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predated today's ease of air travel. His visit to Hong Kong in the mid-1960s is particularly well remembered; he arrived in style
aboard a P&O liner, and with his military bearing and distinguished air, established a commanding presence in the colony. His
portrait still hangs there in Zetland House. He relished international relations, enjoying a close connection with the Grand Lodge of
Nova Scotia and with masons in Europe. His work particularly endeared him to his French counterparts, who made him Honorary
Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of France.
Successor as Scotland's senior mason to the Earl of Elgin (then Lord Bruce), Orr Ewing continued his family's long involvement in
the craft. Inducted in 1948 into Lodge Antient Stirling No 30 and also a member of Scots lodge No 2319, he continued the longestablished
place of Orr Ewings in the movement. His elder son, Archie, is currently Grand Master.
Ronald Archibald Orr Ewing was born in London on May 14 1912 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst. His family was deeply
rooted in rural central Scotland. His ancestry included descent from Alexander Ewing, born at Balloch around 1660, and a maternal
lineage from a Campbell of Dunstaffnage (the "Orr" had been adopted by the first baronet, Sir Archie, MP for Dumbartonshire,
shortly after creation of the baronetcy in 1886). Ronald's boyhood was spent amidst woodland in Perthshire, and he developed a
fascination for trees. His recreation was forestry, and his deep knowledge of the subject gained widespread respect among
arboriculturalists.
Commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1932, he remained with the regiment for 21 years, during which he saw action in the
Second World War in North Africa. Taken prisoner by the Italians at Tobruk in 1942, he was shipped to a number of POW camps,
finally to Fontanellato in northern Italy. Released when Italy joined the Allies, he was recaptured by Axis forces, and spent the rest of
the war in Germany. He succeeded his father Sir Norman in the baronetcy in 1960. Captain Norman Orr Ewing [see MIDI file of this
tune], composed in 1912 by Pipe Major William Ross of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards in his honour, survives as an established
pipe tune in every pipe band repertoire.
Tall, with brilliantined hair, Orr Ewing was a stalwart of the New Club, Edinburgh. In 1963 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for
Perthshire, and was a member of the Royal Company of Archers (the Queen's Bodyguard in Scotland). His business interests
included the chairmanship, from 1975, of Clayton Dewandre Holdings.
He died on September 14. His wife Marion, daughter of Sir Donald Cameron, 25th of Lochiel, died in 1997. He is succeeded in the
baronetcy by his elder son Archie, and survived by another son and two daughters.
101. David Liddell-Grainger of Ayton 1969-94 [Baron of Ayton]
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David Ian Liddell-Grainger KStJ DL FSA (b. 26 January 1930) is the son of Henry Liddell-Grainger and a former Scottish politician.
David was born in 1930 at Park Lane and was educated at Eton and St Peter's College, Adelaide in Australia.
On 14 December 1957, he married Anne Mary Sibylla Abel Smith, the daughter of Henry Abel Smith and Lady May Cambridge.
They were divorced in 1981 after having five children:
Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger b. 23 February 1959
Charles Montagu Liddell-Grainger (b. 23 July 1960)
Simon Rupert Liddell-Grainger (b. 28 December 1962)
Alice Mary Liddell-Grainger (b. 3 March 1965)
Malcolm Henry Liddell-Grainger (b. 14 December 1967)
On October 18, 1996, David married secondly, Christine Schellin and they have two children together:
David Henry Liddell-Grainger (b. 31 January 1983)
Maximilian Liddell-Grainger (1985–1998)
In 1955, he was created an Officer of St John of Jerusalem and later a Knight of that order in 1974 and served in the Royal
Company of Archers between 1955 and 1983. He was a member of Berwickshire County Council from 1958 and 1973. and Deputy
Lieutenant of Berwickshire between 1963 and 1985.
DAVID IAN LIDDELL-GRAINGER OF AYTON, DL (Berwicks 1963–85), Baron of Ayton, Eyemouth, Berwicks, matric arms at LO
27 Nov 1950 [David Liddell-Grainger of Ayton, Ayton Castle, Berwicks TD14 5RD];
b 26 Jan 1930; educ Eton and St. Peter’s College, Adelaide SA; late Scots Guards; member: Royal Company of Archers 1955–83,
Berwicks CC 1958–73, Scot Gas Consultative Council and Priory Chapter Order St John Scotland (Hospitaller 1977–82); chm
Timber Growers Scotland 1985–88; KStJ (1974, OStJ 1955); Grand Master Mason Scotland 1969–74, Area Commissioner Scouts
Borders 1976–83; FSA (Scot);
m 14 Dec 1957 (divorce 1982) Anne Mary Sibylla, dau of Col Sir Henry Abel Smith, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, RHG (see SMITH formerly
of Wilford House), by Lady May Cambridge, dau of 1st Earl of Athlone and HRH PRINCESS ALICE, gdau of HM QUEEN
VICTORIA.
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