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John Edmund Ritchie Findlay

John Edmund Ritchie Findlay

Male 1902 - 1962  (60 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Edmund Ritchie Findlay 
    Birth 14 Jun 1902 
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Sep 1962 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I675253  Geneagraphie | Descendant of Francis Fox
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2009 

    Father John Ritchie Findlay,   b. 13 Jan 1866, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1930 (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Harriet Jane Backhouse,   b. 12 Mar 1880, Darlington, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1954 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1901 
    Family ID F10801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 2nd Baronet
      Scottish politician and baronet .
      The eldest son of Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet , and Dame Harriet Findlay ( DBE ), he was educated at Harrow and at Balliol College, Oxford .
      He was Unionist Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1935-1945.
      Like his father and grandfather, John Ritchie Findlay , he was proprietor of The Scotsman newspaper.
      He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1930 and was in turn succeeded by his brother, Lt.-Col. Roland Lewis Findlay.



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