Archibald Auldjo Jamieson

Sir Archibald Auldjo Jamieson (1884 - 23 October 1959) was a British soldier and businessman, chairman of the British arms and aircraft company Vickers during World War II.
Family
His father George Auldjo Jamieson was senior partner in the Edinburgh accountancy firm Lindsay, Jamieson, and Haldane and a councillor in Edinburgh; his mother was George Jamieson's second wife Susan Helena Oliphant. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He trained as an accountant. He served during the First World War, being mentioned in despatches and awarded the MC.
In 1917 he married Doris Pearce, daughter of Henry Pearce RN. They had two sons and two daughters; their eldest son was David Auldjo Jamieson who was awarded the VC in the Second World War. Jamieson himself was knighted (KBE) in 1946. Lady Doris died in 1947, and in 1956 he remarried Margretta Stroup Austin.
Career
Jamieson became a director of armaments company Vickers in 1928 and chairman in 1937; in the late 1930s he helped integrate the main firm more closely with its subsidiaries, increasing production in the run-up to World War II. He was also a director of Robert Fleming & Co.

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