Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew

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Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew, PC (13 January 1888 – 11 January 1979) was a Scottish Unionist politician.

Born in Ayrshire, he was educated at Uppingham School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

MacAndrew was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock in 1924, and held the seat until 1929. He then sat for Glasgow Partick from 1931 until 1935 and for Bute and Northern Ayrshire from 1935 until 1959.

He was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons, from May ot July 1945 and from March 1950 to October 1951, and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and Chairman of Ways and Means from 1951 to 1959.

He commanded the Ayrshire Yeomanry from 1932 to 1936 and was Honorary Colonel from 1951 to 1955. He was knighted in 1935, appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1952 and was raised to the peerage as Baron MacAndrew in 1959.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Climie	Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock 1924–1929	Succeeded by Robert Climie
Preceded by Adam Storey McKinlay	Member of Parliament for Glasgow Partick 1931–1935	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Young
Preceded by Aylmer Hunter-Weston	Member of Parliament for Bute and Northern Ayrshire 1935–1959	Succeeded by John Alexander Corrie
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron MacAndrew 1959–1979	Succeeded by Colin MacAndrew