Sir Archibald Boyd Tunnock, (born 25 January 1933), is the current owner of Tunnock's, a family-owned confectionery business based in

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, UK. He is the grandson of the firm's founder, Thomas Tunnock, and creator of the company's famous

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, which was first produced in 1956. Tunnock was appointed an MBE in the

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and promoted to CBE in the

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. He was

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in the

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for services to business and charity. Tunnock was educated at

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in Glasgow, starting there in 1945. He has been an Elder at Uddingston Old Parish Church of the

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('the Kirk') for over 50 years and has involvement in various charities. He is a

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and is a member of Lodge St. Bryde No 579 in Uddingston. He was presented with his diamond jubilee certificate for 60 years' membership of the lodge on 23 March 2016. In 2019 Tunnock donated a Rolls-Royce to Glasgow city council, to transport the lord provost to official engagements and "maintain civic pride". The vehicle was auctioned off in 2022.

Personal life

In an April 2012 interview with '' The Herald'', Tunnock described himself as a unionist on the question of

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