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The Right Honourable
The Lord Hoy of Leith
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Hoy of Leith PC
Member of Parliament; for Leith (1945–1950); Edinburgh Leith (1950–1970)
	In office; 5 July 1945 – 29 May 1970
Preceded by	Ernest Brown
Succeeded by	Ronald King Murray
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 4 July 1970 – 7 August 1976; Life peerage
Personal details
Born	James Hutchison Hoy; 21 January 1909; Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	7 August 1976 (aged 67); Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Nancy MacArthur (m. 1942)
Children	1

James Hutchison Hoy, Baron Hoy PC (21 January 1909 – 7 August 1976) was a Scottish Labour politician and life peer.

Background

Born in Edinburgh,^[1] where he was educated at Causewayside and Sciennes Public Schools, he initially worked as an interior decorator.^[2] He served with the Eighth Army.^[1]

Political career

He was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Leith at the 1945 general election, holding the seat until 1970. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland from 1947 to 1950, and was joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1964 to 1970.^[1] He was appointed vice-president of the Trustee Savings Bank Association in 1957.

He became a deputy lieutenant for Edinburgh in 1958, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1969.^[2]^[1] On 4 July 1970, following his retirement from the House of Commons, he was created a life peer as Baron Hoy, of Leith in the County of the City of Edinburgh.^[3]

Personal life and death

Hoy married Nancy MacArthur in 1942, and they had a son.^[2] He died in Edinburgh on 7 August 1976.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Lord Hoy dies". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1976. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lord Hoy". The Times. 9 August 1976. p. 12.
^ "No. 45144". The London Gazette. 7 July 1970. p. 7484.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ernest Brown	Member of Parliament for Leith 1945 – 1950	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Leith 1950 – 1970	Succeeded by Ronald King Murray