Sir Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan (4 December 1879 - 14 September 1951) was a British museum director and art historian.

Early years

Born on 4 December 1879 in London, Maclagan was the only son of William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York and his second wife Augusta Anne, daughter of the sixth Lord Barrington. He had a sister and two half-brothers. Educated at Winchester College,