James Gray (British politician)
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James Gray MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 9 May 2005 – 12 May 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Peter Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Eleanor Laing |
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Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Needham |
| Majority | 21,046 (41.6%) |
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7 November 1954 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
University of Glasgow Christ Church, Oxford |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
James Whiteside Gray (born 7 November 1954) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Gray is the son of the late Rev. John Gray, Minister at Dunblane Cathedral and the 1977 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Dr Sheila Gray who was a GP.
Gray was educated at the Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, and the High School of Glasgow, before studying history at the University of Glasgow where he graduated MA in 1975. He continued his academic career at Christ Church, Oxford, where he completed a history thesis in 1977.
From 1977, Gray worked as a graduate management trainee with P&O for a year. In 1977 he also joined the Honourable Artillery Company, a unit of the Territorial Army based in Islington, serving for seven years and is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies and Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. In 1978 he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London and was appointed a ship broker with Anderson Hughes. He was a member of the Baltic Exchange from 1978. He became a managing director of GNI Freight Futures in 1984, in which capacity he served until 1992. At the same time, he was a director of the Baltic Futures Exchange from 1989 to 1991. In 1987 he was awarded the Lloyd's of London Book Prize.
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