Ian David Patrick Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron (born 31 March 1949), is a British hereditary peer and member of House of Lords. He is also the baronet Sir Ian David Patrick Macpherson of Drumalban. He inherited the titles on the death of his father David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron, on 31 August 2006.
Education
Lord Strathcarron's early education was at Hill House School, before attending Horris Hill and then Eton College; after Eton, he went to Grenoble University.
Personal life
Lord Strathcarron married the former Gillian Rosamund Allison (born 15 September 1946) in 1974 and they have two children, the Honourable Sophie Ananda Macpherson (born 14 April 1978) and the Honourable Rory David Alisdair Macpherson (born: 15 April 1982).
Career
Lord Strathcarron spent ten years in the Orient working for Time-Life as a freelance journalist and copywriter. In 1970, he founded the Japan Europa Press Agency in Tokyo and sold it in 1995.
He became a partner in Strathcarron & Company in 1974, and a founder and Director of Global Alliance Automotive Ltd, a transnational version of Strathcarron & Company in 1993. In 1995, he founded Strathcarron Sports Cars plc, manufacturers of sports/racing cars and since 2006 he has been a trustee and director of the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire.
He is chairman and commissioning editor of Unicorn Publishing Group LLP, a visual arts, cultural history and digital publishing and media distribution company, Chairman of Sophie Macpherson Ltd, a fine arts recruitment and consultancy company, and Chairman of Play Associates Ltd., an interior design company, and a director of Art World Alliance Ltd., a grouping of UK art industry companies. In 2018, he founded the transmedia production company Affable Media Ltd.
In February 2022, he was elected to replace Viscount Ridley in the House of Lords following Ridley's retirement in December 2021. He took the oath on 21 February 2022.