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Born: 3 August 1908

Died: 11 October 1987

1st Baron Drumalbyn - 9 October 1963

Knighted - 1974

Member of Privy Council - 19 July 1962

son of Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson

son of Helen Cameron

husband of Margaret Phullis Runge

husband of Rita Edmiston

Edinburgh Academy

Fettes College, Edinburgh

Trinity College, Oxford

Businessman

Government Whip	1951	June 1955
Under Secretary of State for Scotland	June 1955	October 1960
Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade	October 1960	19 July 1962
Minister of Pensions & National Insurance	19 July 1962	20 October 1963
Minister of State, Board of Trade	20 October 1963	October 1964
Minister without Portfolio	October 1970	January 1974

5 July 1945	Dumfriesshire	National Liberal Party	16,465	47.45
23 February 1950	Dumfriesshire	National Liberal and Conservative Party	26,268	59.31
25 October 1951	Dumfriesshire	National Liberal and Conservative Party	26,386	61.28
26 May 1955	Dumfriesshire	National Liberal and Conservative Party	24,550	61.34
8 October 1959	Dumfriesshire	National Liberal and Conservative Party	25,867	58.39
9 October 1963 Elevation of Rt Hon Niall Macpherson to the Peerage - Baron Drumalbyn.