Donald MacLaren Memorial Service
The memorial service for Donald MacLaren will be held on St Andrews day (Thursday 30 November) at St Bartholomew the Great church, West Smithfield, London at 1 pm.
It is with great sadness that we wish to inform you that our chief, Donald MacLaren of MacLaren and Achleskine, passed away suddenly on Saturday 22 July after becoming ill at the Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games.
His passion, energy and commitment to the Clan MacLaren was unmatched, and he will be hugely missed. On behalf of the membership of the Clan MacLaren Society, we would like to pass on our most sincere condolences to Maida his wife, their five children and their family.
A funeral will take place in the middle of August at Balquhidder and there will be a memorial service in Edinburgh in the autumn.
We are pleased to announce that following Donald’s wishes his son Florian will be our next chief and we wish him well with the leadership of our clan.
Creag an Tuirc
The Clan MacLaren Society brings together members and friends from around the world. Our Scottish-based Society allows the Clan to continue its traditional functions, foster kinship worldwide, provide news and share information.
It also allows us to encourage further study of Clan history and to collect genealogical information, and our Clan Genealogist invites you to submit yours. If you have any questions about genealogy, he will be happy to advise.
The Society newsletter will be published in the summer this year. All contributions are welcome, particularly those relating to national and international MacLaren events, births, deaths and marriages.
Please email content to Newsletter Editor Bridget Stevens at [email protected] before the deadline of 31st January for inclusion in the next newsletter.
Our past newsletters are available for download from our society section.
