Kenneth Borthwick
Kenneth Borthwick CBE DL JP (1915–2017) was a 20th-century Scottish businessman and Tory politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1977 to 1980 and as Chairman of the 1986 Commonwealth Games.In 1947 he emigrated to South Africa with his young family, setting up business as a confectioner, but returned to Scotland in 1956, to avoid his children being educated in the apartheid system.During this period he did much to promote sport in the city, helping to create both the Commonwealth Pool and Hillend Ski Centre.However this Games was heavily affected by boycotts due Britain's alleged collusion South Africa's apartheid scheme.[4] He died peacefully at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 4 September 2017 aged 101.