Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood -obituary notices 1949-1950

[knights6lb]

To my shame, I have been unable to find any obituaries for my wife's uncle murdo who was a liberal M.P. and deputy Lieutenant for Banffshire.     Help would be much appreciated.
BAK

[CaroleW]

Welcome to Rootschat

A check on Scotlands People index shows he died in 1949 Reg District Cullen.  A Google search shows it was 11.10.1949 to narrow any search for an obit

[knights6lb]

Thank you - helpful as I did not have either date or location
BAK

[willsy]

Looked in the papers for 1949...

Did find one entry in the deaths

13 October 1949 - The Scotsman - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

There is a more detailed piece about him

The Scotsman 18 October 1949

hope this helps

[knights6lb]

Thanks for that, The Scotsman is where I most expected to find one.    I now ned to improve my technique for searching.     I also strongly expect something in The (London) Times.

BAK

[willsy]

My pleasure

[CaroleW]

There are a number of photos of him and his wife on Ancestry if you have a subscription.  Apparently he was in the Gordon Highlanders and given Freedom of the City of London

Lots of different documents online

[knights6lb]

Thank you for that.    I suspect you met up with the photographs etc in the Wood_Henderson of Cullen tree, for which I am responsible.    Having said that I was not aware that uncle Murdo had been awarded Freedom of the City of London and my wife likewise.    I presume reference to this should be somewhere in the London Gazette.     I like your cat, it looks well cross with life or perhaps just with the camera.

Regards BAK

[heatherjulie]

There is an obituary in the Manchester Guardian 15th October 1949. If you don't have access to this article, pm me an email address and I will send you a copy.

Heather