John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot

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John Dewar
The grave of John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot, Aberdalgie
Born	(1885-03-17)17 March 1885 Perth, Scotland
Died	24 October 1947(1947-10-24) (aged 62) Dupplin Moor, Perth, Scotland
Education	Oxford University (no degree)
Occupation	Businessman
Spouses	Marjory Heaton-Ellis (m. 1919; died 1945) Muriel Cavendish (m. 1946)
Children	1
Father	John Dewar
Relatives	Henry Dewar (half-brother) Thomas Dewar (uncle) Arthur Dewar (uncle)

Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Unit	Scottish Horse Regiment
Battles / wars	World War I
Awards	Military Cross

John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot OBE MC TD FRSE DL JP (17 March 1885 – 24 October 1947) was a Scottish businessman and soldier, notable as being head of the whisky giant John Dewar & Sons and of the Distillers Company and a director of the Bank of Scotland.

Life

He was born on 17 March 1885 the eldest child and only son of Sir John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot and his wife Johann (Joan) Tod. His uncle (his father's brother) was Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar. He was sent to Rugby School in England as a boarder, followed by New College at Oxford University (but did not graduate).^{[citation needed]}

In the First World War he served as a colonel in the Scottish Horse Regiment, serving in the Balkans, Gallipoli and Egypt. He won the Military Cross for bravery.^{[citation needed]}

From 1922 to 1924 he served as Lord Provost of Perth and was also Deputy Lieutenant of Perthshire. On the death of his father in 1929 he succeeded to the title of Baron Forteviot. He also held the title of brigadier in the Royal Company of Archers, the monarch's official bodyguard in Scotland.^{[citation needed]}

In 1943, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Watt, Sidney Lord Elphinstone, James Pickering Kendall, and John Edwin MacKenzie.^[1]

He died at his country estate of Dupplin on 24 October 1947. He is buried at Aberdalgie slightly south-west of Perth.^[2] The grave lies attached to the church within the family enclosure to the rear of the church.^{[citation needed]}

Family

He married twice, firstly in 1919 to Marjory Winton Isobel Heaton-Ellis (d.1945), secondly in 1946 to Marjory's sister, Mrs Muriel Cecil Harriette Cavendish (then a widow).^[3] They had no children, however John, during his marriage to Marjory had an illegitimate daughter in 1924. When John died, the barony passed to his younger half brother, Henry Dewar.

References

^ "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). Royalsoced.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ Stevenson, Sandy. "Tour Scotland Photographs: Tour Scotland Video John Dewar Gravestone Aberdalgie Strathearn Perthshire". Tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ "John Dewar (1885 - 1947) - Genealogy". Geni.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

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Preceded by John Dewar	Baron Forteviot 1929–1947	Succeeded by Henry Dewar

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