Barony Aberconway

Or, two chevronels invected gules, between two shepherd's crooks in chief and in base a castle triple-towered sable, masoned argent, flags, windows and portcullis of the second
Creation date21 June 1911[1]
Created byKing George V
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderCharles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway
Present holderHenry McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway
Heir apparentCharles Stephen McLaren
Remainder to1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesBaronet of Bodnant, Gwylgre and Hilders
MottoBi'se mac na Cromaig ("He will be a son of the Crozier")

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.[2] He had already been created a baronet, of Bodnant, Gwylgre and Hilders, on 24 July 1902.[2]

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. Since 2003, the title passed to his eldest son, the fourth Baron.

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, Conwy, Wales. The traditional burial place of the Lords Aberconway is a mausoleum called "The Poem" within Bodnant Garden.

Barons Aberconway (1911)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Charles Stephen McLaren (born 1984).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 3–4. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. 1 2 "No. 27457". The London Gazette. 25 July 1902. p. 4738.
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