Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden

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Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden KT Kt DL (born March 5, 1926 ) is a British entrepreneur , manager and politician of the Conservative Party , who has been a life peer member of the House of Lords since 1991 and has held numerous functions for the Culture and art in Scotland and especially in Glasgow .

Life

Entrepreneurs, managers and other engagements

After attending the High School of Glasgow , Macfarlane joined the Royal Artillery in 1945 and served in Palestine between 1945 and 1947 . On his return he took up activities in the private sector and in 1949 founded the packaging company NS Macfarlane & Co Ltd, which later became the Macfarlane Group plc. In the following years he was its managing director between 1973 and 1990 and also chairman of the board from 1973 to 1998 and has been honorary chairman of the board since 1999.

Besides took Macfarlane since the mid-1960s, many functions in the economy and in society and social organizations and was initially in 1965 president of the office supplies business of Great Britain and Ireland ( Stationers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland ) as well as 1968-1970 president of the office supplies business of Glasgow and then until 1972 President of the Glasgow HS Club. He was also a member of the Council of the Confederation of British Industry in Scotland between 1975 and 1981 and a board member of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce between 1976 and 1979 and chairman of the Fine Art Society plc from 1976 to 1998. He has been involved with the Scottish National Ballet since 1975 and was only a board member between 1975 and 1983, then vice-chairman from 1983 to 1987 and has been honorary president since 2001. He also served as President of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts from 1976 to 1987 and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra from 1977 to 1982 .

Macfarlane, who has been Scottish patron of the National Art Collection Fund since 1978 and was a signing member of Lloyd's of London from 1978 to 1997, was director of the Third Eye Center, the forerunner of CCA Glasgow , between 1978 and 1981 , and from 1979 to 1987 Board member of the Scottish Development Agency . He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Glasgow from 1979 to 1987 and a member of the Board of Directors of the High School of Glasgow between 1979 and 1992, of which he has been Honorary President since then. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Glasgow School of Art between 1978 and 1987 and was made an honorary fellow in 1993 and honorary president in 2001.

Macfarlane, who was a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland between 1980 and 1982, was also a board member of Clydesdale Bank from 1980 to 1996, where he was most recently Vice Chairman and from 1980 to 1998 a board member of Edinburgh Fund Managers plc. For his services he was ennobled as a Knight Bachelor in 1982 and since then has had the suffix "Sir".

Macfarlane was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Trust plc from 1984 to 1997 and Chairman of the Board of United Distillers from 1987 to 1996, and at the same time was the first Scotsman to be Chairman of Guinness plc from 1987 to 1989 and then to 1992 Vice Chairman . He was also a board member of General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp plc (1984 to 1996), chairman of the Glasgow Development Agency (1985 to 1992) and also a trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (1984 to 1997) and the National Gallery of Scotland (1986 to 1997).

House of Lords and Honors

Macfarlane, who has been Honorary President of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society since 1988 , was raised to life peer status as Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden , of Bearsden in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie, by a letters patent dated July 29, 1991 . Shortly thereafter, he was introduced as a member of the House of Lords . In the upper house he belongs to the faction of the Conservative Party.

Lord Macfarlane, who has been Patron of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association since 1992, was also Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1992, 1993 and 1997 . He has been Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire since 1993 and was made Knight Companion of the Thistle Order in 1996 . He has also been Honorary President for life of Diageo since 1996 and of The Fine Art Soc plc since 1998. He has also served as Chairman of Cancer Welfare Organization Tenovus in Scotland since 2006 and as Director of Culture and Sport Glasgow since 2007 .

In the course of his life, Macfarlane has received several honorary doctorates from the University of Strathclyde (Hon LLD, 1986), the University of Glasgow (Hon LLD, 1988), the University of Stirling (1992), the University of Edinburgh (1992, Dr. hc), Glasgow Caledonian University (Hon LLD, 1993) and the University of Aberdeen (Hon LLD, 1995). He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (1984), the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1991) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1992). Lord Macfarlane, who has been a Freeman of Dumfries and Galloway since 2006 and of Glasgow since 2007, is also an honorary patron of the Queen's Park football club and an honorary member of the Scottish Football League since 2006 . Finally, he was awarded the Saint Mungo Medal of Glasgow in 2005 and the Goodman Award for Art and Business in 2007 .

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SURNAME Macfarlane, Norman, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Macfarlane, Norman Somerville, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, manager and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1926