Background
The eldest son and heir of Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Galbraith was educated at Aytoun House, Glasgow. Wellington College; Christ Church, Oxford (Master of Arts) and at the University of Glasgow (Bachelor of Laws).
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
The eldest son and heir of Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Galbraith was educated at Aytoun House, Glasgow. Wellington College; Christ Church, Oxford (Master of Arts) and at the University of Glasgow (Bachelor of Laws).
Christ Church; University of Glasgow. Wellington College.
He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1939–1946. He unsuccessfully contested Paisley in July 1945, and Edinburgh East in October 1945 before being elected for Glasgow Hillhead in 1948. During Galbraith"s time at the Admiralty, questions were raised about his connection to the Soviet spy John Vassall, a former Admiralty employee, after letters from Galbraith were found in Vassall"s possession.
lieutenant was thought odd that a minister would communicate by post with an official of his own department, and there was considerable speculation of impropriety in the press
Given Vassall"s known homosexuality, rumours began to circulate that Vassall and Galbraith were involved with each other, and that Galbraith might have shielded Vassall from discovery. The committee of civil servants originally established to probe the Vassall affair investigated the correspondence and declared it innocent, but this verdict was not universally accepted.
Eventually, the Prime Minister was compelled to open a wider inquiry, conducted by three jurists. Eventually, the inquiry determined that Vassall had not been helped or favoured by any of his seniors.
He was knighted (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1981.
His death in 1982 triggered the Hillhead by-election which saw the election of Roy Jenkins, leader of the new Social Democratic Party. 1917-1948: Mr Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith 1948-1955: Mr Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith Member of Parliament 1955-1981: The Honourable Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith Member of Parliament 1981-1982: The Honourable Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Member of Parliament Galbraith married Simone Clotilde Fernande Marie Ghislaine Blicquy on 11 April 1956.
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Galbraith was President of the Scottish Georgian Society from 1970–1980 and was a Member of the Royal Company of Archers.
He was Assistant Conservative Whip, 1950. A Government Whip from 1951-1957. Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1957-1959.
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, 1959-1962.
And Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, 1963-1964.