Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden

Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, KT, DL, FRSE (5 March 1926 – 5 November 2021) was a Scottish industrialist and member of the House of Lords who sat as a Conservative.^[1]

The Right Honourable The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden KT DL FRSE
Member of the House of Lords
In office 29 July 1991 – 21 July 2016
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Personal details
Born	Norman Somerville Macfarlane (1926-03-05)5 March 1926
Died	5 November 2021(2021-11-05) (aged 95)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

Biography

Educated at the High School of Glasgow and later a Royal Artillery Officer in the British military personnel of the Palestine Emergency, Macfarlane was a Member of the Council of the Confederation of British Industry (Scotland) from 1975 to 1981, a Board Member of the Scottish Development Agency from 1979 to 1987, and a Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland from 1980 to 1982.^[1] Macfarlane received a knighthood on 9 February 1983,^[2] was a Deputy Lieutenant and was created a life peer with the title Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie, for the Conservative Party, on 29 July 1991^[1][3] and made a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle on 3 December 1996.^[4] He retired from the House of Lords on 21 July 2016.^[5]

Macfarlane was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1992, 1993 and 1997.^[1] He had been a member of Glasgow Art Club since 1969.^[6] In 1991, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.^[7] Macfarlane was Honorary Patron of Queen's Park Football Club.^[8]

Death

Macfarlane died on 5 November 2021, at the age of 95.^[9][10]

Arms

Coat of arms of Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden

Notes Granted in 1994[11] Crest A demi-bull Sable horned unguled and winged Or charged on the shoulder with a roundel gyronny of eight Or and Sable ensigned with a cross crosslet fitchée Or. Escutcheon Argent a saltire engrailed between four roses Gules on a chief Azure a billet bendways between in dexter two quill pens in saltire Argent and in sinister a stalk of barley with three ears conjoined at the stalk slipped and bladed all Or. Supporters Two Macfarlane clansmen of the 18th century each with a single feather in hsi bonnet a targe resting against the exterior leg and holding a sword in the exterior hand all Proper the said supporters being limited to his Lordship for life. Motto Sursim Semper