the Lord Sempill

February 25, 2013 by Alaistair Saunders

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CHIEFTAIN OF THE DAY ANNOUNCED FOR Bundanoon Highland Gathering – Brigadoon Saturday 6 April 2013 It is with great pleasure that the Bundanoon Highland Gathering Committee announce that our Chi...

CHIEFTAIN OF THE DAY ANNOUNCED FOR Bundanoon Highland Gathering – Brigadoon Saturday 6 April 2013 It is with great pleasure that the Bundanoon Highland Gathering Committee announce that our Chieftain of the Day will be: The Right Honorable the Lord Sempill 21st Chief of the Clan Sempill Lord Sempill hosts bespoke historical tours in Scotland. He has recently developed a tour on Mary Queen of Scots. Over the last 12 years, he was a member of the Executive of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, and is credited for building stronger links between the Council and the international clan community. He conceptualised and directed The Gathering 2009, which was the centrepiece of the Homecoming Scotland 2009 programme. He has over 32 years of commercial management experience in marketing and communications, having worked for major corporations at home and abroad. He was actively involved in politics from 1996 to 2006. He has spent over 12 years living and working overseas, mainly in South Africa. He returned to Scotland at the end of 1992. In 1995 he inherited one of Scotland’s oldest titles and took his seat in the House of Lords as an independent Crossbench Peer. During 1998 he became actively involved in the Scottish devolution debate, joined the Conservative Party and in May1999 stood for Edinburgh North and Leith in the inaugural Scottish Parliamentary elections. He continued his involvement as constituency Chairman up till 2002, during which time he was also a lay inspector of schools. From 2001 to early 2003 he worked for a distiller and travelled extensively in Russia, South Africa, India and the Far East. He then spent 6 months in the USA promoting an affinity card scheme to the Scottish American community. From 2003 up till the end of 2005 he worked for the Caledonian Brewing Company as Director of Marketing. He is a High Constable of the Port of Leith, and a member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. He is also a Board Director of the American Scottish Foundation and an honorary member of COSCA (Council of Scottish Clans and Associations). His hobbies include looking at fine art, watching rugby, scuba diving, taking the dogs for a walk, reading history and listening to the Blues. He is married to Josephine, who is an Interior Decorator; and they have a son, Francis, who is a fund manager, and a daughter, Cosima, who is a ceramist

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