Wine and spirit merchant born in Perth in 1856 and educated at Perth Academy. With his brother Thomas he built up the family business into a huge company and present day multinational. He was elected Liberal MP for Invernessshire from 1900 to 1916 and then was elevated to the House […]
“Henry Dundas was the complete 18th Century politician. he had few original ideas, even fewer ideals, but was an expert in the art of political manipulation. For over thirty years his powers in Scotland were almost complete and through the control of patronage he was able to deliver the votes […]
James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (6 October 1776 to 19 December 1845), English statesman, was the son of Colonel James Archibald Stuart, son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and of his wife Mary Wortley-Montagu (Baroness Mountstuart), as whose heir Colonel Stuart added the name of Wortley, taking […]
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908) – Liberal MP for Stirling, Secretary of the War Office, Secretary for Ireland, Prime Minister 1905-8 – buried in the churchyard of Meigle Parish Church, Perthshire, near his home, Belmont Castle.“Henry Campbell-Bannerman (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British Liberal statesman who served as Prime […]
Patrick Haldane – politician and lawyer – born to John Haldane of Gleneagles (as a Whig represented Perthshire and Dunbartonshire in parliament; member of the first parliament of the UK) and Mary Drummond (daughter third Lord of Madderty and Lady Beatrix Graham) around 1683/4. He attended St Andrews University and attained […]
John Burns Hynd (1902-1971) was born in Perth and educated at St Ninian’s Episcopal Church and Caledonian Road School. After leaving school, Hynd first worked as a railway clerk (London, Midland and Scottish Railways) in Perth, until 1925. Involvement in the labour movement saw him work firstly for the National Union […]
Katherine Marjory Murray (Kitty) later Duchess of Atholl was the first Scottish female to become a Member of Parliament, and, the first Conservative and the second British woman to gain the office of government minister. Born in Bamff, Alyth in Perthshire in 1874, Katherine Ramsay was the daughter of the […]