Alexander Matheson (pharmacist), Date of Birth
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About Alexander Matheson (pharmacist)
- Alexander Matheson is a pharmacist, businessman, and local politician from Stornoway, now serving as Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles. Matheson became the youngest Provost of Stornoway in 1971, serving until 1975.
- In 1973, he was appointed to the Western Isles health board, becoming its chairman in 1993 until 2001.
- Matheson was elected to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in 1974 and served as Convenor from 1982 until 1990.
- He was appointed Chairman of Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd.in 2001 and served until 2007.
- A member of the Harris Tweed Authority between 1995 and 2007 he was chairman from 2001 to 2007.
- He served on Stornoway Trust Estate for 40 years from 1967 until 2007 and was chairman from 1971 until 1981.
- In 1972 he was appointed as an Honorary Sheriff at Stornoway and continues to hold that warrant.
- He served on Stornoway Pier and Harbour Commission (now Stornoway Port Authority between 1968 and 2009 and was chairman from 1970 to 1972 and again from 1991 to 2001.
- He was President of the Islands Commission of The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe between 1987 and 1991.
- Matheson is the chairman of Roderick Smith Ltd., his family business.
- He was awarded the OBE in 1990.
- In 1993, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and a deputy lieutenant of the Western Isles.
- He became Vice Lord-Lieutenant in 1994, and also served as Convenor for the Western Isles Council.
- He was appointed Lord Lieutenant in 2001.He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2016 New Year Honours.
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