On This Day

07 November 1962

Happy birthday to Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Sky and West Ross-shire

Born in London, Angus MacDonald was brought up in Glencoe. After education at Ampleforth College and Edinburgh Academy, he attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He joined the Queen’s own Highlanders and was posted to the Falklands in the wake of the conflict with Argentina and took part in the operation to restore normality to the islands. After leaving the army, MacDonald ran several publishing businesses in the financial services sector, later running renewable energy and waste management companies. He is also a published author, having written a successful series of historical novels about the Highlands and his owner of the Highlands bookshop in Fort William. In 2022 he was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor on Highland Council, serving until 2024. In the House of Commons, he is a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee.