Roland Muirhead

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| name = Roland Eugene Muirhead

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| office = President of the Scottish National Party

| term_start = 1936

| term_end = 1950

| predecessor = Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

| successor = Tom Gibson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1868|7|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1964|8|2|1868|7|24}}

| death_place = Meikle Cloak Farm, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland

| nationality = Scottish

| party = Scottish National Party

| otherparty = National Party of Scotland
Independent Labour Party
Liberal Party

| spouse = Flora McFadzean (m. 1945–1964)

| alma_mater = High School of Glasgow

| occupation = Businessman

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Roland Eugene Muirhead (24 July 1868 – 2 August 1964) was a Scottish businessman and Scottish nationalist politician.

Muirhead was born in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, the second son of Andrew Muirhead, a businessman and owner of the Gryffe Tannery, and his wife, Isabella Reid. Roland was a member of the Young Scots' Society but left in 1914 due to pacifist objections to Liberal Party support for Britain's involvement in the First World War. He became a member of the Independent Labour Party from 1918 but later left, becoming first chairman of the National Party of Scotland. He was on the left of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following its creation from the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party and served as president 1936 to 1950. He opposed conscription during the Second World War. A letter to a Nazi agent, Dr Von Teffenar, was found at his home.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12690523.SNP_attack_decision_to_open_MI5_war_files/ |last=Vaughan |first=Margaret |title=SNP attack decision to open MI5 war files |work=The Herald |date=27 August 1994 |access-date=15 October 2016}}

In 1950, Muirhead formed the Scottish National Congress, a direct action group focused on campaigning for Scottish Home Rule. While remaining a leading member of the SNP, he devoted most of his time to the new group and, ultimately, the production of a proposed Scottish constitution.Peter Lynch, SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party, pp.84-85

He died in 1964 and was buried at his home town of Lochwinnoch. In 1968 a plaque was unveiled at his former home in commemoration.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NX9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=2895%2C2727652 |title=Plaque unveiled to SNP founder |work=The Glasgow Herald |page=6 |date=16 December 1968 |access-date=1 June 2016}}

Tom Johnston MP, a lifelong friend of Muirhead, and Labour Secretary of State for Scotland during the 2nd World War Coalition government, stated that Roland Muirhead was 'the greatest patriot which Renfrewshire has produced since William Wallace'.{{cite magazine |author= |magazine= Independence, The SNP magazine (July/August 2016 issue page 9)|title= Legend}}