Author, poet, speaker, advocate.
Andrew Morrison, Viscount Dunrossil, was born in London and educated at Eton and Oxford, where he studied the Classics.
After joining a bank (Kleinwort, Benson) he moved to the US. For the last thirty years Andrew has made his home in San Antonio, Texas, during which time he has been a principal spokesman for the consumer finance industry. He is a former chairman of the American Financial Services Association and a co-founder of the National Installment Lenders Association. Andrew retired from the Consumer Finance industry in January 2022. He is now a Director of the Equitable Growth Fund, which is dedicated to addressing the problem of unequal access to critical resources among minorities and lower income communities.
Lord Dunrossil is closely involved with various organizations dedicated to strengthening the ties between Scotland and its Diaspora. He is the Vice Convenor and US representative for the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, serves on the Advisory Board of the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations (COSCA) and is an Honorary Patron of the American-Scottish Foundation. He is also a former Chairman of the Society of Scottish Armigers, whose President is the Lord Lyon, King of Arms, and is a Director and Patron of Scottish Heritage USA.
He has been the keynote speaker or Guest of Honor at meetings of the Scottish North American Community Council (formerly the Scottish North American Leadership Council) and at Tartan Day events, Highland Games and St Andrew’s Societies around the country. In 2024 he received the National Tartan Day Award from the Scottish Coalition and was appointed by the Scottish Government to serve on its Scottish Connections Advisory Panel.
Lord Dunrossil is also the Honorary British Consul in San Antonio and is a chieftain of Clan Morrison, one of the nine largest clans in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
In July 2025 he published Connected Works, consisting of poetry and prose on related subjects. This innovative composition can be seen as a meditation on the idea of, and the need for, connection. Copies may be ordered or bought from The Twig Bookshop (thetwig.com) in San Antonio.
A second book, on the Making of a Scottish Clan Chief: Shakes and the Morrisons of Ruchdi, is being prepared for publication at the end of the year.
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