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Giant of the Scottish independence movement: Andrew Welsh, his political life and personal achievements
Updated: June 28, 2021, 3:41 pm
Andrew Welsh with his wife Sheena and daughter Jane in Holyrood following his election to the Scottish Parliament.
Andrew Welsh, who has died aged 77, spent half a century at the heart of the Scottish independence movement.
He was also a husband, father, a teacher, a linguist and a guitar player. We look back the life of this most determined of politicians who was one of mould-breaking SNP intake of 11 MPs in 1974.
Andrew Welsh with daughter Jane’s dog Loki.
Andrew Paton Welsh was born in Glasgow on April 19, 1944.