Editing Nigel Tranter (section)

==Early life==

Nigel Tranter was born in [[Glasgow]] and educated at [[George Heriot's School]] in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Royle |first1=Trevor |title=Obituary Nigel Tranter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/11/obituaries.news |access-date=27 November 2022 |agency=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=11 Jan 2000}}</ref> He trained as an accountant and worked in Scottish National Insurance Company, founded by his uncle.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Tranter never looks back |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12703597.why-tranter-never-looks-back/ |access-date=27 November 2022 |agency=Glasgow Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |date=29 December 1993}}</ref> In 1933, he married May Jean Campbell Grieve and had two children, Frances May and Philip. He joined the [[Royal Artillery]] and served in [[East Anglia]] in the [[Second World War]].