Angus Campbell-Gray, 22nd Lord Gray

Angus Campbell-Gray, 22nd Lord Gray (3 July 1931 – 29 April 2003) was a British hereditary peer from 1946 to 1999.[1]

Angus Campbell-Gray
Born	3 July 1931 Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland
Died	29 April 2003 (aged 71)
Education	Eton College
Occupation	Hereditary peer
Title	Lord
Spouse(s)	Patricia Alexander Cecilia Dimsdale
Children	Lucinda Campbell-Gray Iona Campbell-Gray Andrew Campbell-Gray, 23rd Lord Gray Cethlyn Campbell-Gray
Parent(s)	Lindsay Campbell-Gray Doreen McClymont Tubbs
Relatives	Ethel Gray-Campbell, 21st Lady Gray (paternal grandmother)

Early life

Angus Diarmid Ian Campbell-Gray was born on 3 July 1931 in Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland.[1][2][3] His father, Major Lindsay Campbell-Gray, Master of Gray (1894-1945), was a World War I veteran and later trainer of steeplechasers.[1][2][3] His mother was Doreen McClymont Tubbs.[3] His father died when he was 13 and his mother when he was 17.[1][2]

He was educated at Eton College, near Windsor.[1][2]

Career

He started his career at Mather & Crowther, an advertising firm, where he designed the label on HP Sauce bottles.[1][2] He moved to Canada in 1956, where he worked for the Bell Telephone Corporation.[1] Later, he became the owner of the Taynuilt Hotel in Argyll, Scotland.[1] He also owned a petrol station where he attended to the pumps himself.[1]

He inherited his title from his late paternal grandmother, Ethel Gray-Campbell, 21st Lady Gray, in 1946.[1][2] As a result, he was a hereditary peer for more than half a century.[1] In 1977, he suggested an amendment to what came to be known as the Scotland Act 1978 a year later.[1][2] In 1999, he argued that the bill which led to the House of Lords Act 1999 ran afoul of the Act of Union, which let Scottish peers sit in the House of Lords.[1][2] The Committee for Privileges looked into his objection before the bill was passed.[1] He was interviewed in The Lord's Tale, a television documentary directed by Molly Dineen about hereditary peers.[1]

He was involved with the Oban Games, the local Highland games in Oban. Indeed, he served as a steward of the Argyllshire Gathering, whose President is the Duke of Argyll.[1] He also attended the Oban Ball.[1] A keen foxhunter, he took part in the West Waterford Hunt in County Waterford, Ireland.[1] He owned a small filling station in Argyll.

Personal life

He was married twice. His first wife was Patricia Alexander.[2][3] They had four children:

• Lucinda Campbell-Gray (born 1961).[2][3]
• Iona Campbell-Gray (born 1962).[2][3]
• Andrew Campbell-Gray, 23rd Lord Gray (born 1964).[2][3]
• Cethlyn Campbell-Gray (born 1969).[2][3]

His second wife was Cecilia Dimsdale.[2][3] They had no children.[3]

Death

He died on 29 April 2003.[2][3] He was seventy-one years old.[3] His son inherited his title.[3]

References

1. Lord Gray, The Daily Telegraph, 20 May 2003
2. Lord Gray; Unconventional peer who designed HP sauce label, The Herald, 21 May 2003
3. Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003