Sir Archibald George Auldjo Jamieson

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MC (13 May 1884 – 23 October 1959) was a Scottish businessman and British Army soldier. He was chairman of the British arms and aircraft company

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during

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Early life and education

Jamieson was born in

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, one of eight children born to George Auldjo Jamieson and his second wife, Susan Helena (''née'' Oliphant). He was the youngest of six sons; the architect Ernest Auldjo Jamieson was his elder brother. His father, a significant figure in Scottish accountancy, was a senior partner in the Edinburgh accountancy firm Lindsay, Jamieson, and Haldane, and a councillor in the city. Several other members of his family were also accountants. His mother was the daughter of Robert Oliphant of Rossie. Jamieson was educated at

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and

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Career

Jamieson trained as an accountant and was apprenticed as a law clerk in 1901. He served during the

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, being

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and awarded the

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. Jamieson became a director of armaments company

in 1928 and chairman in 1937; in the late 1930s, he helped integrate the main firm more closely with its subsidiaries, increasing production in the run-up to

Marriage and family

In 1917, Jamieson married Doris Pearce, daughter of Henry Pearce, RN; the couple had two sons and two daughters; their eldest son was David Auldjo Jamieson who was awarded the VC in 1944 during the

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. Their other son, Gerald James "Jerrie" (died 1992), married in 1957 to Lady Mariegold Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of the 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop and sister of the 17th Duke of Norfolk. Their daughter Dinah Susan married the 4th Baron Tollemache in 1939 and was the mother of

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. Jamieson was knighted (KBE) in 1946. Lady Jamieson died in 1947. In 1956, he remarried, to Margretta Stroup Austin. He died three years later, in 1959, at his home at 6

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, Westminster.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamieson, Archibald Auldjo 1884 births 1959 deaths Businesspeople from Edinburgh People educated at Winchester College Alumni of New College, Oxford Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Military Cross Royal Scots officers British Army personnel of World War I