When challenged or criticized, he then explains away his actions by just saying "I'm from Kilmacolm", which would immediately win understanding of his superiority from everyone around him.
Laing was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1958 and raised in the nearby village of Kilmacolm, where she attended the local St Columba's School.
Hedrick Smith (born July 9, 1933 in Kilmacolm, Scotland) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter and editor for The New York Times, an Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent for the PBS show Frontline, and author of several books.
The title Lord Lyle was a Lordship of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland created for Sir Robert Lyle of Duchal, a Renfrewshire knight c.
In retirement, he lived at Fairstead, Latchmoor avenue, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, and at Orcadia, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.