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After serving in the Second World War during which he won the Military Cross and Bar, he served the Foreign Office in New York and Vienna until 1957 . Elected to parliament in 1959 , he served as Member Of Parliament for the Constituency of Moray And Nairn until February 1974 when he was defeated by Winnie Ewing of the Scottish National Party . He served as a Government Whip, 1961-62; Lord Commissioner Of The Treasury and Scottish Whip, 1962-63; Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State For Scotland , 1963-64. He was Opposition Spokesman on Defence, 1967-68 and a member of the Shadow Cabinet, 1969-70.

He was revealed how he proposed "exceptional measures" to force Shetland Islands Council to accept an oil terminal without financial benefit to the islands {Link without Title} .

After leaving the Commons, he was made a Life Peer in 1975.