Background
LANG, Rt. Hon. Ian Bruce was born in 1940.
Secretary of State for Scotland
LANG, Rt. Hon. Ian Bruce was born in 1940.
Lathallan School, Montrose. Rugby School; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, Bachelor of Arts (Hons).
Member of Parliament for Galloway, 1979-1983, and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, since 1983. Member. Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs, 1979-1981. Honorary President, Scottish Young Conservatives, 1982-1984.
Assistant Government Whip, 1981-1983. Vice-Chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, 1983-1987. Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty Treasury, 1983-1986.
Parliamentary Under Secretary ofState, Department of Employment, 1986. Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Scottish Office, 1986-1987. Minister of State at the Scottish Office, since 1987.
Secretary of State for Scotland. Director Rose Thomson Young & Company Ltd., 1966-1975. Hutchinson & Craft Ltd.
(Insurance Brokers), 1975-1981. Hutchinson & Craft (Underwriting Agents), Lloyds, 1976-1981. P MacCallum & Sons Ltd.
(Steel Stockholders), 1976-1981. Trustee, Savings Bank of Glasgow, 1969-1974. West of Scotland Trustee Savings Bank, 1974-1983.
Director Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, 1978-1981.
Spouse Sandra Caroline Montgomerie, 1971, 1971. Children: two d.