William Darling
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Sir William Young Darling, CBE
, MC (8 May 1885 – 4 February 1962) was the Unionist Member of Parliament
in the British House of Commons
for the Edinburgh South
constituency
from 1945 to 1957. He was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland 1942-57.
He was the second son of William Darling of Edinburgh. He was educated at James Gillespie’s School; Daniel Stewart’s College; Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh University. He had the degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD)
He was awarded the Military Cross during the First World War, with bar. He became a member of Edinburgh City Council in 1933 and was City Treasurer, 1937–40.
He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1941–44; National Government Candidate for West Lothian, 1937; and Chairman, Scottish Council on Industry, 1942–46.
He was appointed CBE in 1923 and knighted in 1943.
He was the author of Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller (1931); Hades the Ladies (1933); The Old Mill (1934); Down but not Out (1935); Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again (1938); Why I Believe in God and King’s Cross to Waverley (1944); A Book of Days (1951); So it Looks to Me (1952); and A Westminster Lad (Poems) (1955).
He was the great uncle of Alistair Darling
who has been an Edinburgh MP since 1987, and has served in various ministerial
and Cabinet
posts in the Labour
government elected in 1997.
CBE
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, MC (8 May 1885 – 4 February 1962) was the Unionist Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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in the British House of Commons
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for the Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)
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constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
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from 1945 to 1957. He was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland 1942-57.
He was the second son of William Darling of Edinburgh. He was educated at James Gillespie’s School; Daniel Stewart’s College; Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh University. He had the degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD)
He was awarded the Military Cross during the First World War, with bar. He became a member of Edinburgh City Council in 1933 and was City Treasurer, 1937–40.
He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1941–44; National Government Candidate for West Lothian, 1937; and Chairman, Scottish Council on Industry, 1942–46.
He was appointed CBE in 1923 and knighted in 1943.
He was the author of Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller (1931); Hades the Ladies (1933); The Old Mill (1934); Down but not Out (1935); Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again (1938); Why I Believe in God and King’s Cross to Waverley (1944); A Book of Days (1951); So it Looks to Me (1952); and A Westminster Lad (Poems) (1955).
He was the great uncle of Alistair Darling
Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...
who has been an Edinburgh MP since 1987, and has served in various ministerial
Minister (government)
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and Cabinet
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
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posts in the Labour
Labour Party (UK)
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government elected in 1997.