23-677: Charles McLaren may refer to: Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway (1850–1934), Scottish politician and lawyer Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003), British industrialist and horticulturalist Charles McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway (born 1948), British nobleman Charles Stephen McLaren (born 1984), heir apparent to the Barony of Aberconway Charles McLaren (psychiatrist) (1882–1957), Australian psychiatrist and missionary See also [ edit ] Charles Maclaren (1782–1866), Scottish editor [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
46-594: A five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 , Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation , then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 1981 any MP sentenced to over
69-469: A member of Parliament is to do what they think in their faithful and disinterested judgement is right and necessary for the honour and safety of Great Britain. The second duty is to their constituents, of whom they are the representative but not the delegate. Burke's famous declaration on this subject is well known. It is only in the third place that their duty to party organisation or programme takes rank. All these three loyalties should be observed, but there
92-617: A noted industrialist, died in 1895, and McLaren became increasingly involved in the management of the companies inherited from him. He would become chairman of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company and the British Iron Trade Association. McLaren chaired also the London-based Metropolitan Railway Company and the shipbuilding firm John Brown & Company . On 6 March 1877, McLaren married Laura ,
115-496: A person must be at least 18 years old and be a citizen of the UK , a Commonwealth nation, or Ireland . A person is not required to be registered to vote, nor are there any restrictions regarding where a candidate is a resident. The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 outlaws the holders of various positions from being MPs. These include civil servants , regular police officers (but not special constables ), regular members of
138-572: A prison sentence of a year or more. People in respect of whom a bankruptcy restrictions order has effect are disqualified from (existing) membership of the House of Commons (details differ slightly in different countries). Members are not permitted to resign their seats. In practice, however, they always can. Should a member wish to resign from the Commons , they may request appointment to one of two ceremonial Crown offices: that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of
161-899: A year after he had left the Commons (his son replaced him), he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom with the title Baron Aberconway , of Bodnant, in the County of Denbigh. McLaren was decorated with the 3rd class of the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure and received the Serbian Order of the Cross of Takovo . He was awarded a Commander of the Greek Order of the Redeemer . His father-in-law,
184-498: A year in jail automatically vacates their seat. For certain types of lesser acts of wrongdoing, the Recall of MPs Act 2015 mandates that a recall petition be opened; if signed by more than 10% of registered voters within the constituency, the seat is vacated. In the past, only male adult property owners could stand for Parliament. In 1918, women acquired the right to stand for Parliament , and to vote. To be eligible to stand as an MP,
207-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway , PC , KC , JP (12 May 1850 – 23 January 1934), known as Sir Charles McLaren, 1st Baronet , between 1902 and 1911, was a Scottish jurist and Liberal Party politician. He
230-414: Is no doubt of the order in which they stand under any healthy manifestation of democracy. Theoretically, contemporary MPs are considered to have two duties, or three if they belong to a political party. Their primary responsibility is to act in the national interest. They must also act in the interests of their constituents, where this does not override their primary responsibility. Finally, if they belong to
253-629: The Senedd (Welsh Parliament) or the Northern Ireland Assembly are also ineligible for the Commons according to the Wales and Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts respectively, passed in 2014 (but members of the Scottish Parliament are eligible). People who are bankrupt cannot stand to be MPs. The Representation of the People Act 1981 excludes persons who are currently serving
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#1732851163370276-645: The United Kingdom , a member of Parliament ( MP ) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons , the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on
299-573: The armed forces (but not reservists), and some judges . Members of the House of Lords were not permitted to hold Commons seats until the passing of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 , which allows retired or resigned members of the House of Lords to stand or re-stand as MPs. Members of legislatures outside of the Commonwealth are excluded, with the exemption of the Irish legislature . Additionally, members of
322-568: The Chiltern Hundreds , or that of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead . These offices are sinecures (that is, they involve no actual duties); they exist solely to permit the "resignation" of members of the House of Commons. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible for making the appointment, and, by convention, never refuses to do so when asked by a member who desires to leave
345-523: The House of Commons. Members of Parliament are entitled to use the post-nominal initials MP. MPs are referred to as "honourable" as a courtesy only during debates in the House of Commons (e.g., "the honourable member for ..."), or if they are the children of peers below the rank of marquess ("the honourable [first name] [surname]"). Those who are members of the Privy Council use the form The Right Honourable ( The Rt Hon. ) Name MP. The first duty of
368-661: The Lords Aberconway. On his death in 1934, in Belgrave Square in London, the barony and baronetcy passed to his eldest son, Henry . His second son Francis sat also in the Parliament of the United Kingdom , however was killed during the First World War in his father's lifetime. The older daughter Priscilla was a socialite as well as activist and married the journalist Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet . Her younger sister Elsie
391-530: The daughter of the chemist Henry Davis Pochin and suffragist Agnes Heap , in Westminster ; the couple had four children. He and his wife were neighbours and friends of James McNeill Whistler , owning several of his works. Laura died in 1933 and McLaren survived her until the following year. They are buried at a mausoleum called "The Poem" within Bodnant Garden , which became the traditional burial place of
414-468: The judge John McLaren from his father's first marriage and the doctor Agnes McLaren from his father's second marriage. McLaren was educated at Grove House School and then studied at the University of Heidelberg as well as the University of Bonn . He finally graduated from the University of Edinburgh first class honours with a Master of Arts . McLaren began his career in journalism, but turned to
437-417: The law and in 1874, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn as a barrister . In 1880, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford ; he served that constituency until 1886. In 1892, he returned to the Commons as MP for Bosworth , which he represented until 1910. McLaren's political career advanced during his second term, and in 1897 he was appointed a Queen's Counsel . It
460-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_McLaren&oldid=720140615 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
483-673: Was a landowner and industrialist. Born in Edinburgh , McLaren was the son of the politician Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright . Priscilla was McLaren's third wife, and was the daughter of Jacob Bright and the sister of the Liberal statesman John Bright and temperance activist Margaret Bright Lucas . His full siblings included the Liberal MP Walter McLaren and the philanthropist Helen Priscilla McLaren , wife of Italian dietitian Andrea Rabagliati . Among McLaren's half-siblings were
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#1732851163370506-516: Was announced that he would receive a baronetcy in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 for the (subsequently postponed) coronation of King Edward VII , and on 24 July 1902 he was created a Baronet , of Bodnant, in the County of Denbigh . He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1908, and held the office of Justice of the Peace in Middlesex, Flint, Denbighshire, and Surrey. In 1911,
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