Herbert Archbold Brechin

Sir Herbert Archbold Brechin KBE FRSE FRICS DLit (1903 – 1979) was a British politician and served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1966 to 1969. He was founder and chairman of the firm ‘’’Brechin & Co’’’. He successfully campaigned with Sir John Inch to bring the Commonwealth Games to Edinburgh in 1970 which also involved the construction of the Commonwealth Pool and Meadowbank Stadium.[1]

Life

He was born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1903, the son of David Brechin (d.1949), a civil servant, and Katharine Mary O’Brien.[2]

He was educated at James Gillespies School in Edinburgh and then attended Heriot-Watt University from 1919 where he trained as a surveyor. In 1931 he founded the company ’’H.A.Brechin & Co’’. In 1934 he married Jane Richmond Cameron.

In 1969 he was created a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[3] In the 1960s he lived at ‘’The Garth’’ 3 Castlelaw Road in the Colinton area of Edinburgh.[4]

He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971 for his services to the city of Edinburgh with particular reference to the Commonwealth Games.[5]

Positions Held and Honours

Artistic Recognition

Brechin was painted wearing the ceremonial robes of the Lord Provost by Henry Raeburn Dobson in 1967.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-john-inch-1507465.html
  2. ↑ http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
  4. ↑ London Gazette: 2 April 1970
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19790126&id=3MFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6482,3811068&hl=en
  6. ↑ [email protected]. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: 16 February 1968
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