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]
Biography
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]
Death
Macfarlane died on 5 November 2021, at the age of 95.[9][10]
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References
- ^ a b c d Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, House of Lords
- ^ "No. 49328". The London Gazette. 22 April 1983. p. 5510.
- ^ "No. 52686". The London Gazette. 15 October 1991. p. 15641.
- ^ "No. 54597". The London Gazette. 3 December 1996. p. 15995.
- ^ Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden – UK Parliament
- ^ Glasgow Arts Club; retrieved 17 August 2011
- ^ "Lord Norman MacFarlane of Bearsden of Bearsden KT FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Norman Somerville Macfarlane". powerbase.info. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Scottish business doyen Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden dies". The Herald. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden RIP". Heraldry Society of Scotland. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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