Early Life
Born 18 July 1894 at Slioch, Lady Road, Edinburgh, he was the second son of Colonel William Ivison Macadam, VD, FRSE, FIC, FCS and Sarah Constance MacDonald. Educated privately in Scotland, he was the second King's Scout to be invested in Scotland, and the first Silver Wolf Scout in Scotland, awarded for 'services of the most exceptional character by gift of the Chief Scout'. In both cases he was invested by Chief Scout and founder Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
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