Abt 1870 - 1960 (~ 90 years)
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Name |
Archibald Finlay Maclaren [2] |
Birth |
Abt 1870 |
Scotland [2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1960 [2, 3] |
Person ID |
I131514 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- Archibald Maclaren 1870 -1960
Born 1870 Scotland
Died 1969. Scotland
Son of Robert Maclaren 1817-1889 and Mary Jane Findlay 1830
Husband of Nina Higgins. Father of Colin & Una
Made a deal (which also involved British
government) to buy all the tungsten in Spain during WW1 that also
required him to buy all the oranges, big trouble with surplus at end
of war.
Was somewhat impatient and was jailed in France following
ramming the lock gates at St Lazur with his steam yacht because they
did not open fast enough. This was particularly unpopular as locks
rather important to French navy, It was how most of their ships got intothe Atlantic.
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