Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn

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Prime MinisterSir Alec Douglas-Home
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The Lord Derwent
Succeeded byGeorge Darling
Edward Redhead
Personal details
Born3 August 1908 (1908-08-03)
Died11 October 1987 (1987-10-12) (aged 79)
NationalityBritish
Political partyScottish Unionist
National Liberal
SpouseMargaret Runge (d. 1979)
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford

Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn

PC (3 August 1908 – 11 October 1987) was a Scottish Tory and National Liberal
politician.

Background and education

The member of an important

George Macpherson and Sir Tommy Macpherson and a nephew of Lord Strathcarron. He was educated at Fettes College and Trinity College, Oxford.[1] He initially worked in business, representing a firm in Turkey. He joined the Cameron Highlanders from 1939, serving in World War II including in Madagascar
.

Political career

Macpherson was elected

Minister of State for Trade by the new Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home,[1] and the following month he was raised to the peerage as Baron Drumalbyn, of Whitesands in the Royal Burgh of Dumfries.[2] He continued at the Board of Trade until the Conservative government fell at the 1964 general election. He was once again a member of the government as Minister without Portfolio under Edward Heath from 1970 to 1974.[1]

Niall Macpherson Indemnity Act 1954
Act of Parliament
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 29
Dates
Royal assent13 May 1954

In 1954, his membership of the London agency of the Dried Fruits Control Board of the Commonwealth of Australia gave rise to concern that he might be disqualified from sitting or voting as a member of the House of Commons by virtue of the Succession to the Crown Act 1707. To avoid this problem, an Act of Indemnity (the Niall Macpherson Indemnity Act 1954) was passed.[3][4]

Lord Drumalbyn was also chairman of the British Commonwealth Producers' Organization from 1952 and a member of the BBC General Advisory Council. In 1974 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[5]

Family

Lord Drumalbyn married Margaret Phyllis, daughter of Julius Joseph Runge, in 1937.[6] They had three daughters, Jean Stewart Macpherson, who married James Weatherall, Mary Stewart Macpherson, who married Philip Dudley Wilson and Howard Alvine Rees; and (Helen) Norah Macpherson (1947–1969), who died unmarried.[6] Lady Drumalbyn died on 13 August 1979.[6] In 1985, Lord Drumalbyn married Rita, widow of Harry Edmiston.[7] Lord Drumalbyn died on 11 October 1987, aged 79. The title became extinct on his death as he had no sons.[6] His widow died on 12 March 2014.

References

  1. ^ a b c thepeerage.com Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, 1st and last Baron Drumalbyn
  2. ^ "No. 43156". The London Gazette. 12 November 1963. p. 9249.
  3. ^ House of Commons Hansard, 11 May 1954, column 1157.
  4. ^ House of Lords Hansard, 13 May 1954, column 594.
  5. ^ "No. 46186". The London Gazette. 18 January 1974. p. 753.
  6. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th Edition. Crans, Switzerland: Burke’s Peerage. p. 3773.
  7. ISBN 0-7509-0154-3
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire
1945–1963 		Succeeded by
David Colville Anderson
Political offices
Preceded by
James Henderson Stewart
Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
1955–1960
With: Jack Browne 1955–1959
Lord John Hope 1957–1959
Tam Galbraith
1959–1960 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
1960–1962 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
1962–1963 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Joint Minister of State for Trade
1963–1964
With: Edward du Cann
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Preceded by
George Thomson
(1968–1969)
 Minister without Portfolio
1970–1974 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation
Baron Drumalbyn

1963–1987 		Extinct
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