James Brown (politician)
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Rt. Hon. James Brown OBE (16 December 1862 – 21 March 1939) was a Scottish Labour politician.
Educated at Annbank Public School, he was Secretary of the Ayrshire Miners and of the Scottish Miners' National Union. He unsuccessfully contested North Ayrshire in 1910 and was Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire from 1918-1931 and from 1935 until his death.
He was awarded the OBE in 1917, appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1930. He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1924, 1930 and 1931.
He was granted the Freedom of the Royal Burgh of Ayr in 1930, and of Girvan in 1931 and was awarded an Honorary LLD by the University of Glasgow in 1931. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
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| Preceded by Sir William Phipson Beale |
Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire 1918–1931 |
Succeeded by James Orr MacAndrew |
| Preceded by James Orr MacAndrew |
Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire 1935–1939 |
Succeeded by Alexander Sloan |
Categories: 1862 births | 1939 deaths | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Scottish constituencies | Labour MPs (UK) | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Officers of the Order of the British Empire | UK MPs 1918-1922 | UK MPs 1922-1923 | UK MPs 1923-1924 | UK MPs 1924-1929 | UK MPs 1929-1931 | UK MPs 1935-1945 | Deputy Lieutenants of Ayrshire
