The Right Honourable The Lord Monro of Langholm Kt PC AE |
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Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 14 April 1992 – 6 July 1995 |
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Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde |
Succeeded by | James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay |
In office 28 July 1971 – 4 March 1974 |
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Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Minister for Sport | |
In office 1979–1981 |
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Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Denis Howell |
Succeeded by | Neil Macfarlane |
Member of Parliament for Dumfries |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 1 May 1997 |
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Preceded by | David Anderson |
Succeeded by | Russell Brown |
Personal details | |
Born |
Hector Seymour Peter Monro 4 October 1922 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
Died | 30 August 2006 Dumfries, Scotland, UK |
(aged 83)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Anne Welch (1949 –1994) Doris Kaestner (1994 –2006) |
Children | 2 Sons |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC (4 October 1922 – 30 August 2006), was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords.
After piloting flying boats in the Second World War, Monro became a farmer in his native Dumfriesshire. He became active in local test politics in the 1950s, and was elected as MP for Dumfries in 1964. He served as a Conservative whip and held three junior ministerial positions, twice in the Scottish Office and once as Minister for Sport in the Department for the Environment. He became a member of the House of Lords in 1997, after he stood down from the House of Commons. He was particularly concerned with Scottish and rural issues, the RAF, and sport, and was noted for his strong links with his constituency. He was in office at the time of the Lockerbie Disaster in 1988, which occurred in his constituency.
Monro was born in Edinburgh and raised at Craigcleuch near Langholm in Dumfriesshire. His father, Alistair Monro, was a Captain in the Cameron Highlanders; his maternal grandfather was Lieutenant General Sir Spencer Ewart. Monro was educated at Upland House School in Sussex, Canford School in Dorest, and King's College, Cambridge.