Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway (12 May 1850 - 23 January 1934) was a Scottish Liberal politician and jurist.

Born in Edinburgh, McLaren was educated at the Heidelberg University (Heidelberg, Germany), Bonn University (Bonn, Germany), and Edinburgh University, from which he graduated with the degree of Master of Arts. In 1874, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn as a barrister. Six years later, he was elected to the House of Commons as member of Parliament for Stafford; he served that constituency until 1886. In 1892, he returned to the Commons as MP for Bosworth, which he represented until 1910.

McLaren's political career advanced during his second term. In 1897, he was invested a Queen's Counsel, and, in 1902, became Sir Charles McLaren, Baronet of Bodnant , in the county of Denbigh. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1902, and held the office of Justice of the Peace in Middlesex, Flint, Denbighshire, and Surrey. In 1911, a year after he failed to be re-elected to the Commons, he was created Baron Aberconway in the Peerage of Scotland.

Lord Aberconway received various honours throughout his life, including:

• Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan (3rd class)
• Order of Takova (Serbia)
• Commander Order of the Redeemer (Greece).

He chaired many companies and, on his death in 1934 at Bodnant, the barony and baronetcy passed to his eldest son, Henry McLaren .