Baron Aberconway

Barony of Aberconway
Creation date	21 June 1911
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway
Present holder	Henry McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway
Heir apparent	Hon. Charles Stephen McLaren
Remainder to	the 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.
Subsidiary titles	Baronet of Bodnant, Gwylgre and Hilders

Baron Aberconway, of Bodnant in the County of Denbigh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 June 1911 for the industrialist and Liberal politician Sir Charles McLaren, 1st Baronet. 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. 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 by Lord Halifax to offer Adolf Hitler concessions on the assurance that he would not invade Poland. The third baron died on 4 February 2003 and the title passed to his eldest son, Henry McLaren, the fourth and (As of 2010^[update]) 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, near the town of Conwy. Aberconway is the anglicised form of the Welsh place name Aberconwy, 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 (1850–1934)
• Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway (1879–1953)
• Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003)
• Henry Charles McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway (b. 1948)

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

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages