Martin McLaren

Major Martin John McLaren (11 January 1914 – 27 July 1979) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Francis McLaren, Liberal MP for Spalding and Barbara Jekyll.

McLaren obtained a BA from the University of Oxford in 1936, and an MA in 1941.

Joining the Grenadier Guards, he rose to the rank of Major during World War II.

After the war, he held a position in the Home Office until 1947, and in 1948 became a barrister of the Middle Temple.