Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde

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Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde PC (20 March 1891 – 12 July 1985) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.

He studied at Glasgow Academy; Eastmans, Southsea; Royal Naval College Osborne and Royal Naval College Dartmouth. He then served in the Royal Navy, 1903-22.

He then became a chartered accountant and practised, 1925–70.

He served as MP for Glasgow Pollok from 1940 to 1955, being originally elected at a by-election and then at the 1945, 1950 and 1951 general elections. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in Winston Churchill's caretaker government from May to July 1945. He was made a peer on May 4, 1955, shortly before the 1955 general election, and served as a Minister of State at the Scottish Office until 1958.

His oldest son was Tam Galbraith, who joined the Commons for the nearby constituency of Glasgow Hillhead in 1948, but predeceased him. The Barony was inherited by his grandson, the Conservative Party leader in the House of Lords, Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde.

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• Clan Galbraith: Lord Strathclyde

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Gilmour	Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok 1940–1955	Succeeded by Sir John George
Political offices
Preceded by Joseph Westwood	Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland with Allan Chapman 1945	Succeeded by George Buchanan and Tom Fraser
Preceded by Tom Fraser, John James Robertson and Margaret Herbison	Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland with William McNair Snadden 1951-1955 and James Henderson Stewart 1952-1955 1951–1955	Succeeded by Jack Nixon Browne
Preceded by The Earl of Home	Minister of State for Scotland 1955–1958	Succeeded by The Lord Forbes
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by new creation	Baron Strathclyde 1955–1985	Succeeded by Thomas Galbraith