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

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politician Sir Charles McLaren, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Bodnant, Gwylgre and Hilders, on 24 July 1902. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a businessman and also sat as a

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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

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concessions on the assurance that he would not invade

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. Since 2003, the title passed to his eldest son, the fourth Baron. , the present holder of the barony has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is therefore not on the

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Aberconway is the anglicised form of the Welsh place name Aberconwy, the original name of Conwy town in Welsh. The family seat is Bodnant House, near

Tal-y-Cafn Tal-y-Cafn ( Welsh meaning : ''"place opposite the ferry-boat"'') is a small settlement in Conwy county borough, north Wales, in the community of Eglwysbach. It lies in the Conwy valley close to the Roman settlement of Canovium at Caerhun, a ...

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. The traditional burial place of the Lords Aberconway is a mausoleum called "The Poem" within

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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 (born 1948) The

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is the present holder's son, Charles Stephen McLaren (born 1984).

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aberconway Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1911 Noble titles created for UK MPs McLaren family