Aberconway of Bodnant
(Born: 1850)
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Biographical Notes
Aberconway of Bodnant, in the Co. Denbigh, 1st Baron; Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren; actively interested in steel, shipbuilding and colliery undertakings; Chairman Tredegar Iron and Coal Company and John Brown and Company; Director of Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company, and other colliery companies in the Midlands; born Edinburgh May 12, 1850; Proprietor of the Croft Granite Quarries in Leicestershire; owner of considerable estates in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Carnarvonshire, including the seaside water-place of Prestatyn. Educated Edinburgh University (M.A.); Fergusson Scholar, Hamilton Scholar; Universities, Bonn, Heidelberg.
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Aberconway of Bodnant, in the Co. Denbigh, 1st Baron; Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren; 1st Baronet; Privy Councillor; formerly M. P. for Stafford and for Leicestershire; actively interested in steel, shipbuilding and colliery undertakings; Chairman, Tredegar Iron and Coal Company and John Brown & Company Ltd.; Chairman of Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company and other colliery companies in the Midlands; Chairman. Metropolitan Railway Co.; born Edinburgh, May 12th, 1850; Proprietor of the Croft Granite Quarries in Leicestershire; owner of considerable estates in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Carnarvonshire, including the seaside water-place of Prestatyn. Author of "The Basic Industries of Gt. Britain, Coal, Iron, Steel, Machinery, Ships." Educated Edinburgh University (M.A.); Fergusson Scholar, Hamilton Scholar. Universities Bonn, Heidelberg. Private address: 43, Belgrave Square, S.W.1.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Aberconway of Bodnant, in the Co. Denbigh. 2nd Baron; Henry Duncan McLaren, C.B.E.: formerly Liberal M.P.; Chairman of John Brown & Co. Ltd., and of Thomas Firth & John Brown Ltd.; Chairman of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., and of its associated companies; Chairman of the Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries. Ltd. ; Chairman of Westland Aircraft Co. Ltd., and of Markham & Co. Ltd. ; Director of thc London Assurance, the National Provincial Bank, Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd., and of the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co. Ltd.
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Aberconway of Bodnant, in the Co. Denbigh, 2nd Baron; Henry Duncan McLaren, C.B.E.; formerly Liberal M.P. ; Chairman of John Brown & Co., Ltd., and of Thomas Firth & John Brown, Ltd.; Chairman of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., Ltd., and of its associated companies; Chairman of the Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd. ; Chairman of Westland Aircraft Co., Ltd., and of Markham & Co., Ltd. ; Director of the London Assurance, the National Provincial Bank, and of the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co., Ltd. Address. 38, South Street, London, W.1, and Bodnant, Talycafn, N. Wales.
Source: 1945 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Aberconway of Bodnant, in the Co. Denbigh, 2nd Baron; Henry Duncan McLaren, C.B.E.; formerly Liberal M.P.; Chairman of John Brown & Co. Ltd., and of Thomas Firth & John Brown Ltd.; Chairman of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., and of its associated companies; Chairman of the Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries Ltd.; Chairman of Westland Aircraft Co. Ltd., and of Markham & Co. Ltd.; Director of the London Assurance,, the National Provincial Bank, and of the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co. Ltd. Address: 38, South Street, London, W.1, and Bodnant, Talycafn, N. Wales.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1945 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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