It is scarcely surprising that Lady Maclaren * should become prominent as a champion of women's suffrage when it is remembered that her mother, Mrs. Pochin, wife of the late Henry Pochin. M.p.. of Denbighshire, was one of the most courageous pioneers of "women's rights." As a matter of fact, Lady Maclaren is part-author of no fewer than eight Bills affecting her sex, which her husband, Sir Charles Maclaren, M.p., has introduced into the House of Commons. As a young married woman in the seventies, Lady Maclaren made her home in Belgrave Square the scene of many important political receptions, and if women should come to their own in the manner anticipated by some, they will be very much indebted to the wife of the member for the Bosworth Division of Leicestershire, whom he married in 1877. Although Lady Maclaren was born in Lancashire, she passed her girlhood chiefly at Barnes, and when it is mentioned that her father belonged to the circle of advanced Liberals which included Cobden, Bright, John Stuart Mill, and Professor Fawcett, her zest for political work and organisation will be readily understood. As a matter of fact, she started her political work at the early age of eleven, and in her teens began to write letters to the newspapers on topics of the hour. She has travelled in most parts of the world, and fought elections for her husband as well as in the cause of "women's rights."

Lady Maclaren Elliott & Fry