Background
He was the younger son of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel MacNaghten.
He was the younger son of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel MacNaghten.
Eton College.
Educated at Eton College, McLaren became an Royal Air Force Squadron Leader during World 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.
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 and has issue: Luke John McLaren Geddes.
Sam Duncan McLaren Geddes (see Baron Geddes).