Ian Martin Dalziel (pronounced /diˈɛl/; born 21 June 1947) is a British businessman and politician who served one term as a Conservative Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984.
[1] Dalziel was educated at Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh and St John's College, Cambridge, before studying as a postgraduate at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and London Business School.
He worked for Mullens & Co from 1970, before moving to a management position at Manufacturers Hanover Ltd.
He stood down after one five-year term, due to pressure of business: in 1983 he had become the co-founder of Adam & Company, a start-up private bank subsequently acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland, and following a merger, became chairman of Continental Assets Trust plc.
In 1998 he was a defendant in a dismissed class action suit by shareholders of Precision Systems.