William Edward Whyte
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Sir William Edward Whyte FRSE OBE (1875–1950) was a 20th-century Scottish housing and planning lawyer and legal author in these fields.
Life
He was born in Dumbarton in 1875 the son of William Whyte. He was educated at Glasgow Normal School then studied law at Glasgow University.
He joined Lanark County Council and rose to be its chief executive officer (CEO).Who Was Who 1951
In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Wilson, John L. Jack, Francis Albert Eley Crew, and Percy Samuel Lelean. He was knighted by King George V in 1930 for services to local government.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}
He died on 1 April 1950.
Family
In 1909 he married Jessie Brown Fraser.
Publications
- Housing: The Growth of State Interest and What it May Lead To (1920)
- The Law of Housing and Town Planning in Scotland (1920)
- Local Government in Scotland (1925)
- The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (1929)
- Scotland's Housing and Planning Problems (1942)
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Category:People from Dumbarton
Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Category:Scottish non-fiction writers
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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