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- Colin Shaw Maclaren 1898-1985
Born July 26, 1898, in Errogie, Scotland, near Loch Ness
Died 15 May 1985 at Booth Memorial Medical Center in Flushing, Queens
Son of James Maclaren 1870-1950 and Daisy Ogilvy c1870
Brother of Hamish, Heather (Helen?), and Patrick
OBITUARY in the New York Times. May 17, 1985, Friday
(Late City Final Edition. Section:D Page:20 Column:3 Desk:Metropolitan
COLIN MACLAREN, SCOT, SOLDIER AND REPORTER FOR THE TIMES
By WILLIAM G. BLAIR
Colin Shaw Maclaren, a Scottish Highlander whose career took him fromfighting Afghan tribesmen on British India's Northwest Frontier to 38years as a reporter for The New York Times, died Wednesday at the BoothMemorial Medical Center in Flushing, Queens. He was 86 years old andlived in Flushing.
He served as a police reporter, night rewriteman and obituary writer onThe Times from 1930 until he retired in 1968.
Mr. Maclaren, who remained a British subject throughout his
life, came to The Times in 1923, not as a reporter but as an advertisingsalesman, at the invitation of Adolph S. Ochs, then thenewspaper's publisher.
A year earlier, Mr. Maclaren, awaiting his discharge as a
captain in the British Army, had met Mr. Ochs at Shepheard's Hotel inCairo. Mr. Maclaren recounted years later that he had never heard of TheTimes until Mr. Ochs told him to ''come to New York and I'll give you ajob.
Served in Middle East
Until his encounter with the American publisher, Mr.
Maclaren had followed a military career, first as a second lieutenant inQueen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides, an infantry frontier force inIndia, and then as an infantry captain under Viscount Allenby againstTurkish forces in the Middle East during World War I.
After two years as an advertising salesman at The Times, he left toattend a summer session at the Columbia University School of Journalism.
Over the next three years, he worked as a writer, real-estate salesmanand supporting actor on Broadway. In 1929 he rejoined the Timesadvertising staff and in 1930 transferred to the local news staff as apolice reporter.
Mr. Maclaren was born July 26, 1898, in Errogie, Scotland, near Loch Ness.
His schooling in St Andrews, Scotland, was followed by
four years at Episcopal Trinity College in Glenalmond, Scotland. Aftercadet training at Wellington College in Madras, India, he wascommissioned in the British Indian Army in 1917.
There are no immediate survivors. A funeral service is to be held at 10A.M. tomorrow at the Walter B. Cooke funeral home at 80-20 RooseveltAvenue in Jackson Heights, Queens.
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