Ian David Patrick Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron (born 31 March 1949), is a British hereditary peer and member of House of Lords. He is also the baronet Sir Ian David Patrick Macpherson of Drumalban. He inherited the titles on the death of his father

David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron David William Anthony Blyth Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron (23 January 1924 – 31 August 2006), was best known as the "motorcycling peer". He inherited the Barony on his father's death in 1937, but lost his automatic right to a seat in the ...

, on 31 August 2006.

Education

Lord Strathcarron's early education was at

Hill House School Hill House International Junior School is an independent preparatory day school primarily in the Knightsbridge district of London. It was founded in September 1949 by athlete and Liberal Party politician Lt-Col Stuart Townend with his wife, Be ...

, before attending Horris Hill and then

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

; after Eton, he went to

Grenoble University The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "''Grenoble Alps University''") is a public research university in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 resea ...

Personal life

Lord Strathcarron married the former Gillian Rosamund Allison (born 15 September 1946) in 1974 and they have two children, the Honourable Sophie Ananda Macpherson (born 14 April 1978) and the Honourable Rory David Alisdair Macpherson (born: 15 April 1982).

Career

Lord Strathcarron spent ten years in the Orient working for Time-Life as a freelance journalist and copywriter. In 1970, he founded the Japan Europa Press Agency in Tokyo and sold it in 1995. He became a partner in Strathcarron & Company in 1974, and a founder and Director of Global Alliance Automotive Ltd, a transnational version of Strathcarron & Company in 1993. In 1995, he founded Strathcarron Sports Cars plc,Strathcarron SC-5A – Car News
at Car and Driver manufacturers of sports/racing cars and since 2006 he has been a trustee and director of the National Motor Museum in

Beaulieu, Hampshire Beaulieu ( ) is a small village located on the southeastern edge of the New Forest national park in Hampshire, England, and home to both Palace House and the British National Motor Museum. History The name Beaulieu comes etymological ...

. He is chairman and commissioning editor of Unicorn Publishing Group LLP, a visual arts, cultural history and digital publishing and media distribution company, Chairman of Sophie Macpherson Ltd, a fine arts recruitment and consultancy company, and Chairman of Play Associates Ltd., an interior design company, and a director of Art World Alliance Ltd., a grouping of UK art industry companies. In 2018, he founded the transmedia production company Affable Media Ltd. In February 2022, he was elected to replace

Viscount Ridley Viscount Ridley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the Conservative politician Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet, Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900. He was made Baron Wensleydale, of Blagdon and Bl ...

in the

House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...

following Ridley's retirement in December 2021. He took the oath on 21 February 2022.

Media works

Lord Strathcarron is a student of

Advaita Vedanta ''Advaita Vedanta'' (; sa, अद्वैत वेदान्त, ) is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta. The term ''Advaita'' ( ...

and has written of his experiences in non-duality in the books ''Living with Life'' and ''Mysticism and Bliss.'' He is also the author of two spy thriller novels for Troubador: ''Invisibility'', and ''Black Beach''. In 2009, he recreated

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

's 1809–1811

Grand Tour The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tut ...

of the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...

for the book ''Joy Unconfined! Lord Byron's Grand Tour Re-Toured'' published by

Signal Books Signal Books is a British book publisher. Signal is based in Oxford, England. It specialises in biography, current affairs, history, philosophy, religion, and travel. Selected books * '' First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover'' (2005 ...

, an imprint of Christopher Hurst. In 2010, he completed the first part of a Mark Twain travel trilogy based on Twain's 1867 tour of the Holy Land, resulting in the book ''Innocence & War: Mark Twain's Holy Land Revisited'' published in 2012 in the US by

Dover Publications Dover Publications, also known as Dover Books, is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward and Blanche Cirker. It primarily reissues books that are out of print from their original publishers. These are often, but not always, book ...

and in the UK by

. The second part of the trilogy, recreating Mark Twain's 1896 lecture tour of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

for the book ''The Indian Equator; Mark Twain's India Revisited'' published in 2014 in the US by Dover Publications and in the UK by

. The final part of the trilogy, ''Heart of Lightness, Mark Twain's Mississippi Revisited'', will be about Mark Twain's final steamboat journey up the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...

from

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

Hannibal, Missouri Hannibal is a city along the Mississippi River in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,312, making it the largest city in Marion County. The bulk of the city is in Mar ...

and his subsequent short career in the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

. In 2016, Unicorn Press published his biography of

Sir Francis Chichester Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972) was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the wor ...

, ''Never Fear: Reliving the Life of Sir Francis Chichester''. In 2017, Unicorn Press published his art book about the painter Sophie Walbeoffe, ''Painting with Both Hands''. In 2018, Affable Media published his fictional biography, ''Crikey! How Did That Happen? The Refreshingly Unauthorised Biography of Sir Bertram Wooster, KG.'' In 2019, Affable Media produced his video, ''Confessions of a Publisher: It Doesn't Have To Be Like This, But Somehow It Just Is.'' In 2020, Unicorn published his spiritual abstract art book ''Truth and Beauty: The Art of Sophie Chang.'' In 2021, Affable Media published his historical fiction title ''A Case of Royal Blackmail by Sherlock Holmes''. In 2022, he wrote and produced the short film ''Undead and Alive'', a zombie/witch romcom.

Interests and hobbies

An ex- Yachtmaster Instructor, Lord Strathcarron is an Honorary Life Member of the

Royal Bombay Yacht Club The Royal Bombay Yacht Club (RBYC) is one of the premier gentlemens' clubs which was founded in 1846 in Colaba (formerly Wellington Pier), an area of Mumbai in India. The building was designed by John Adams, who also designed the nearby Royal ...

, and a member of the Royal Cruising Club and the

Royal Yacht Squadron The Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) is a British yacht club. Its clubhouse is Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. Member yachts are given the suffix RYS to their names, and are permitted (with the appropriate warrant) to w ...

. In 2012, he qualified as a civil and commercial mediator with the Civil Mediation Council. In 2013, he qualified as a Restorative Justice practitioner, registered with the Restorative Justice Council. He is also the vice-chair and a trustee of The Society of Mediators.

Arms

References

External links

Ian StrathcarronHereditary Peerage AssociationGrenoble University

Strathcarron & Company

Global Alliance Automotive Ltd

Sophie Macpherson LtdCharity CommissionTroubador PublishingSchool of Economic ScienceRory Macpherson StudioCivil Mediation Council
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