Background
Waverley, Viscount was born on July 8, 1882 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of David Alexander Pearson and Janet Kilgour (Briglmen) A.
Waverley, Viscount was born on July 8, 1882 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of David Alexander Pearson and Janet Kilgour (Briglmen) A.
Student George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, 1888-1899, Edinburgh University, 1899-1903. Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science, Leipzig University, 1903, honorary Doctor of Laws University of Aberdeen, 1927, Cambridge University, 1938, Saint Andrews University, 1939, Edinburgh University, 1943, Leeds University, 1946, Liverpool University, 1947, Sheffield University, 1948, Queens University of Ontario, 1946. Doctor of Science, McGill University, 1946.
British civil servant, 1905-1932, becoming under-secretary of state, Home Office, 1922-1932. Governor of Bengal, 1932-1937. Member Parliament for Scottish Universities, 1938-1950.
Member British Cabinet and of Winston Churchill’s War Cabinet, 1938-1945.
Held in succession office of Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary, Lord President of Council, and Chancellor of Exchequer, 1943-1945, Chairman Parliamentary Scientific Committee since 1946. Chairman Portuguese of London Authority since 1946.
Director Imperial Chemical Industries, Canadian Pacific Railway, Hudson’s Bay Company, Employers Liability Assurance Corporation Chairman Convent Garden Opera Trust, Post Graduate Medical Federation.
Member Parliament for Scottish Universities, 1938-1950. Member British Cabinet and of Winston Churchill’s War Cabinet, 1938-1945. Held in succession office of Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary, Lord President of Council, and Chancellor of Exchequer, 1943-1945, Chairman Parliamentary Scientific Committee since 1946.
Chairman Portuguese of London.
Fellow Royal Society of London, Presbyterian. Clubs: Brooks, Athenaeum.
Married Christina Mackenzie, April. Married second, Ava Wigram, October 1941. Children: Alastair, Mary.