Francis Walter Stafford McLaren (16 June 1886 – 30 August 1917) was a British Member of Parliament killed in the First World War in a flying accident.

[1] A younger son of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway, he attended Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.

[7] A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style illuminated book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of McLaren.

[8][9] McLaren's grave at St John's Church, Busbridge is marked by a carved oak headboard, designed by Edwin Lutyens.

The First World War memorial in the gardens of Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding, Lincolnshire, was also designed by Lutyens.