Oliver McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris

Oliver Ross McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris (25 August 1921 – 10 November 1997), born Durris, Kincardineshire. He married Nell Weate in 1944 and had three sons with her. McGregor was created a life peer on 9 February 1978 taking the title Baron McGregor of Durris, of Hampstead in Greater London.

Academic career

• 1945-47 Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in Economic History, Hull University
• 1947-60 Lecturer, Bedford College, London University
• 1959-60 Simon Senior Research Fellow, Manchester University
• 1960-64 Reader, London University
• 1964-85 Professor of Social Institutions, London University
• 1964-77 Head of Department of Sociology, Bedford College, London University
• 1972-75 Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University

Public life

• 1975-77 Chairman, Royal Commission on the Press
• 1977-? Chairman, Reuter's Founders' Share Company
• 1980-90 Chairman, Advertising Standards Authority
• 1991-94 Chairman, Press Complaints Commission

External links

• Obituary: Lord McGregor of Durris, The Independent, 12 November 1997