Baron Aberconway, of Bodnant in the County of Denbigh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 21 June 1911 for the industrialist and Liberal

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 politician Sir Charles McLaren, 1st Baronet

Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway

Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway, PC, QC, JP , known as Sir Charles McLaren, 1st Baronet between 1902 and 1911, was a Scottish jurist and Liberal Party politician. He was a landowner and industrialist.-Education:Born in Edinburgh, McLaren was the son of the politician Duncan...

. He had already been created a Baronet, of Bodnant, Gwylgre and Hilders, on 8 August 1902. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a businessman and also sat as a Member of Parliament

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. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. In August 1939, the future third Baron was part of a secret delegation sent to Germany

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 by Lord Halifax to offer Adolf Hitler

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 concessions on the assurance that he would not invade Poland

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. The third baron died on 4 February 2003 and the title passed to his eldest son, Henry McLaren, the fourth and present holder of the titles.

As of 30 June 2006, the present holder of the barony has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage. For more information, follow this link.

The family seat is Bodnant Hall

Bodnant Garden

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, near the town of Conwy. Aberconway is the anglicised form of the Welsh place name Aberconwy

Aberconwy

Aberconwy may refer to:*Aberconwy *Aberconwy *Aberconwy , a defunct administrative division of Gwynedd*Battle of Aberconwy See Also...

, the original name of Conwy town in Welsh.

Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Or, two chevronels invected gules between two shepherds crooks in chief and in base a castle triple towered and with flags flying sable.

Barons Aberconway (1911)

• Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway
  Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway
  Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway, PC, QC, JP , known as Sir Charles McLaren, 1st Baronet between 1902 and 1911, was a Scottish jurist and Liberal Party politician. He was a landowner and industrialist.-Education:Born in Edinburgh, McLaren was the son of the politician Duncan...
  
   (1850–1934)
• Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway
  Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway
  Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway CBE was a British politician, horticulturalist and industrialist. He was the son of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Pochin.- Education :...
  
   (1879–1953)
• Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
  Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
  Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway, JP was a British industrialist and horticulturalist. He was the son of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel Macnaghten.-Education:...
  
   (1913–2003)
• Henry Charles McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway
  Henry McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway
  Henry Charles McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway is a British peer. He is the son of Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway and Deirdre Knewstub.-Family:...
  
   (b. 1948)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. Charles Stephen McLaren (b. 1984)