Harry Gray

Harry Gray as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council

Harry Gray, ex-Provost, with Austin 1800 car, taken at the Esplanade.

Harry Gray (b. 1 May 1909, d. 4 April 1980, Lerwick) was a Lerwick Town Councillor initially between 1953 then following a by-election, 1959 to 1975

He was the first President of the Rotary Club of Shetland, founded in 1972.

He was a distant relative of Eric Gray who was also the Provost of Lerwick (6th cousin).

He unsuccessfully contested the 1959 Lerwick Town Council election and the Lerwick Breiwick seat at the inaugural Shetland Islands Council election in 1974 and for the same seat at the 1978 election.

Political Career

Provosts
Preceded by Robert Blance	Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1962-1965	Succeeded by Andrew Nicolson

Leaders of the Lerwick Town Council
_Councillors	_{Arthur Edmondston (1818-1823) • Charles Ogilvy Snr (1823-1827) • William Spence (1827-1832) • Charles Ogilvy Jr (1832-1844) • Joseph Leask (1844-1847) • William Sievwright Snr (1847-1856) • Charles Duncan (1856-1862) • Joseph Leask (1862-1865) • Charles Duncan (1865-1874) • William Sievwright Jr (1874-1876) • Thomas Cameron (1876-1883) • John Robertson (1883-1890) • Charles Robertson (1890-1895) • John Leisk (1895-1904) • James Goudie (1904-1907) • Arthur Porteous (1907-1910) • Arthur Laing (1910-1913) • Robert Stout (1913-1915) • Peter Goodlad (1915-1920) • Robert D. Ganson (1920-1924) • James Laing (1924-1927) • John Sinclair (1927-1930) • William Sinclair (1930-1933) • Robert Ollason (1933-1936) • James A. Smith (1936-1941) • Magnus Shearer (1941-1946) • James Aitken (1946-1950) • Robert A. Anderson (1950-1953) • George Burgess (1953-1956) • William Conochie (1956-1959) • Robert Blance (1959-1962) • Harry Gray (1962-1965) • Andrew Nicolson (1965-1967) • Eric Gray (1967-1971) • Bill Smith (1971-1974) • James Taylor (1974-1975)}