Alexander Henry Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee (born 5 June 1949) is a Scottish nobleman. He is also 12th Lord of Inverkeithing, 2nd Baron of Glassary, Hereditary Royal Standard Bearer of Scotland, Constable of Dundee, and Chief of the Name and Arms of Scrymgeour. He was 14th Lord Scrymgeour and 14th Viscount Dudhope from 1983 until ?, when they passed to his son Henry David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn.

He is the son of Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee, and Patricia Montagu Douglas Scott.

He has sat in the House of Lords

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 as Baron Glassary since 1983 and held the office of a Lord in Waiting (Conservative

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 Party whip in the House of Lords) from 1986-1989. He served as Government Spokesperson for Education 1986-88, Government Spokesperson for Scottish Affairs 1986-89, Government Spokesperson for Home Affairs and for Energy 1987-89. He was made an elected hereditary peer

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 (as Earl of Dundee) in 1999.

He has served as the UK delegate to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 1992-97. He was also a Member of the Council of Europe

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 parliament and the Western European parliament

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 from 1992-99. The Earl is honorary consul of Croatia

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 in Edinburgh

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, and is decorated with the Order of Prince Branimir.

Marriage and Issue

He married Siobhan Mary Llewellyn on 19 July 1979 and has four children:

• Lady Marina Patricia Scrymgeour (born 21 Aug 1980) She married Philip E. Thompson in 2004 and has a son.
• Henry David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn [Wedderburn of that Ilk], 15th Viscount Dudhope (born 20 Jun 1982). He is also 15th Lord Scrimgeour, Master of Dundee, and Chief of the Name and Arms of Wedderburn. He married Eloise Van Der Hayden in 2005 and has a son.
• Lady Flora Hermione Vera Scrymgeour (born 1985).
• Lady Lavinia Rebecca Elizabeth Scrymgeour (born 1986).

Grandchildren

• Tassilo Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (b. 2005), son of Henry David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn.
• Finn Elwood James Thompson (b. 8 Sep 2006), son of Lady Marina Patricia Scrymgeour and Philip E. Thompson