Francis in his role as MP for Spalding in Lincolnshire
Francis standing beside his car
Francis and Barbara McLaren in their car
Francis and his father Charles depicted in the 1910 illustration ‘Father and Son’.
Description of the 1910 illustration ‘Father and Son’
The Coronation Committee
Francis depicted as ‘Saint George’ in the Spalding Guardian in 1912.
Francis McLaren was born into a deeply political family. He had radicals Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright as grandparents on one side and Henry Pochin the industrialist and his equally radical wife Agnes on the other. His father, Lord Aberconway, was a Scottish jurist and Liberal Party politician, and his uncle, John Bright, was a British Radical and Liberal statesman and one of the greatest orators of his generation. His mother, Laura, wrote on Rights for Women and developed outstanding gardens at Bodnant and La Garoupe in Antibes.
At just 24 years of age, Francis became the youngest MP in the House of Commons when he was elected as the Liberal MP for Spalding in January 1910. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lewis Vernon Harcourt from 1910-1915.
Francis’ son, Martin McLaren, would follow in his footsteps to become a Conservative party politician in 1959.
Francis in his role as MP for Spalding in Lincolnshire
Francis standing beside his car
Francis and Barbara McLaren in their car
Francis and his father Charles depicted in the 1910 illustration ‘Father and Son’.
Description of the 1910 illustration ‘Father and Son’
The Coronation Committee
Francis depicted as ‘Saint George’ in the Spalding Guardian in 1912.
Francis McLaren was born into a deeply political family. He had radicals Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright as grandparents on one side and Henry Pochin the industrialist and his equally radical wife Agnes on the other. His father, Lord Aberconway, was a Scottish jurist and Liberal Party politician, and his uncle, John Bright, was a British Radical and Liberal statesman and one of the greatest orators of his generation. His mother, Laura, wrote on Rights for Women and developed outstanding gardens at Bodnant and La Garoupe in Antibes.
At just 24 years of age, Francis became the youngest MP in the House of Commons when he was elected as the Liberal MP for Spalding in January 1910. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lewis Vernon Harcourt from 1910-1915.
Francis’ son, Martin McLaren, would follow in his footsteps to become a Conservative party politician in 1959.
Francis in his role as MP for Spalding in Lincolnshire
Francis standing beside his car
Francis and Barbara McLaren in their car
Francis and his father Charles depicted in the 1910 illustration ‘Father and Son’.
Description of the 1910 illustration ‘Father and Son’
The Coronation Committee
Francis depicted as ‘Saint George’ in the Spalding Guardian in 1912.
Francis McLaren was born into a deeply political family. He had radicals Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright as grandparents on one side and Henry Pochin the industrialist and his equally radical wife Agnes on the other. His father, Lord Aberconway, was a Scottish jurist and Liberal Party politician, and his uncle, John Bright, was a British Radical and Liberal statesman and one of the greatest orators of his generation. His mother, Laura, wrote on Rights for Women and developed outstanding gardens at Bodnant and La Garoupe in Antibes.
At just 24 years of age, Francis became the youngest MP in the House of Commons when he was elected as the Liberal MP for Spalding in January 1910. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lewis Vernon Harcourt from 1910-1915.
Francis’ son, Martin McLaren, would follow in his footsteps to become a Conservative party politician in 1959.