Sir Iain Mark Tennant (11 March 191925 September 2006) was a Scottish businessman.

Life and career

Born in

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, the only son of John Edward Tennant and Georgina Helen Kirkpatrick, he was educated at

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and

Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...

. He served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion,

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from 1940 to 1942, and was an intelligence officer with 201 Guards' Brigade. He was captured at the surrender of

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and was a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany until 1945. In 1946 he married Lady Margaret Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy (1920-2014), daughter of Colonel

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, (18 July 189328 December 1968) was a Scottish peer, soldier and courtier. He was the father-in-law of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. Early life Airlie was born o ...

in Westminster. and had a two sons, Mark and Christopher and a daughter; Christopher died before his death in 2006. His daughter, Emma, married Sir

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. Tennant's business appointments include chairman of

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from 1968 to 1989 (he was vice-chairman from 1960 to 1968), director of Caledonian Associated Cinemas from 1950 to 1990; director of

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from 1969 to 1989; director of

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Building Society; and honorary director with

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Co Ltd; chairman of

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and Glen Grant Distilleries Ltd; and was chairman of the board of

Gordonstoun School Gordonstoun School ( ) is an elite co-educational private school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland. Two generations of British royalty were educated at Gordonstoun, including Prince Philip and his son King Charles III. Musician Davi ...

from 1957 to 1972. Tennant was a member of the

Royal Company of Archers The Royal Company of Archers, The King's Bodyguard for Scotland, is a ceremonial unit that serves as the Sovereign's bodyguard in Scotland—a role it has performed since 1822 during the reign of King George IV when the company provided a pers ...

since 1950. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Moray in 1954, alongside Kenneth Mackessack. He was

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from 1963 to 1994,

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in 1988 and 1989, and

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commissioner for Scotland from 1970 to 1990. He was appointed a

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in 1986. He also served on Moray and Nairn County Council from 1956 to 1964. He was a fellow of the

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References

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Iain Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. This name is a pop ...

Military personnel from East Lothian