Hector Hetherington

Hetherington was born in Cowdenbeath, Fife,[1] and educated at Dollar Academy where he was school dux 1904 and 1905.

[3] He worked in the Secretariat of the 1919 International Labour Conference of the League of Nations in Washington, D.C.

[4] As a member of the Award Committee of the Commonwealth Fund he travelled widely, particularly in the United States and Canada, to promote links between British Universities and those in other countries.

He was knighted in the 1936 New Years Honours List, and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1948 King's Birthday Honours List and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1962 New Years Honours List.

He is buried in a simple grave with his wife in the cemetery in Tillicoultry, just south-east of the war memorial.