The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
In office 29 July 1991 – 21 July 2016 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Born | Norman Somerville Macfarlane 5 March 1926 |
Died | 5 November 2021 | (aged 95)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, KT, DL, FRSE (5 March 1926 – 5 November 2021) was a Scottish industrialist and member of the House of Lords who sat as a Conservative. [1]
Educated at the High School of Glasgow and later a Royal Artillery Officer in the British military personnel of the Palestine Emergency, Macfarlane was a Member of the Council of the Confederation of British Industry (Scotland) from 1975 to 1981, a Board Member of the Scottish Development Agency from 1979 to 1987, and a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland from 1980 to 1982. [1] Macfarlane received a knighthood on 9 February 1983, [2] was a Deputy Lieutenant and was created a life peer with the title Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie, for the Conservative Party, on 29 July 1991 [1] [3] and made a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle on 3 December 1996. [4] He retired from the House of Lords on 21 July 2016. [5]
Macfarlane was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1992, 1993 and 1997. [1] He had been a member of Glasgow Art Club since 1969. [6] In 1991, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [7] Macfarlane was Honorary Patron of Queen's Park Football Club. [8]
Macfarlane died on 5 November 2021, at the age of 95. [9] [10]
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The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
In office 29 July 1991 – 21 July 2016 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Born | Norman Somerville Macfarlane 5 March 1926 |
Died | 5 November 2021 | (aged 95)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, KT, DL, FRSE (5 March 1926 – 5 November 2021) was a Scottish industrialist and member of the House of Lords who sat as a Conservative. [1]
Educated at the High School of Glasgow and later a Royal Artillery Officer in the British military personnel of the Palestine Emergency, Macfarlane was a Member of the Council of the Confederation of British Industry (Scotland) from 1975 to 1981, a Board Member of the Scottish Development Agency from 1979 to 1987, and a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland from 1980 to 1982. [1] Macfarlane received a knighthood on 9 February 1983, [2] was a Deputy Lieutenant and was created a life peer with the title Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie, for the Conservative Party, on 29 July 1991 [1] [3] and made a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle on 3 December 1996. [4] He retired from the House of Lords on 21 July 2016. [5]
Macfarlane was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1992, 1993 and 1997. [1] He had been a member of Glasgow Art Club since 1969. [6] In 1991, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [7] Macfarlane was Honorary Patron of Queen's Park Football Club. [8]
Macfarlane died on 5 November 2021, at the age of 95. [9] [10]
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