Background
Macpherson was the son of James Macpherson of Muirhead near Chryston in Lanarkshire.
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Thomas Macpherson
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Career
He was Chairman of Macpherson, Train & Company Limited, food and produce importers and exporters. The following year, on 30 January 1951, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macpherson of Drumochter, of Great Warley in the County of Essex. Lord Macpherson of Drumochter married Lucy, daughter of Arthur Butcher, in 1920.
Lady Macpherson of Drumochter died in 1984.
Membership
38th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was also involved in the Food Defence Plans organisation from 1938 to 1939 and served Chairman of the London Provision Exchange and as a Member of the Portuguese of London Authority. In 1945 Macpherson was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Romford, a seat he held until 1950.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Labour Party