Wednesday, 6 December 2017
1755 Frederick Whyte
Constituency : Perth 1910-18
Frederick took over from the aged by-election victor Robert Pullar at Perth.
Frederick was a minister's son. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University. He was President of the University Union and Warden of the University Settlement in 1907-08.
Frederick was soon appointed PPS to Winston Churchill, serving him at the Home Office then the Admiralty until 1915. After that he was a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on special service.
In 1917, Frederick became founding editor of The New Europe which ran until 1920. He also authored a number of books on the Far East from the mid-twenties onwards.
Frederick stood down in 1918 and was appointed President of the Central Legislative Committee in India in 1920, serving until 1925. He then took diplomatic roles in China and the USA. He worked at the Ministry of Information in 1939-40 leading the propaganda campaign against American neutrality.
Frederick was knighted in 1922.
In the 1940s, Frederick was involved inthe Reindeer Council with a view to introducing the animal to Britain.
He died in 1970 aged 86.
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