William Edward Whyte


Sir William Edward Whyte FRSE OBE was a 20th-century Scottish housing and planning lawyer and legal author in these fields.

Life

He was born in Dumbarton in 1875 the son of William Whyte. He was educated at Glasgow Normal School then studied Law at Glasgow University.
He joined Lanark County Council and rose to be its Chief Executive Officer.
In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Wilson, John L. Jack, Francis Albert Eley Crew, and Percy Samuel Lelean. He was knighted by King George V in 1930 for services to local government.
He died on 1 April 1950.

Family

In 1909 he married Jessie Brown Fraser.

Publications

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