The Lord Strathclyde | |
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| Chairman of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board | |
| In office Late 1950s – May 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Lord Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Tom Fraser |
| Minister of State for Scotland | |
| In office 7 April 1955 – 23 October 1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Home |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Forbes |
| In office 4 November 1951 – 5 April 1955 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | John Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Jack Browne |
| In office 26 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Allan Chapman |
| Succeeded by | George Buchanan |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 5 May 1955 – 12 July 1985 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Baron Strathclyde |
| Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok | |
| In office 30 April 1940 – 4 May 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Sir John Gilmour |
| Succeeded by | John George |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 March 1891 Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | 12 July 1985 (aged 94) Mauchline, Ayrshire |
Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, PC (20 March 1891 – 12 July 1985), was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.[1]
After serving in the Royal Navy, he became a chartered accountant and practised, 1925–70. He was elevated to the peerage in 1955 as Lord Strathclyde (of Barskimming in the County of Ayr), and died three decades later. As his eldest son, Sir Tam Galbraith, died in 1982, the barony was inherited by his grandson Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde.