Education
Harvie-Watt studied at George Watson"s College in Edinburgh, then at the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh.
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George Harvie-Watt
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Doctor of Laws Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (23 August 1903-1918 December 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician. In 1924, he was commissioned into the Territorial Army Royal Engineers. He lost his seat in 1935, but re-entered Parliament by winning the Richmond (Surrey) by-election, 1937.
He immediately became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Board of Trade, and was also promoted in the Territorial Army: to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1938, and Brigadier in 1941.
From 1941 to 1945, Harvie-Watt served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Winston Churchill. At the end of World World War II, he became a Queen"s Counsel and was created a baronet (see Harvie-Watt baronets).
He left Parliament at the 1959 United Kingdom general election, becoming the chairman of Consolidated Gold Fields. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London from 1966 to 1989 and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Membership
36th United Kingdom Parliament. 37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament.
39th United Kingdom Parliament.
40th United Kingdom Parliament. 41st United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1930, he became a barrister at Inner Temple, while at the 1931 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Keighley.
In 1948 he became an aide-de-camp to George VI. On the king"s death, he filled the same position for Elizabeth II, also acting as a member of the Queen"s Body Guard for Scotland.
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Political Party
Conservative Party