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Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew

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Charles Glen MacAndrew, Baron MacAndrew (13 January 1888 - 11 January 1979) was a Scottish Conservative politician.

He was educated at Uppingham School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock in 1924, holding the seat until 1929. He then sat for Glasgow Partick from 1931 until 1935 and for Bute and Northern Ayrshire from 1935 until 1959.

He was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons, from May-July 1945 and from March 1950-October 1951, and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and Chairman of Ways and Means from 1951-1959.

He commanded the Ayrshire Yeomanry from 1932-1936 and was Honorary Colonel from 1951-1955.

He was knighted in 1935, appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1952 and was raised to the peerage as Baron MacAndrew in 1959.

Preceded by
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Baron MacAndrew
1959-1979
Succeeded by