Background
The member of an important Liberal family from Inverness-shire, Macpherson was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson and Helen, daughter of Reverend Archibald Borland Cameron.
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Niall Stewart
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Education
He was educated at Fettes College and Trinity College, Oxford.
Career
He initially worked in business, representing a firm in Turkey. He joined the Cameron Highlanders from 1939, serving in World World War II including in Madagascar. He served as Liberal-Unionist Scottish whip from 1950 to 1955, when he was appointed Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland by Sir Anthony Eden, a post he retained when Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister in early 1957.
In 1960 he was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade.
Two years later Macpherson was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Minister of Pensions and National Insurance. In October 1963 he was made Joint-Minister of State for Trade by the new Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and the following month he was raised to the peerage as Baron Drumalbyn, of Whitesands in the Royal Burgh of Dumfries.
He continued at the Board of Trade until the Conservative government fell at the 1964 general election. In 1974 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Lord Drumalbyn married Margaret Phyllis, daughter of Julius Joseph Runge, in 1937.
Lady Drumalbyn died in August 1979. Lord Drumalbyn remarried to Rita Williams before his death in October 1987, aged 79. The title became extinct on his death as he had no sons.
Membership
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament.
41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament]
Macpherson was elected Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire at the 1945 general election. He was once again a member of the government as Minister without Portfolio under Edward Heath from 1970 to 1974.
Lord Drumalbyn was also chairman of the British Commonwealth Producers" Organization from 1952 and a member of the British Broadcasting Corporation General Advisory council.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party