McIntyre, Robert Douglas, President, Scottish National Party, 1913-1998

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1913-1998. - 1998

Biography

Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre MB, ChB, DPH, DUniv, JP, physician and leader of the Scottish National Party. Dr McIntyre was Scottish National Party MP for Motherwell and Wishaw, 1945, Chairman of the SNP, 1948-1956, and President, 1958-1980. He contested Motherwell, Perth and East Perthshire, West Stirlingshire, Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth, and Mid-Scotland and Fife [European Parliament election] for the SNP between 1950 and 1979, and was Provost of Stirling, 1967-1975, and a Consultant Chest Physician in Stirling and Clackmannan, 1951-1979, following earlier service as a Medical Officer of Health.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.10090/1-208

Scope and Contents

Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.

Dates: circa 1930-1988.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Personal and political papers of Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.12917/1-134

Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...

Dates: 1869-1997.