Angus Campbell-Gray, 22nd Lord Gray explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Gray
Birth Date:3 July 1931
Birth Place:Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland
Education:Eton College
Occupation:Hereditary peer
Spouse:Patricia Alexander
Cecilia Dimsdale
Children:Lucinda Campbell-Gray
Iona Campbell-Gray
Andrew Campbell-Gray, 23rd Lord Gray
Cethlyn Campbell-Gray
Parents:Lindsay Campbell-Gray, Master of Gray
Doreen McClymont Tubbs
Relatives:Ethel Gray-Campbell, 21st Lady Gray (paternal grandmother)

Angus Campbell-Gray, 22nd Lord Gray (3 July 1931  - 29 April 2003) was a British hereditary peer. He was a member of the House of Lords until 1999.

Early life

Angus Diarmid Ian Campbell-Gray was born on 3 July 1931 in Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland.[1] [2] [3] His father, Major Lindsay Campbell-Gray, Master of Gray (1894-1945), was a World War I veteran and later trainer of steeplechasers.[1] [2] [3] His mother was Doreen McClymont Tubbs.[3] His father died when he was 13 and his mother when he was 17.[1] [2]

He was educated at Eton College, near Windsor.[1] [2]

Career

He started his career at Mather & Crowther, an advertising firm, where he designed the label on HP Sauce bottles.[1] [2] He moved to Canada in 1956, where he worked for the Bell Telephone Corporation.[1] Later, he became the owner of the Taynuilt Hotel in Argyll, Scotland.[1] He also owned a petrol station where he attended to the pumps himself.[1]

He inherited his title from his late paternal grandmother, Ethel Gray-Campbell, 21st Lady Gray, in 1946.[1] [2] As a result, he was a hereditary peer for more than half a century.[1] In 1977, he suggested an amendment to what came to be known as the Scotland Act 1978 a year later.[1] [2] In 1999, he argued that the bill which led to the House of Lords Act 1999 ran afoul of the Act of Union, which let Scottish peers sit in the House of Lords.[1] [2] The Committee for Privileges looked into his objection before the bill was passed.[1] He was interviewed in The Lord's Tale, a television documentary directed by Molly Dineen about hereditary peers.[1]

He was involved with the Oban Games, the local Highland games in Oban, and served as a steward of the Argyllshire Gathering, whose President is the Duke of Argyll.[1] He also attended the Oban Ball.[1] A keen foxhunter, he took part in the West Waterford Hunt in County Waterford, Ireland.[1] He owned a small filling station in Argyll.

Personal life

He was married twice. His first wife was Patricia Alexander.[2] [3] They had four children:

His second wife was Cecilia Dimsdale.[2] [3] They had no children.[3]

Death

He died on 29 April 2003.[2] [3] He was seventy-one years old.[3] His son inherited his title.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1430550/Lord-Gray.html Lord Gray
  2. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/lord-gray-unconventional-peer-who-designed-hp-sauce-label-1.118044 Lord Gray; Unconventional peer who designed HP sauce label
  3. [Charles Mosley (genealogist)|Charles Mosley]