Forbes Howie
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William Forbes Howie 13 August 1920 Falkirk, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 27 December 2000 (aged 80) Falkirk, Scotland, UK |
| Spouse(s) | Janet Morrison Campbell |
| Parent(s) | Robert Wyllie Howie Anne Steuart Forbes |
William Forbes Howie, DL, JP (13 August 1920 – 27 December 2000) was a businessman who played an active role in Scottish public life.
Born one of six children in Woodlands, Falkirk, Scotland, he was the son of Anne Steuart (Forbes) and Robert Wyllie Howie, and the grandson of businessman Thomas W. Howie. Considered too frail to follow his brothers to the High School of Glasgow, he was therefore cared for by a maid and educated at local schools. He then studied electrical engineering at Glasgow University, graduating in 1941. He served in the RAF for four years during the Second World War, gaining the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
Howie was Assistant Managing Director of Thomas Laurie & Co, his uncle's motor and electrical engineering firm, from 1947 to 1957, becoming Managing Director upon his uncle's death until retirement in 1981. Thomas Laurie & Co was founded in 1882 and had fitted the first fully automated street lighting in Britain, in Falkirk; it was also a car dealership, most recently for Peugeot. Turnover surpassed £1 million in the early 1970s.
As well as being an Associate of the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, a Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and an Associate Member of the Institute of the Motor Industry, Howie also served on the Engineering Advisory Committee of Falkirk College of Technology.
Howie was made responsible for the setting up of the Children's Hearing system in Falkirk, becoming the first Chairman of the local Children's Panel Advisory Committee in 1970, Chairman of the Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunal in 1973, and a Justice of the Peace the following year. In 1981 He was appointed Her Majesty's Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the County of Stirling, representing HM The Queen at official functions. In 1983 he was appointed General Commissioner of Income Tax, a position he held until the age of 75.
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