Ian Lang Livingstone

Ian Lang Livingstone was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire on 23 February 1938 to Margaret Steele (née Barbour) and John Lang Livingstone.[1] He was educated at the Hamilton Academy.[1] From the Academy Livingstone entered the University of Glasgow, graduating with a degree in law in 1960 and subsequently engaged (1962–86) with the firm of Ballantyne & Copland, Solicitors, Motherwell, becoming a senior partner (and, since 1989, consultant solicitor.) Since 1987 he has been chairman and director of his family property investment and development company. Livingstone has been a member of the boards of numerous companies, including serving as chairman of Motherwell Football Club from 1973 to 1987.[2]

Ian Livingstone served as chairman of the Lanarkshire Development Agency from 1991 to 2000 and as chairman of Lanarkshire Health Board (now NHS Lanarkshire) from 1993 to 2002.

A former chairman of the board of Motherwell College (1989–97), Livingstone is honorary solicitor to the Dalziel High School War Memorial Trust and since 1990, a member of the Dalziel High School Board. He has been a governor of the David Livingstone Memorial Trust since 1988, and chairman of the trust since 2008.[2]

Ian Livingstone was appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 1993, "For services to business and to the community and health in Lanarkshire."[3] He was appointed CBE in 1998 and, in 2008, a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire and awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of the West of Scotland in the same year.

• Dalziel High School War Memorial Trust
• National Health Service (NHS) Lanarkshire
• Motherwell Football Club