Preceded by The Earl of Home Name Thomas 1st Died July 12, 1985 | Role Politician | |
![]() | ||
Succeeded by Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes |
Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde PC (20 March 1891 – 12 July 1985) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.
Contents
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.
Marriage & Children
Strathclyde married Ida Galloway in 1915. They had seven children: