Robert Laing
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Robert Laing
2. Lord Hector (of Dunphail) Laing was born on 12 May 1923 in Edinburgh; died on 21 Jun 2010 in Buckinghamshire. Notes:
HECTOR Laing was the grandson of Sir Alexander Grant, Baronet. His brothers were Sandy and Robin Laing.
Lord Laing of Dunphail, who died aged 87 after a short illness, was a businessman, philanthropist and former Conservative Party treasurer who transformed the family baking business of McVitie and Price into United Biscuits, one of Europe's major food manufacturers.
In 1973, Laing was appointed a director of the Bank of England and served until 1991. Knighted in 1978, he was made a life peer in 1991. Laing held many public offices and served in numerous food-related organisations. In 1984, he was named Businessman of the Year, and from 1988 to 1993 he was treasurer of the Conservative Party.Hector married Marian Laurie in 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Marian Laurie (daughter of Maj Gen John Emilius (6th Baronet) Laurie). Children:
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6. Maj Gen John Emilius (6th Baronet) Laurie was born in 1892 in Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire (son of Sir Wilfrid Emilius (5th Baronet) Laurie and Marion Isabel Stirling); died in 1983 in Wiltshire, England. Notes:
Lived at Maxwelton til 1966
Colonel of the Seaforth HighlandersChildren:
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12. Sir Wilfrid Emilius (5th Baronet) Laurie was born in 1859 (son of Reverend Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius (3rd Bt of Maxwelton) Bayley (Later Laurie) and Marianne Sophia Rice); died in 1936. Wilfrid married Marion Isabel Stirling [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Marion Isabel Stirling Children:
- Sylvia Marian Laurie was born in 1891 in Paddington, London, England; and died.
- 6. Maj Gen John Emilius (6th Baronet) Laurie was born in 1892 in Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire; died in 1983 in Wiltshire, England.
- Evelyn Mary Laurie was born in 1894 in Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire; and died.
- Jean Winifred Laurie was born in 1895 in London, England; and died.
- Wilfred Weller Laurie was born in 1897 in Scotland; and died.