[2] She spent her early life in Valparaíso, Chile, before the family moved to London, living in Portland Place.

[3] McLaren's mother had progressive political views and introduced Eva to Octavia Hill for whom she collected rents and managed tenant welfare in Marylebone.

When World War I, broke out Eva McLaren resumed her nursing career, working at a base hospital in France during the winter of 1914–15 before being forced to return to England through ill health.

[3] Eva McLaren was involved in the promotion of women’s hockey at Great Comp Garden in Kent where she moved to in 1904 with her husband Walter.

She died from chronic Bright's disease and uraemia on 16 August 1921 at Great Comp Cottage, Borough Green in Kent.

[3] Her name and picture (and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on the plinth of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London, unveiled in 2018.