Princess Alexander at Bush Estate on FC Jubilee
Image is courtesy of Sheila Matheson, Lochinver.
Sheila (Daughter of Walter and Barbara Paterson) presenting a bouquet to Princess Alexandra during a Forestry Commission Jubilee event at Bush Estate, Midlothian. Sheila’s sister Barbara is standing behind next to the policeman. Willie Ross the Secretary of State for Scotland (in white shirt and dark tie) is standing on the right hand side among the children.
The programme of events for the day and the people involved are contained in the attached PDF located just below the image.
At a full day of events the Princess met several Forestry Commission people among them:
L A W Jenkins (Chairman)
J A Dixon (Director General and Deputy Chairman)
Lord Taylor of Gryfe (Forestry Commissioner)
Sir William Strang Steel (Forestry Commissioner)
E Gwynfryn Davis (Forestry Commissioner)
Maurice Compton (Forestry Commissioner)
Andrew Watt (Forestry Commissioner)
Dr F C Hummel (Forestry Commissioner)
Harold Watkins (Forestry Commissioner)
Ralph Verney (Forestry Commissioner)
Geoffrey Forrest (Senior FC Officer Scotland)
D B Rooke (Principal Information Officer FC)
WJ Wilson (Head Forester – Arden Forest)
A T Liddell (Head Forester – Cardrona Forest)
J D McLay (Clerk of Works West Scotland Conservancy)
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Groups: Forest Research, Forestry Areas, Groups of people