Personal Life
He was brought up in the small town of East Kilbride, with sister Mary Thomson - known as Marilyn. He remains very close with this side of the family and so frequently returns to East Kilbride to visit his sister, promising to buy Marilyn's grandchildren all their own car as they reached seventeen. He was married to wife Eleanor in 1973; they have three daughters: Wendy, Jennifer and Laura. He is also very close to his great nieces and nephews: Rowan Dickson, Stuart Thomson, Tessa Thomson & Jed Cramer.
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