MC LAREN

Duncan (son of John Mc Laren, farmer). b. Renton, Dumb art on shire 12 Jany. 1800; a draper in a shop opposite St. Giles’s ch. Edinb. 1824; member of town council Edinb. 1833, baillie, treasurer, lord provost 1851–4; chairman of Edinburgh chamber of commerce; contested Edinb. 1852, M.P. Edinb. 1865–81, used to be called in the house the Member for Scotland; established the Heriot free schools, Edinb. 1836; author of History of the resistance to the annuity tax under each of the four church establishments for which it has been levied 1836, 4 ed. 1851; Facts regarding the seat rents of the city churches of Edinburgh 1840. d. Newing ton house, Edinburgh 26 April 1886, portrait in council chamber, Edinb. J. B. Mackie’s Life and works of D. Mc Laren 2 vols. (1888), 2 portraits . M’LAREN, James . b. Polmont, Stir lings hire 1829; general superintendent North British railway co. 1843 to death, the oldest official connected with the company. d. Edinburgh 30 Oct. 1893. M’LAREN, John H. b. Scotland 1827; a istant secretary to Royal insurance company at Liverpool about 1855, general manager 1872 to death; effected amalgamations with other companies, that with the Queen insurance co. in 1891 being the greatest. d. Claught on, Birken head 13 Nov. 1893.