David Gordon Allen d'Aldecamb Lumsden
David Gordon Allen d'Aldecamb Lumsden of Cusehnie, FSAL, FSAS (25 May 1933, in Quetta, Baluchistan, Empire of India (now Pakistan) – 29 August 2008, in Fort William, Scotland) was a Scottish businessman, nationalist and sometime Baron of Cushnie-Lumsden (in Aberdeen).
The son of Henry Gordon Strange Lumsden and Sydney Mary Elliot, he studied at Allhallows, Devon; Bedford School; and Jesus College, Cambridge (MA). He served in the Territorial Army with the London Scottish.[1]
Career[edit]
He worked as an executive at British American Tobacco from 1959 until his retirement in 1982. He was the Director of Heritage Porcelain Ltd. and Heritage Recordings Ltd.[2]
Religious affiliations[edit]
- Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 1980
- Knight of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, 1978
- Knight of the Order of Sts. Maurice and Lazarus, 1999
Death[edit]
His Requiem Mass in 2008 was the first celebration in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, since 1969, of Mass as in 1962 Roman Missal, in accordance with Pope Benedict XVI's indication, the year before, that, "for those faithful or priests who request it, the pastor should allow celebrations in this extraordinary form also in special circumstances such as [...] funerals".[3]
Nationalist or secular affiliations[edit]
- Garioch Pursuivant to the Chief of the Name and Arms of Mar (currently Margaret of Mar, the 30th Countess of Mar)
- Co-founder, Scottish Historic Organs Trust (1991 - his death)
- Co-founder and Chairman, Castles of Scotland Preservation Trust (1985 - his death)
- President, Scottish Military History Society
- Admiral the Viscount Keppel Association
- Patron of the Aboyne Highland Games (1999 - his death)
- President of the 1745 Association/Scottish Military History Society (1991 - his death)
- Convenor of the Monarchist League of Scotland (1993)
- Member of Lloyd's Register (1985 - 2001)
- Member, Council, Royal Stuart Society
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- 1933 births
- 2008 deaths
- Military personnel of British India
- 20th-century British Army personnel
- London Scottish soldiers
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Knights of Malta
- People associated with Aberdeen
- Businesspeople from London
- 20th-century Scottish businesspeople
- Scottish officers of arms
- Scottish Roman Catholics
- Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
- People educated at Bedford School
- 20th-century English businesspeople