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Sir Alexander Malcolm MacEwen, Provost of Inverness 1925-1931. Photo c1933. Born in Calcutta on 10th January 1875. His father was Robert Sutherland Taylor MacEwen, barrister and Recorder of Rangoon. MacEwen was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and Edinburgh University, qualifying as a solicitor in 1901. He joined the firm of Stewart Rule & Co. in Inverness and went on to be its senior partner for more than 30 years. He entered the Town Council in 1908 and although he later retired he was persuaded to return after World War I. He was elected provost in 1925, a post he held until 1931. During his period in office Provost MacEwen promoted schemes for the improvement of public health and housing. He was a member of the Inverness-shire Education Committee and for nine years Chairman of the Directors of the Royal Northern Infirmary. He was knighted in 1932. After he retired from the Town Council MacEwen was elected County Councillor for Benbecula. He supported Scottish self-government and was the leader of the Scottish National Party from 1934-36. Macewen Drive in Inverness is named after him. He died on 29th June 1941.
Reference: 29684b
Sir Alexander Malcolm MacEwen,...
Sir Alexander Malcolm MacEwen, Provost of Inverness 1925-1931. Photo c1933. Born in Calcutta on 10th January 1875. His father was Robert Sutherland Taylor MacEwen, barrister and Recorder of Rangoon. MacEwen was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and Edinburgh University, qualifying as a solicitor in 1901. He joined the firm of Stewart Rule & Co. in Inverness and went on to be its senior partner for more than 30 years. He entered the Town Council in 1908 and although he later retired he was persuaded to return after World War I. He was elected provost in 1925, a post he held until 1931. During his period in office Provost MacEwen promoted schemes for the improvement of public health and housing. He was a member of the Inverness-shire Education Committee and for nine years Chairman of the Directors of the Royal Northern Infirmary. He was knighted in 1932. After he retired from the Town Council MacEwen was elected County Councillor for Benbecula. He supported Scottish self-government and was the leader of the Scottish National Party from 1934-36. Macewen Drive in Inverness is named after him. He died on 29th June 1941.
Reference: 29684a
Sir Alexander Malcolm MacEwen,...
Mrs Neil M. Gunn c1960 (1885-1963). Jessie Dallas Frew (or 'Daisy') married novelist Gunn in 1921 and they settled in Inverness, near his permanent excise post at the Glen Mhor distillery. She was the fifth of seven daughters of Dingwall Provost John Rose Frew. (See 25980).
Reference: 45732b
Mrs Neil M. Gunn c1960 (1885-1...
Captioned Provost James Grigor, Inverness. This image shows two soldiers from the First World War period. James M. Grigor (on the right) was Provost of Inverness 1949-1955.
Reference: 444
Captioned Provost James Grigor...
Provost James Grigor and Kay Grigor with their children.
Reference: 3076
Provost James Grigor and Kay G...
Palace Cinema restaurant, Huntly Street, Inverness. Opened 21st November 1938 with 'Hard to Get' starring Dick Powell, after a ceremony performed by Provost Hugh Mackenzie. The Palace once seated 1,023 patrons. It closed in 1963 and became a bingo hall until it was finally demolished in 2010. *
Reference: 32034e
Palace Cinema restaurant, Hunt...
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness Provost James M Grigor (1949-1955), Lentran House. Amongst other things she became Honorary President of the Inverness Opera Company.
Reference: 29596a
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness ...
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness Provost James M Grigor (1949-1955), Lentran House. Amongst other things she became Honorary President of the Inverness Opera Company.
Reference: 29596b
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness ...
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness Provost James M Grigor (1949-1955), Lentran House. Amongst other things she became Honorary President of the Inverness Opera Company.
Reference: 29596c
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness ...
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness Provost James M Grigor (1949-1955), Lentran House. Amongst other things she became Honorary President of the Inverness Opera Company.
Reference: 29596d
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness ...
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness Provost James M Grigor (1949-1955), Lentran House. Amongst other things she became Honorary President of the Inverness Opera Company.
Reference: 29596e
Kay Grigor, wife of Inverness ...
From The Times, Monday, 4th September, 1939: MR. ANTHONY WILLS and MISS LESLIE MELVILLE. 'Owing to the international situation, the marriage took place quietly on Saturday in St. Andrews Cathedral, Inverness, of the Hon. Frederick Anthony Hamilton Wills, eldest son of Lord and Lady Dulverton, and Miss Judith Betty Leslie Melville, eldest daughter of the Hon. Ian and Mrs. Leslie Melville. The Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness (Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church) officiated, assisted by the Very Rev. A. A. D. Mackenzie, Provost of Inverness Cathedral. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a brown two-piece suit. There were no bridesmaids. The Hon. E. R. H. Wills (brother of the bridegroom) was best man. A reception was afterwards held in the Station Hotel by the Hon. Mrs. Leslie Melville.' The marriage ended in divorce in 1961. Anthony Wills, the 2nd Baron Dulverton b.1915-d.1992. Judith Betty Leslie-Melville b.1916.
Reference: 1192h
From The Times, Monday, 4th Se...