Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, KBE (usually known as Tam Galbraith) (10 March 1917 – 2 January 1982) was a Conservative politician.
The eldest son and heir of Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, he was educated at Aytoun House, Glasgow; Wellington College; Christ Church, Oxford (MA) and at the University of Glasgow (LL.B).
He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1939-1946. He unsuccessfully contested Paisley in July 1945, and Edinburgh East in October 1945 before being elected for Glasgow Hillhead in 1948.
He was Assistant Conservative Whip, 1950; a Government Whip from 1951-57; Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1957-59; Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, 1959-62; and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, 1963-64.
He was President of the Scottish Georgian Society from 1970-1980 and was a Member of the Royal Company of Archers. He was knighted (KBE) in 1982.
His death in 1982 triggered the Hillhead by-election that saw the election of Roy Jenkins. His son Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde was subsequently a Conservative junior Minister, Chief Whip in the Lords and Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by James Reid |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Hillhead 1948–1982 |
Succeeded by Roy Jenkins |
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| Preceded by Margaret Herbison |
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland 1951–1955 |
Succeeded by William McNair Snadden |
| Preceded by Roger Conant |
Comptroller of the Household 1954–1955 |
Succeeded by Hendrie Oakshott |
| Preceded by Cedric Drewe |
Treasurer of the Household 1955–1957 |
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| Preceded by John Hughes-Hallett |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport 1963–1964 |
Succeeded by The Lord Lindgren |
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