- Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew
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Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew, PC, TD (13 January 1888 – 11 January 1979) was a Scottish Unionist politician.
Born in Ayrshire, he was educated at Uppingham School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
MacAndrew was elected at the 1924 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kilmarnock constituency in Ayrshire, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1929 general election. He stood unsuccessfully in the Kilmarnock by-election in November 1929, but was returned to the House of Commons at the 1931 general election for Glasgow Partick, and in 1935 for Bute and Northern Ayrshire, holding that seat until he retired from the Commons in 1959.
He was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons, from May to July 1945 and from March 1950 to October 1951, and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and Chairman of Ways and Means from 1951 to 1959.
He commanded the Ayrshire Yeomanry from 1932 to 1936 and was Honorary Colonel from 1951 to 1955. He was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours List 1935,[1] appointed a Privy Counsellor[2] in 1952 and was raised to the peerage as Baron MacAndrew in 1959.
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles MacAndrew
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Robert ClimieMember of Parliament for Kilmarnock
1924–1929Succeeded by
Robert ClimiePreceded by
Adam McKinlayMember of Parliament for Glasgow Partick
1931–1935Succeeded by
Sir Arthur YoungPreceded by
Aylmer Hunter-WestonMember of Parliament for Bute and Northern Ayrshire
1935–1959Succeeded by
Fitzroy MacleanPeerage of the United Kingdom New creation Baron MacAndrew
1959–1979Succeeded by
Colin MacAndrewChairmen of Ways and Means Grant · Bernal Osborne · Greene · Bernal Osborne · Wilson-Patten · Pleydell-Bouverie · Fitzroy · Massey · Dobson · Bonham Carter · Raikes · Playfair · Otway · Courtney · Mellor · Lowther · Lawson · Emmott · Whitley · Hope · Young · Hope · Herbert · Clifton Brown · Milner · MacAndrew · Touche · Anstruther-Gray · Maybray-King · Storey · Fletcher · Irving · Grant-Ferris · Thomas · Murton · Weatherill · Walker · Morris · Haselhurst · HoyleCategories:- 1888 births
- 1979 deaths
- Anglo-Scots
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Glasgow constituencies
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1924–1929
- UK MPs 1931–1935
- UK MPs 1935–1945
- UK MPs 1945–1950
- UK MPs 1950–1951
- UK MPs 1951–1955
- UK MPs 1955–1959
- Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry officers
- Scottish Conservative and Unionist MP stubs
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