Black Watch - Notable Members

Notable Members

  • Robert Munro (1684 - 1746), The original Black Watch commander, Colonel Sir Robert Munro
  • Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae, the last British-born Governor-General of New Zealand
  • Alfred Anderson, Scotland's last surviving World War I veteran (d. 2005)
  • James Anton, late Quartermaster-Sergeant of 42nd Royal Highlander, author
  • Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer
  • Fergus Bowes-Lyon, older brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  • Duncan Campbell, Scots nobleman and British Army officer
  • Harold Davis, Scottish former professional football player
  • Henry Davie, Liberal Member of Parliament for Haddington
  • Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher, social scientist and historian
  • Stewart Granger, Actor
  • J. B. S. Haldane, British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist
  • Christopher Logue, English poet
  • Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor
  • Gillean Robert Maclaine, the 25th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie
  • Major Ian Stanhope Murray
  • Eric Newby, English travel author
  • Simon Ramsay, Conservative politician and colonial governor
  • Neil Ritchie, British Army officer during the Second World War
  • William Rose, screenwriter
  • Frederick Guthrie Tait, Scottish soldier and amateur golfer
  • Arthur Wauchope, British soldier and colonial administrator
  • Archibald Wavell, British field marshal during the Second World War


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