George Wallace, Baron Wallace of Campsie

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George Wallace, Baron Wallace of Campsie ( February 13, 1915 , † December 23, 1997 ) was a British entrepreneur , banker and politician who became a member of the House of Lords in 1974 as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 . Through his successful businesses, he has sponsored numerous public institutions and charities.

Life

Lawyer and Entrepreneur

After attending Abbotsford Primary School and Queen's Park Secondary School in Glasgow, Wallace began studying law at the University of Glasgow and then worked as a solicitor before setting up his own law firm. After completing his military service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II , he worked as a lawyer for a few years.

Shortly thereafter, in 1950, he founded Wallace Cameron and Company , a company that made industrial disinfectants and first aid bandages, one of which was considered a technological breakthrough because it harnessed the action of alginic acid to heal wounds. Despite strong competition from other, long-established companies, the company expanded quickly and, shortly after it was founded, already employed around 300 people in the operation in the South Side district of Glasgow. In 1969 the company had international associated companies in Belgium , Italy and Luxembourg . Wallace Cameron and Company is not only the only company that specialized in the manufacture of first aid dressings, but decreed later the unique privilege purveyor ( Royal Warrant ) by Queen Elizabeth II. , The Queen Mum as well as Charles, Prince of Wales to be.

Commitment to the development of East Kilbride

As chairman of the East Kilbride Development Company , which became Scotland's first New Town in 1947 , George Wallace was instrumental in redesigning the city

Wallace was more chairman of the development company for East Kilbride ( East Kilbride Development Corporation ) and sat in this capacity for the further development of the former small town that since the appointment to Scotland's first New Town in 1947 became one of the most successful growth cities in Scotland for new industries , and today has the tenth largest shopping center in Europe. More than any other New Town, East Kilbride was the model for the restoration of the Scottish economy in the post-war period and for the transition from traditional industry to industrial technology. In his role as chairman of the development company, he promoted a planning strategy that was to provide housing, shopping, schools and leisure facilities and, on the other hand, provided for companies to settle in commercial areas while providing modern, high-quality economic infrastructure. In addition, the original character of the landscape was to be largely preserved.

In 1965 he was also a member of the Advisory Board of West Scotland ( West Scotland Advisory Board ) and served between 1972 and 1982 as its chairman.

Social commitment and member of the House of Lords

In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Wallace continued to be involved in numerous professional institutions and charities since the late 1960s and early 1970s, including a member of the South of Scotland Electricity Board , Chairman of the Institute of Marketing , founding member of the Scottish Development Agency ( Scottish Development Agency ) 1975 and President of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce .

By a letters patent dated June 28, 1974 Wallace was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Wallace of Campsie , of Newlands in the County of the City of Glasgow, to the nobility and was thus a member of the House of Lords until his death on. Its official introduction ( Introduction ) took place on July 24, 1974 with the support of William Hughes, Baron Hughes and John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley .

Baron Wallace of Campsie was a long-time supporter of the Salvation Army , which named a newly built home for 52 people Wallace of Campsie House in recognition of its achievements in 1992 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Company history ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Homepage of Wallace Cameron) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wallacecameron.com
  2. ↑ Awards of the company ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Homepage of Wallace Cameron) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wallacecameron.com
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46352, HMSO, London, September 24, 1974, p. 7917 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  4. ^ Entry in Hansard from July 24, 1974
personal data
SURNAME Wallace, George, Baron Wallace of Campsie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1915
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1997