Moray David Shaw McLaren (1901–1971)[1] was a Scottish writer and broadcasting executive.
He went to Merchiston Castle School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and spent time in Paris.
[2] McLaren moved back to Scotland in 1930 as a BBC Scottish Region radio executive, acting as deputy to David Cleghorn Thomson, his work Return to Scotland of that year laying emphasis on his Roman Catholic background.
[3] He announced his interest in Scottish nationalism in 1931 by supporting George Malcolm Thomson's pamphlet The Kingdom of Scotland Restored.
[6][7] During World War II, he was involved in the Polish section of the Political Warfare Executive.