Lawrence Mcallister Urquhart LLB, CA, (born 24 September 1935) is a Scottish businessman and was formerly the Chairman of Burmah Castrol , Chairman of Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows

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, Chairman of British airports operator BAA Limited, as well as a former Director of Lloyds TSB

Lloyds TSB

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc is a retail bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, established in Birmingham, England in 1765 and traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, with the TSB Group which traces its origins to 1810...

, Imerys

Imerys

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 and Kleinwort Benson

Kleinwort Benson

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A native Scot, he was educated at Strathallan School

Strathallan School

Strathallan School is an independent boarding and day school in Scotland for boys and girls aged 9–18. The school has a campus at Forgandenny, a few miles south of Perth. It typically takes 50 minutes to travel to the school from Edinburgh and 1:15 hours from Glasgow.The school has 99 full time...

, and the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

. He is qualified as a solicitor and chartered accountant.

He is married to Elizabeth (born 1937) and has four children.