes HEAP was born in 1825 (daughter of George Gretton HEAP); died in 1908.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Agnes Pochin

    Children:
    1. 3. Laura Elizabeth POCHIN was born on 14 May 1854; died on 4 Jan 1933.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John MCLAREN

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Glenorchy, Argyllshire

    John + Catherine MCLELLAN. Catherine was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Date of death unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catherine MCLELLAN was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Date of death unknown.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Catherine McLaren

    Children:
    1. 4. Duncan MCLAREN was born on 12 Jan 1800 in Renon, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 26 Apr 1886.

  3. 10.  Jacob BRIGHT, of Green Bank, Rochdale, Lancashire was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Date of death unknown.
    Children:
    1. 5. Priscilla BRIGHT was born on 8 Sep 1815; died on 5 Nov 1906.

  4. 14.  George Gretton HEAP
    Children:
    1. 7. Agnes HEAP was born in 1825; died in 1908.



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