Sir William Stevenson Gray LLD (3 May 1928 – 9 July 2000) was a 20th century Scottish business director and Chairman of Clan FM who served as Lord Provost of

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

from 1972 to 1975. He was Chairman of the

Scottish Special Housing Association The Scottish Special Housing Association was established in 1937 to provide good-quality social housing. It had headquarters in Edinburgh's West End, Palmerston Place and Manor Place, Edinburgh, where it employed a large team of architects, enginee ...

from 1966 to 1972 and also the first Chairman of the

Scottish Development Agency Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

in 1975.

Life

Gray was born in Glasgow on 3 May 1928. He was educated at

Hillhead Hillhead ( sco, Hullheid, gd, Ceann a' Chnuic) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Kelvingrove Park and to the south of the River Kelvin, Hillhead is at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming th ...

High School then studied law at

Glasgow University , image = UofG Coat of Arms.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms Flag , latin_name = Universitas Glasguensis , motto = la, Via, Veritas, Vita , ...

. He became a solicitor in 1958. He joined the Glasgow council in 1958 representing

Yoker Yoker ( gd, An Eochair) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, on the northern bank of the Clyde east of Clydebank, west of the city centre. From the fourteenth century, the Renfrew Ferry has linked Yoker with Renfrew on the south bank. Although ...

ward. After his positions at SSHA he was chairman of the Clyde Tourist Association from 1972 to 1975, concurrently with his role as Lord Provost. He retired from the council in 1975 to become chairman of the SDA. Gray was knighted by Queen

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

in June 1974. Gray died of a heart attack on 9 July 2000 at Glasgow Western Infirmary.

Artistic recognition

Gray was portrayed by painter Alan Sutherland.

References

1928 births 2000 deaths Businesspeople from Glasgow 20th-century Scottish businesspeople Alumni of the University of Glasgow Lord Provosts of Glasgow People educated at Hillhead High School {{Scotland-bio-stub