 charles benjamin bright mclaren, 1st baron aberconway, pc, qc, jp (12 may 1850 â 23 january 1934), 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 mclaren. the latter's third wife, his mother priscilla, was the daughter of jacob bright and the sister of the liberal statesman john bright. mclaren was educated at grove house school and studied then at the university of heidelberg as well as the university of bonn. he finally graduated from the university of edinburgh first class honours with a master of arts. ==political career==  mclaren began his career in journalism, but turned to the law and in 1874, he was admitted to lincoln's inn as a barrister. in 1880, he was elected to the house of commons as member of parliament (mp) for stafford; he served that constituency until 1886. in 1892, he returned to the commons as mp for bosworth, which he represented until 1910. mclaren's political career advanced during his second term. in 1897, he was appointed a queen's counsel and in 1902 was created a baronet, of bodnant, in the county of denbigh. he was sworn of the privy council in 1908, and held the office of justice of the peace in middlesex, flint, denbighshire, and surrey. in 1911, a year after he had left the commons (his son replaced him), he was raised to the peerage of the united kingdom with the title baron aberconway, of bodnant, in the county of denbigh. mclaren was decorated with the 3rd class of the japanese order of the sacred treasure and received the serbian order of takova. he was awarded a commander of the greek order of the redeemer. ==career in industry== his father-in-law, a noted industrialist, died in 1895, and mclaren became increasingly involved in the management of the companies inherited from him. he would become chairman of the tredegar iron and coal company and the briti
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