born 1.1.1918 Greenock,Renfrewshire
son of Algernon and Alice (nee Sharman) McQuarrie
educated Highlands Academy
educated Greenock High School
educated Royal College of Science and Technology,Glasgow
apprentice plumber
Pioneer Corps 1939
Royal Army Medical Corps (L/Corporal)
commissioned 24.1.1941 2Lt (167772) Royal Engineers
Bomb Disposal,Bristol and Plymouth
emergency commission 10.8.1944 2Lt R.E.
chairman and managing director,A. McQuarrie (Great Britain) Ltd (construction business)
Councillor,Greenock Town Council 1949-55
Conservative politician
M.P. for East Aberdeenshire 1979-83
M.P. for Banff and Buchan 1983-87
Knighted 1987
married Roseleen McCaffery 1945 (died 1986) (1 son Dermot)
married Rhoda Gall 1989
died 13.1.2016
