Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden

Charles Russell Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden Kt DL (* 30th April 1933 ) is a British textile entrepreneurs , business leaders and politicians of the Conservative Party , which since 1985 as a peer Life Member of the House of Lords is.

Life

Military and professional career

After attending school, Sanderson joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 1952 and served between 1953 and 1956 first in the Signal Regiment of the 51st (Highland) Division of the Territorial Army and then until 1958 with the King's Own Scottish Borderers of the Territorial Army.

After completing his military service , he joined the family company Chas as a partner in 1958 . P. Sanderson Wool & Yarn Merchants in Melrose and worked for this until 1987.

In the mid-1970s, Sanderson, who became a member of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1972 , began his political career in the Conservative Party and was first Vice President from 1975 to 1977 and then from 1977 to 1979 President of the Association of Scottish Conservatives and Unionists. At the same time he was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Conservative Associations between 1977 and 1986 and was initially its vice-chairman between 1979 and 1981 and then its chairman from 1981 to 1986.

During this time, Sanderson, who was Governor of St. Mary's School in Melrose from 1978 to 1987, was Governor of the Scottish College of Textiles between 1980 and 1987, and from 1982 to 2000 a member of the council of Trinity College in Glenalmond, of which he was last chairman 1994 to 2000 was. In addition, between 1984 and 1987 he was a member of the Council of Independent Schools and, at the same time, a member of the committee of administrative bodies.

At the beginning of the 1980s he also increasingly took on managerial functions in other commercial enterprises and was director of Illingworth Morris plc from 1981 to 1987 and chairman of the Edinburgh Financial Trust from 1983 to 1987 and of the Shires Investment Trust from 1984 to 1987. In 1985 he also started working for Clydesdale Bank , where he was director from 1985 to 1987 and again from 1993 to 2000 and most recently from 1996 to 1998, first Vice-Chairman and then from 1998 to 2004 Chairman.

Member of the House of Lords and Minister of State

By a letters patent dated June 5, 1985, Sanderson, who had been ennobled as a Knight Bachelor in 1981 and henceforth had the suffix "Sir", was raised to life peer as Baron Sanderson of Bowden , of Melrose in the District of Ettrick and Lauderdale. Shortly after its introduction was carried out ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords .

In 1987 he became Minister of State in the Ministry of Scotland and held this position until 1990. Then Lord Sanderson, who has been Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale since 1990, was chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, the national association of the Conservative Party in Scotland, between 1990 and 1993 .

After leaving the government in 1990, he increasingly took on managerial roles in the private sector and was director of Illingworth Morris plc from 1990 to 1992 and of The Scottish Mortgage Trust plc from 1991 to 2003, the last of which he was chairman from 1993 and 2003. Lord Sanderson, who has been chairman of Hawick Cashmere Co since 1991, was also director of Woolcombers plc (1992-1995), Caros (1992-1995), United Auctions Ltd (1992-1999), Edinburgh Woolen Mills Ltd ( 1993 to 1997), Watson & Philip plc (1993 to 1999), Scottish Pride Holdings (1994 to 1997) and Morrison Construction plc (1995 to 2000).

Lord Sanderson, who served on the Council of Edinburgh Napier University from 1994 to 2001 , continued to serve as Honorary President of the Association of Scottish Conservatives and Unionists from 1996 to 2000. After serving as vice-chairman of the Scottish Peers' Association between 1996 and 1997 , he was its chairman from 1998 to 2000.

During this time he was also chairman of St. Mary's School in Melrose from 1998 to 2004 and a board member of Yorkshire Bank plc from 1999 to 2004. Since 2000 he has also been involved in the traditional Livery Company of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters and is one of them since then their assistance committee has been a member. In addition, he has been the Upper Warden of this trade association since 2004 , after having been Under Warden from 2003 to 2004 and also a Master’s degree between 2005 and 2006 .

Lord Sanderson, who received honorary doctorates from the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh Napier University in 2001, served as President of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland from 2002 to 2003 and as Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale between 2003 and 2008 . In addition, he was director of Develica Deutschland plc from 2006 to 2008 and has been director of Accsys Technology plc since 2007 and chairman of the Abbotsford Trust since 2008.

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on October 29, 2012)
• Entry in They Work For You (accessed October 29, 2012)
• Biography in Debrett's (accessed October 29, 2012)