Family
McLaren was married to Bette, with whom he had two daughters Linda (born 1952) and Janie (born 1954, died 2000). His son-in-law is former Scotland rugby scrum half Alan Lawson. They had five grandchildren, including Scotland scrum-half and Gloucester player Rory Lawson and Edinburgh's Jim Thompson.
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