James Cowan (Scottish politician)
For other people named James Cowan, see James Cowan (disambiguation).
James Cowan (1816 – 24 November 1895)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland.
He was the son of Alexander Cowan, papermaker and philanthropist. He was one of eleven children including Charles Cowan MP, and Sir John Cowan Bart..[2]
He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1872 to 1874.[3]
He was elected at the 1874 general election as a Member of Parliament for Edinburgh,[4] and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in 1882[4] by the procedural device of taking the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham.
References
- ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
- ↑ Oxford National Dictionary of Biography
- ↑ Wood, Marguerite; Whitson, Sir Thomas Barnby (1932). The Lord Provosts of Edinburgh, 1296-1932. Edinburgh. p. 131.
- 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 540. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Cowan
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Duncan McLaren John Miller |
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh 1874 – 1882 With: Duncan McLaren to Jan 1881 John McLaren Jan–Aug 1881 Thomas Buchanan 1881–1882 |
Succeeded by John McLaren Samuel Danks Waddy |
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