Difference between revisions of "Norman Somerville Macfarlane"
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| − | Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden (Norman Somerville Macfarlane), Conservative, was raised to the peerage as Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie in 1991. <ref>House of Lords website[http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26872](accessed 2 March 2008)</ref> | + | [[Image:Lord_Macfarlane.jpg]] |
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| + | Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden (Norman Somerville Macfarlane), was born in Glasgow in 1926. | ||
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| + | A prominent Scottish industrialist, his Lordship established Macfarlane Group, a packaging company, in 1949. Floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1973, Macfarlane Group has grown to become an international organisation with businesses in the UK and Europe. On its website, the Group declares 'a turnover of £130 million in 2006 and 23 locations: 19 in the UK and 4 in Europe.' <ref>Macfarlane Group website [http://www.macfarlanegroup.net/portal/alias__Rainbow/lang__en-US/tabID__3327/DesktopDefault.aspx] (accessed 3 March 2008)</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1987, he became Chairman of the drinks companies United Distillers and Guinness.<ref>Scots Connections website[http://www.scotsconnection.com/clan_crests/MacFarlane.htm](accessed 3 March 2008)</ref> | ||
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| + | A Conservative, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie in 1991. <ref>House of Lords website[http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26872](accessed 2 March 2008)</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:19, 3 March 2008
Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden (Norman Somerville Macfarlane), was born in Glasgow in 1926.
A prominent Scottish industrialist, his Lordship established Macfarlane Group, a packaging company, in 1949. Floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1973, Macfarlane Group has grown to become an international organisation with businesses in the UK and Europe. On its website, the Group declares 'a turnover of £130 million in 2006 and 23 locations: 19 in the UK and 4 in Europe.' [1]
In 1987, he became Chairman of the drinks companies United Distillers and Guinness.[2]
A Conservative, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie in 1991. [3]
