British politician (1880-1937)
(James) Ian Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron
PC
PC (Ire)
KC
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(14 May 1880 ? 14 August 1937), known as
Sir Ian Macpherson, 1st Baronet
, between 1933 and 1936, was a Scottish lawyer and
Liberal
politician. In 1931 he joined the breakway
National Liberal Party
.
Background and education
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Macpherson was the son of James Macpherson,
JP
, of
Inverness
, and Anne, daughter of James Stewart.
Lord Drumalbyn
,
George Macpherson
and
Sir Tommy Macpherson
were his nephews. He was educated at the
University of Edinburgh
and was
called to the Bar
,
Middle Temple
, in 1906.
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Political career
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Macpherson sat as
Member of Parliament
for
Ross and Cromarty
from 1911 to 1935.
[1]
[2]
In 1916 he was appointed
Under-Secretary of State for War
, a post he held until 1918, and then served as Deputy
Secretary of State for War
and
Vice-President of the Army Council
between 1918 and 1919, as
Chief Secretary for Ireland
between 1919 and 1920 and as
Minister of Pensions
between 1920 and 1922.
[1]
He was admitted to the
British Privy Council
in 1918
[3]
and to the
Irish Privy Council
in 1919
[1]
[4]
and made a
King's Counsel
in 1919.
[1]
He was created a
Baronet
, of Banchor in the County of Inverness, in 1933
[5]
and raised to the peerage as
Baron Strathcarron
, of Banchor in the County of Inverness, in 1936.
[6]
Family
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Lord Strathcarron married Jill, daughter of Sir George Rhodes, 1st Baronet, in 1915. They had one son and two daughters. He died in London in August 1937, aged 57, and was cremated at
Golders Green Crematorium
.
[7]
He was succeeded in his titles by his son,
David
. Lady Strathcarron remarried in 1938, to Hedley Ernest Le Bas, son of
Hedley Le Bas
, and died in August 1956.
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Arms
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Coat of arms of Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron
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- Crest
- A cat-a-mountain sejant guardant having its dexter paw raised Proper.
- Escutcheon
- Per fess Or and Azure a galley of the first masts oars and tacking Proper flagged Gules in the dexter chief point a hand couped fesswise holding a dagger palewise and in the sinister a cross crosslet fitchee of the last over all a fess chequy of the second and Argent.
- Supporters
- Dexter a private soldier of the Cameron Highlanders in full service dress of the period 1916-18 sinister a Macpherson clansman of the period of 1745.
- Motto
- Le Cridhe's Le Cliu
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