(b.1870 - d.1950) Singer and music hall entertainer. Lauder came from a poor family to become a world-famous entertainer. Although born in Portobello, the family relocated to Arbroath on the death of his father. By the age of 14, he had moved once again to Hamilton to work as a miner. Lauder did much to foster an image of the stereotypical Scotsman as kilt-wearing, whisky drinking and careful with money. Known also for his crooked walking stick, Lauder was well loved at home and in North America for songs such as "Roamin' in the Gloamin", "Keep Right on to the End of the Road" and "A wee Doch an Dorus". Lauder was knighted in 1919, he received the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh (1927) and is remembered in the modern Portobello bypass, the Sir Harry Lauder Road. Lauder is buried in Bent Cemetery (Hamilton).

Derived from the Gazetteer for Scotland with permission.

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