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

Life and career

Born in

North Berwick North Berwick (; gd, Bearaig a Tuath) is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately east-northeast of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable ...

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

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and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion,

Scots Guards The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642, although it was only placed on the E ...

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 and 7th Earl of Airlie (18 July 189328 December 1968) was a Scottish peer, soldier, and courtier. He was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, and his wife, the former Lady Mabel ...

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

Clydesdale Bank Clydesdale Bank ( gd, Banca Dhail Chluaidh) is a trading name used by Clydesdale Bank plc for its retail banking operations in Scotland. In June 2018, it was announced that Clydesdale Bank's holding company CYBG would acquire Virgin Money for ...

from 1969 to 1989; director of Abbey National Building Society; and honorary director with

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Co Ltd; chairman of

Glenlivet Glenlivet (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Lìobhait) is the glen in the Scottish Highlands through which the River Livet flows. The river rises high in the Ladder Hills, flows through the village of Tomnavoulin and onto the Bridgend of Glenlivet, ...

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

Gordonstoun School Gordonstoun School is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland. It is named after the estate owned by Sir Robert Gordon in the 17th century; the school now uses this estate as its campus. It is located ...

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 per ...

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

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from 1963 to 1994, Lord High Commissioner to the

General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the sovereign and highest court of the Church of Scotland, and is thus the Church's governing body.''An Introduction to Practice and Procedure in the Church of Scotland'' by A. Gordon McGillivray, ...

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 Royal Society of Arts.

References

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