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Kenneth McLaren DSO (sometimes known as Kenneth MacLaren),〔"Captain Kenneth MacLaren, 13th Hussars, who it will be remembered was for a time adjutant of the regiment, was in July 1899 acting as A.D.C. to General Sir Baker Russell. He was then ordered to South Africa, as Colonel R. S. S. Baden-Powell had applied for his services. Captain MacLaren had been seriously wounded outside Mafeking, March 31, 1900." CHAPTER XXXVI. South African War, 1899-1900. Part Two. To December 1900.Regimental History, C. R. B. Barrett, History of the XIII Hussars, 1911 ()〕 DSO, (1860–1924) was a Major〔"Obituary Many of our older readers will have heard with deep regret of the death of Major Kenneth McLaren, late of the 13th Hussars. Cavalry journal, Volume 15 - Page 105〕 in the 13th Hussars regiment of the British Army. After his military service he assisted with the growth of the Scouting movement founded by his friend Robert Baden-Powell. In 1898 McLaren married Leila Evelyn Landon, who died in 1904. He married Ethyl Mary Wilson in 1910 despite the advice of Baden-Powell, who considered her below his station.〔 ==Military service== McLaren had schooled at Harrow〔 and studied at Sandhurst before joining his regiment, the 13th Hussars in 1880.〔Jeal, p. (66 )〕 He was posted to India, where he served as regimental adjutant and later aide de camp to General Baker Russell.〔 In South Africa he was gravely wounded at the siege of Mafeking in March 1900, falling prisoner to the Boers.〔 He was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900. McLaren played polo throughout his military service,〔The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 9, p. (277 ), Longmans, Green and Co., 1899 (Original from Princeton University)〕 and was umpire of one of the two matches in the 1908 London Olympics.〔Horace A. Laffaye, Nigel À Brassard, ''The Evolution of Polo'', McFarland, 2009, ISBN 0-7864-3814-2, p. (119 )〕 McLaren first met Baden-Powell (also a 13th Hussars officer) in 1881. Although McLaren was 20 at the time, Baden-Powell nicknamed him "the Boy", on account of his appearance.〔〔〔Brian Gardner, ''Mafeking: a Victorian legend'', Cassell, 1966, p. (19 )〕〔Ronald Hyam, ''Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914: a study of empire and expansion'', Barnes & Noble Books, 1976, ISBN 0-06-493099-8, p. (137 )〕〔 The two became fast friends, their relationship being one of the most important friendships in Baden-Powell's life.〔 〕〔The character factory: Baden-Powell and the origins of the Boy Scout movement - Page 48; Michael Rosenthal〕 McLaren was recalled to military service in World War I, but retired again in 1915 due to ill-health.〔(Military career )〕〔(Supplement 4039 ) to the ''London Gazette'', 24 April 1915.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth McLaren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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