Laurentia McLachlan

Dame Laurentia McLachlan
Born
Margaret McLachlan

(1866-01-11)11 January 1866
Coatbridge, Scotland, British Empire
Died23 August 1953(1953-08-23) (aged 87)
Wass, England, United Kingdom
OccupationBenedictine nun
Known forAbbess of Stanbrook Abbey

Dame Laurentia McLachlan, OSB, née Margaret McLachlan, (11 January 1866 – 23 August 1953) was a Scottish Benedictine nun, Abbess of Stanbrook Abbey, and an authority on church music. She became posthumously known to a wide public when portrayed on the stage in a 1988 play, The Best of Friends.

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