Pat MacLachlan


Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan was a Scottish international rugby union player. In his rugby career he played as a Scrum half.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

A Rhodes Scholar educated at Exeter College, Oxford, MacLachlan played for Oxford University.
He then moved to play for London Scottish.

Provincial career

MacLachlan played provincially in Southern Rhodesia. He played for Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Mashonaland.

International career

MacLachlan was capped for four times in 1954.
He was also capped by the Barbarians.

Outside of rugby

Architect

MacLachlan studied architecture in Cape Town University. He became an Architect in Harare and in Blantyre, Malawi.

Teaching

MacLachlan became a teacher in Canada at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island, Canada. He later became Headmaster at the school.
He then ran an Independent Schools Service in Hong Kong.

Later life and death

MacLachlan lived in retirement in Canada. He died in Vancouver on 20 March 2025, at the age of 96.