ur Current President is
The Rt. Hon. Lord Sanderson of Bowden, Kb, D.L.
He will give the Toast to Sir Walter at our 102nd Annual Dinner on 3rd March 2011.
Russell Sanderson is the Chairman of the Abbotsford Trust, whose aims include the preservation and improvement of the building and its contents and the advancement of knowledge about Scott and the history of Abbotsford. He was born within a mile of Abbotsford and has always lived and worked in the Borders. He has long been involved in Scottish textiles, and is Chairman of the Hawick Cashmere Company. He was knighted in 1981 and raised to the peerage in 1985. He was Minister of State at the Scottish Office, 1987 to 1990; Chairman of the Clydesdale Bank, 1999 to 2004; and is Ex-Vice Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale. Among various connections with educational institutions, he has been Chairman of the Council of Glenalmond College and of St Mary's School, Melrose, and at one time was on the board of the Scottish College of Textiles. He holds honorary degrees from Napier University and Glasgow University.
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