Archibald Jamieson

Sir Archibald George Auldjo Jamieson KBE MC (13 May 1884 – 23 October 1959) was a Scottish businessman and British Army soldier.

He was chairman of the British arms and aircraft company Vickers during World War II.

[1] Jamieson became a director of armaments company Vickers in 1928 and chairman in 1937;[6][7] in the late 1930s, he helped integrate the main firm more closely with its subsidiaries, increasing production in the run-up to World War II.

[8] In 1917, Jamieson married Doris Pearce, daughter of Henry Pearce, RN; the couple had two sons and two daughters; their eldest son was David Auldjo Jamieson who was awarded the VC in 1944 during the Second World War.

[9] Their other son, Gerald James "Jerrie" (died 1992), married in 1957 to Lady Mariegold Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of the 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop and sister of the 17th Duke of Norfolk.