Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw

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Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw (born 1943 in Keith, Banff) is a Scottish businessman, and a member of the House of Lords.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2005, Laidlaw is Scotland's 6th richest man, with an estimated wealth of £498 million.

Laidlaw founded the company Institute for International Research in 1973 ,which he sold in 2005 for a sum believed to be in the order of £775M, is one of the largest financial backers of the UK's Conservative Party. Laidlaw was made a life peer as Baron Laidlaw, of Rothiemay in Banffshire in June 2004.

Laidlaw has won the Key West Regatta in Florida twice using his Swan 60 cruiser-racer, Highland Fling. He began a voyage around the world in his yacht, the Lady Christine, in 2003.

Laidlaw regularly competes in Historic car racing around the world with his Porsche 904GTS, Porsche 904/6, Maserati 250S & Maserati 6CM