Drummond Shiels
Politician
1881 – 1953
Who was Drummond Shiels?
Sir Drummond Shiels MC was a Scottish Labour politician.
The son of James Drummond Shiels and Agnes Campbell of Edinburgh, he was educated at Edinburgh University where he graduated MB ChB.
He was commissioned into the Royal Scots in 1915 and served in World War I with the 9th Division. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He ended the war as a Captain.
He was a member of Edinburgh Town Council and Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East from 1924-1931. He served in government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India in 1929 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1929-1931.
He was a Fellow and Senior President Royal Medical Society and Deputy-Secretary of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. He was knighted in 1939.
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- Born
- Aug 7, 1881
- Also known as
- Dr. Drummond Shiels
- Profession
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Died
- Jan 1, 1953
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on July 23, 2013
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