Oliver McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris

Oliver Ross McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris (25 August 1921 – 10 November 1997) was a British sociologist. Born in Durris, Kincardineshire, he married Nell Weate in 1944 and had three sons with her. McGregor was created a life peer on 9 February 1978 taking the title Baron McGregor of Durris, of Hampstead in Greater London.

Academic career

 * 1945–47 Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in Economic History, Hull University
 * 1947–60 Lecturer, Bedford College, London University
 * 1959–60 Simon Senior Research Fellow, Manchester University
 * 1960–64 Reader, London University
 * 1964–85 Professor of Social Institutions, London University
 * 1964–77 Head of Department of Sociology, Bedford College, London University
 * 1972–75 Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University

Public life

 * 1975–77 Chairman, Royal Commission on the Press
 * 1977–? Chairman, Reuters Founders' Share Company
 * 1980–90 Chairman, Advertising Standards Authority
 * 1991–94 Chairman, Press Complaints Commission