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Lord Aberconway
Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway of Bodnant
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He was a British industrialist and horticulturalist.
Lord Aberconway took a keen interest in horticulture. Besides maintaining the family's Bodnant Garden (Conway, Wales), he was the President of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1961 to 1983 and oversaw the management of the Chelsea Flower Show. His annual assertion became famous:
"I think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that this is the finest Chelsea Flower Show ever"
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Created: 15 October 2026, C. Kemnitz
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Sources
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.obituaries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_McLaren,_3rd_Baron_Aberconway
Image: Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway by Walter Bird (6 July 1965) © National Portrait Gallery, London (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw108797/Charles-Melville-McLaren-3rd-Baron-Aberconway