Laura Elizabeth Pochin was born 1854 in City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom to Henry Davis Pochin (1824-1895) and Agnes Heap (1825-1908) and died 4 January 1933 Antibes, France of unspecified causes. She married Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway (1850-1934) 6 March 1877 .
Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway CBE (born Laura Elizabeth Pochin) (b. 1854 - d. January 4, 1933, Antibes) was a British suffragist and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Henry Davis Pochin, a noted industrialist and chemist.
On March 6, 1877, she married Charles McLaren, a business associate of her father's, in Westminster. He would later be created Baron Aberconway, and they would have four children.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway (1879-1953) | 16 August 1769 Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | 23 May 1953 | Christabel Mary Melville MacNaghten (1890-1974) |
| Florence Priscilla McLaren (1881-1964) | |||
| Elsie Dorothea McLaren (c1884-1973) | |||
| Francis Walter Stafford McLaren (1886-1917) | |||
She was a campaigner for women's suffrage, founding the Liberal Women's Suffrage Union and publishing some writings on the subject. During World War I, she converted her house in London into a hospital and helped run it. She was awarded the CBE in 1918.
Aside from her political activities, she was a talented artist and gardner. She and her husband worked to expand and improve the Bodnant Garden begun by her father, and were friends of James McNeill Whistler.
Writings
- The women's charter or rights and liberties. London, John Sewell, 1909.
- The prime minister and women's suffrage London, John Sewell, 1913.
References
Footnotes (including sources)
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