Sir Herbert Archbold Brechin KBE FRSE FRICS (1903 – 1979) was a Scottish politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1966 to 1969.
He was born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1903, the son of David Brechin (d.1949), a civil servant, and Katharine Mary O’Brien.[1]
He was educated at James Gillespies School in Edinburgh and then attended Heriot-Watt College (now Heriot-Watt University) from 1919 where he trained as a surveyor. In 1931 he founded the company ’’H.A.Brechin & Co’’. In 1934 he married Jane Richmond Cameron.
Brechin successfully campaigned with Sir John Inch to bring the Commonwealth GamestoEdinburgh in 1970 which also involved the construction of the Commonwealth Pool and Meadowbank Stadium.[2] In the 1960s he lived at ‘’The Garth’’ 3 Castlelaw Road in the Colinton area of Edinburgh.[3]
In 1969 he was created a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1] He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British EmpirebyQueen Elizabeth II in 1971 for his services to the city of Edinburgh with particular reference to the Commonwealth Games.[4]
Brechin was painted wearing the ceremonial robes of the Lord Provost by Henry Raeburn Dobson in 1967.
