Sir George Ian Clark Hutchison (4 January 1903 – 2 February 2002) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician. He was the

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(MP) for Edinburgh West from 1941 to 1959. He was the son of

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MP and his wife Peggy Blair who lived at Afton Lodge on Ferry Road in the Trinity district of

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. He was educated at

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then attended the Royal Navy Colleges at both Osbourne and Dartmouth. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1916 and specialised in the use of torpedoes. As a politician he championed free school meals and served the Public Assistance Committee 1937 to 1939. He was recalled to the Royal Navy in 1939 at the outbreak of war and served the rare dual functions of being both on active service and being an elected MP from 1941 to 1944. He was a member of the

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and served as Deputy Lieutenant for Edinburgh. He was knighted by

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in 1954. He was a governor of

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for the Deaf in west Edinburgh and served on the executive council of the

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.Herald (Scottish newspaper) 6 March 2002 He died on 2 February 2002 aged 99. His wife Sheena predeceased him but he was survived by his daughter Ailie.

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* 1903 births 2002 deaths People educated at Edinburgh Academy Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Knights Bachelor Royal Navy officers of World War I Royal Navy officers of World War II {{Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub