David Urquhart, Baron Tayside

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David Lauchlan Urquhart, Baron Tayside OBE (born September 13, 1912 - March 12, 1975 ) was a Scottish entrepreneur.

David Urquhart attended the Harris Academy in Dundee until 1930 . He became Chairman and Managing Director of Don Brothers, Buist and Company , a long -established jute and flax mill and largest employer in Forfar , and Vice-President of the Tayside Area Consultative Committee for Economic Planning . Under the government of Prime Minister Harold Wilson , he was in 1967 as a supporter of the Labor Party for Life Peer appointed with the title Baron Tayside of Queens Well in the Royal Burgh of Forfar and County of Angus. He made four speeches in the eight years of his membership in the House of Lords, all relating to the economy of Scotland.

From 1967 Urquhart was President of the Dundee Chamber of Commerce and Justice of the Peace and from 1957 to 1961 mayor in Forfar. He also sat on the board of directors of the broadcaster Grampian Television .

David Urquhart lived at The Manor in Forfar. In 1939 he married. His wife survived him by over 30 years and died in 2007 at the age of 93.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Former pupils on harrisfps.co.uk.
  2. ^ The London Gazette. August 1, 1967 (PDF; 65 kB).
  3. ↑ Labor Ranks in the Lords strengthened. The Glasgow Herald, 4th August 1967.
  4. ^ The London Gazette. September 15, 1967 (PDF; 103 kB).
  5. ^ David Urquhart in Hansard (English).
  6. ↑ Treble Chance TV for Dundee at bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk.
  7. ↑ Robinson Percy Foulds. In: Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings. Vol. 45, 1954, pp. P118-P119, doi : 10.1080 / 19447015408688005 .
  8. ↑ Hilda Gwendoline Harris on thepeerage.com , accessed August 30, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Urquhart, David, Baron Tayside
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urquhart, David Lauchlan, Baron Tayside
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1912
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1975