Jamie McGrigor

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Sir James Angus Rhoderick McGrigor, 6th Baronet (born 19 October 1949, London) is a Conservative politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands Region since 1999. He fought the Argyll and Bute constituency in the 2005 general election, finishing second, and fought the equivalent seat in the 2007 Scottish parliament election, finishing third.

He has served as spokesman for fisheries for the Scottish Conservatives and is currently their spokesman on culture and sport. He is also an Honorary Vice-President of English-Speaking Union Scotland.

[edit] Family

McGrigor is the eldest son of the late Sir Charles McGrigor, 5th Bt, by his wife Mary Bettine (the historian Mary McGrigor), dau of Sir Charles Edmonstone, 6th Baronet. He is descended patrilineally from Dr. James McGrigor, Wellington's Surgeon General serving the British army in Spain during the Peninsular campaign, who received a baronetcy in 1831. A more distinguished relative was the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, grandson of the second Baronet and thus his first cousin twice removed.

Jamie became the 6th Baronet upon the death of his father, Sir Charles, on 1 October 2007.^[1].

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[edit] External links

• Jamie McGrigor MSP profile at the site of the Scottish Conservative Party
• Jamie McGrigor MSP profile at the site of the Conservative Party
• Jamie McGrigor MSP profile at Scottish Parliament site

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region Elected in the 2007 election SNP (6 seats), Lib Dem (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Conservative (2 seats) Constituency MSPs Jim Mather (SNP, Argyll and Bute) • Jamie Stone (Lib Dem, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) • Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) • Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) • Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) • John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem, Ross, Skye and Inverness West) • Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) • Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles) Additional Members Rob Gibson (SNP) • Rhoda Grant (Lab) • Jamie McGrigor (Con) • Peter Peacock (Lab) • Mary Scanlon (Con) • David Stewart (Lab) • David Thompson (SNP)

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