John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir
The Lord Clydesmuir | |
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Colville in 1931 | |
| Governor of Bombay | |
| In office 24 March 1943 – 5 January 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Lumley |
| Succeeded by | Raja Maharaj Singh |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 6 May 1938 – 10 May 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Walter Elliot |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Brown |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 29 October 1936 – 6 May 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | William Morrison |
| Succeeded by | Euan Wallace |
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
| In office 28 November 1935 – 29 October 1936 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Noel Skelton |
| Succeeded by | Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn |
| Member of Parliament for Midlothian and Peebles Northern | |
| In office 30 May 1929 – January 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Sir David King Murray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1894 Cleland, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | 31 October 1954 (aged 60) |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Spouse | Agnes Anne Bilsland |
| Children | 3, including Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir |
| Alma mater | Charterhouse, Trinity College, Cambridge |
David John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir, GCIE, PC (13 February 1894 – 31 October 1954), was a Scottish Unionist politician, colonial administrator, and industrialist. He was director of his family's steel and iron business, David Colville & Sons as well as the final Governor of Bombay.