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Sir William George MacKenzie Sutherland QPM (12 November 1933 – 30 May 2022), [1] often known as Bill Sutherland, was a British police officer. [2]Sutherland was born in Inverness and educated at Inverness Technical High School. [2]
Poindexter was elected Mayor of Inverness, Mississippi, in 1971, and became the youngest person elected to that office in town history. [1] After his tenure ended, Poindexter was elected to represent the 13th district (Sunflower County) in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1975 for the 1976–1980 term.
In 1986, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, and later served as the Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire from 2002 until 2021. [5] He also held the office of Justice of the peace for Inverness-shire. He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2018 New Year Honours. [6] [7]
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His popularity in the Scottish Highlands saw him elected a County Councillor on Inverness County Council, serving until 1971. [ 8 ] Cameron was Chairman of Scottish Widows ( Life Assurance ) between 1964 and 1967, and Vice-chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland from 1969 until 1980.
Lord Lovat was a stalwart of the Inverness Highland aristocracy. In 1942 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (post-nominal "DL") of the county, and two years later a Justice of the Peace. [19] Lord Lovat made a full recovery from the severe wounds he had received in France but was unable to return to the army (he transferred to the reserve in ...
Sandy was born into a family of musicians in Inverness, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada on April 17, 1935. His father Ronald and mother Cassie were both Scottish fiddlers. Cassie had long been considered one of the liveliest square dance fiddlers in the county. Sandy was one of fourteen children, most of whom played musical instruments.
Katharine Stewart BEM (29 August 1914 in Reading, England – 27 March 2013 in Inverness) was an English author, crofter, teacher and postmistress. Stewart is best known for her book A Croft in the Hills. First published in 1960, it describes the life of a family in a remote croft in the 1950s.