Victor Warren

Sir Victor Dunn Warren DL JP (1903–1953) was a 20th century Scottish explosives manufacturer who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1949 to 1952.

He was born on 21 May 1903 in Glasgow, the son of David Dunn Warren (founder of Hunter and Warren explosives) and his wife Jean McCaull.

[1] The family lived at 5 Saltoun Gardens in the Dowanhill district.

He was elected Lord Provost in 1949, representing the Progressive Party.

His most noteworthy roles, representing head of civil defence, was organising defences against nuclear war (in the post-war "duck-and cover" hysteria) and beginning the waves of slum clearance for which Glasgow became very famous.