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Oliver McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris

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Name
  
Oliver Baron


Died
  
November 10, 1997, London, United Kingdom

Oliver Ross McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris (25 August 1921 – 10 November 1997), born Durris, Kincardineshire. He married Nell Weate in 1944 and had three sons with her. McGregor was created a life peer on 9 February 1978 taking the title Baron McGregor of Durris, of Hampstead in Greater London.

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Academic career

  • 1945-47 Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in Economic History, Hull University
  • 1947-60 Lecturer, Bedford College, London University
  • 1959-60 Simon Senior Research Fellow, Manchester University
  • 1960-64 Reader, London University
  • 1964-85 Professor of Social Institutions, London University
  • 1964-77 Head of Department of Sociology, Bedford College, London University
  • 1972-75 Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University

    • Public life

  • 1975-77 Chairman, Royal Commission on the Press
  • 1977-? Chairman, Reuter's Founders' Share Company
  • 1980-90 Chairman, Advertising Standards Authority
  • 1991-94 Chairman, Press Complaints Commission

    • References

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