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Sir Herbert Archbold Brechin (1903 – 1979) was a British politician and served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1966 to 1969. He was founder and chairman of the firm ‘’’Brechin & Co’’’. He successfully campaigned with Sir John Inch to bring the Commonwealth Games to Edinburgh in 1970 which also involved the construction of the Commonwealth Pool and Meadowbank Stadium.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-john-inch-1507465.html〕 ==Life== He was born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1903, the son of David Brechin (d.1949), a civil servant, and Katharine Mary O’Brien.〔 http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 He was educated at James Gillespies School in Edinburgh and then attended Heriot-Watt University from 1919 where he trained as a surveyor. In 1931 he founded the company ’’H.A.Brechin & Co’’. In 1934 he married Jane Richmond Cameron. In 1969 he was created a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh〔 http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 In the 1960s he lived at ‘’The Garth’’ 3 Castlelaw Road in the Colinton area of Edinburgh.〔London Gazette: 2 April 1970〕 He was created a Knight of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971 for his services to the city of Edinburgh with particular reference to the Commonwealth Games.〔 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19790126&id=3MFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6482,3811068&hl=en〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbert Archbold Brechin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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