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Former Lib Dem MP laid to rest | |
(about 18 hours later) | |
Family, friends and colleagues have attended the funeral of the MP Ray Michie, who died at the age of 74. | |
Former Liberal Democrat leaders Charles Kennedy MP and Sir Menzies Campbell MP were among the congregation for the service at Oban Parish church. | |
In his eulogy, Jim Wallace, the former leader of the party in Scotland, told mourners that Lady Michie was passionate about Highland culture. | |
She was later laid to rest in Oban cemetery. | |
Ray Michie was first elected as the MP for Argyll and Bute in 1987. | |
She was, Mr Wallace said, a "people person". | |
After standing down from her parliamentary seat in 2001, she joined the House of Lords, becoming the first peer to pledge the oath of allegiance in Gaelic. | |
Her interest in the language was reflected at Saturday's service, at which Taynuilt Gaelic choir sang a short anthem. |