Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde

The Right Honourable The Lord Strathclyde PC
Chairman of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board
In office Late 1950s – May 1967
Preceded by	Lord Cooper
Succeeded by	Tom Fraser
Minister of State for Scotland
In office 7 April 1955 – 23 October 1958
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	The Earl of Home
Succeeded by	The Lord Forbes
In office 4 November 1951 – 5 April 1955
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	John Robertson
Succeeded by	Jack Browne
In office 26 May 1945 – 26 July 1945
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Allan Chapman
Succeeded by	George Buchanan
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 5 May 1955 – 12 July 1985 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Baron Strathclyde
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok
In office 30 April 1940 – 4 May 1955
Preceded by	Sir John Gilmour
Succeeded by	John George
Personal details
Born	20 March 1891 Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	12 July 1985(1985-07-12) (aged 94) Mauchline, Ayrshire

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

After serving in the Royal Navy, he became a chartered accountant and practised, 1925–70. He was elevated to the peerage in 1955 as Lord Strathclyde (of Barskimming in the County of Ayr), and died three decades later. As his eldest son, Sir Tam Galbraith, died in 1982, the barony was inherited by his grandson Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde.