Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde

The Right Honourable
The Lord Strathclyde
PC
Minister of State for Scotland
In office
7 April 1955  23 October 1958
Preceded by The Earl of Home
Succeeded by The Lord Forbes
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok
In office
30 April 1940  26 May 1955
Preceded by Sir John Gilmour
Succeeded by John George

Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde PC (20 March 1891 – 12 July 1985) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.

He studied at Glasgow Academy; Eastman's, Southsea; Royal Naval College, Osborne and Royal Naval College Dartmouth. He then served in the Royal Navy, 1903-22.

He then became a chartered accountant and practised, 1925–70.

Political career

He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Pollok from 1940 to 1955, being originally elected at a by-election and then at the 1945, 1950 and 1951 general elections. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in Winston Churchill's caretaker government from May to July 1945. He was made a peer on 4 May 1955, shortly before the 1955 general election, and served as a Minister of State at the Scottish Office until 1958.

Styles of address

Marriage & Children

Strathclyde married Ida Galloway in 1915. They had seven children:[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir John Gilmour, Bt
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok
19401955
Succeeded by
John George
Political offices
Preceded by
Joseph Westwood
Allan Chapman
Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
1945
with Allan Chapman
Succeeded by
George Buchanan
Tom Fraser
Preceded by
Tom Fraser
John James Robertson
Margaret Herbison
Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
1951–1955
with William McNair Snadden
James Henderson Stewart (1952–55)
Succeeded by
Jack Nixon Browne
James Henderson Stewart
William McNair Snadden
Preceded by
The Earl of Home
Minister of State for Scotland
1955–1958
Succeeded by
The Lord Forbes
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New title Baron Strathclyde
2nd creation
1955–1985
Succeeded by
Thomas Galbraith


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