Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar

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Arthur Dewar's grave in Dean Cemetery , Edinburgh

Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar KC (March 14, 1860 - June 14, 1917 ) was a Scottish politician and judge.

Life

Dewar was born in 1860 to John Dewar and his wife Jane Gow . He studied at the University of Edinburgh and graduated with a master's degree . In 1885 he was admitted to the bar. On August 2, 1892, Arthur Dewar married Letitia Dalrymple Bell . In 1903 Dewar was appointed Crown Attorney and between 1909 and 1910 he held the position of Solicitor General for Scotland . He held the office of Senator of the College of Justice from 1910 until his death in 1917. In this capacity Dewar received his honorary legal title Lord Dewar .

Political career

After the death of the Liberal Unionist Robert Cox , who represented the constituency of Edinburgh South in the British House of Commons , by-elections were required in this constituency. To these Dewar ran for the Liberal Party against the Conservative Andrew Gilbert Wauchope . With a share of the vote of 53.8%, Dewar prevailed on June 19, 1899 against Wauchope and moved into the House of Commons for the first time.

In the following general election in 1900 , the Liberal Unionist Andrew Agnew ran against Dewar for the mandate of Edinburgh South. On election day, Dewar was defeated by a difference of only 111 votes and subsequently left the lower house.

After Agnew ran for no further term in the general election in 1906 , the Conservative William C. Smith ran against Dewar. Dewar clearly won the election and was again given a seat in the British House of Commons. In the following elections in January 1910 he defended his mandate against the conservative Harold B. Cox. With his appointment as Senator of the College of Justice, Dewar resigned his mandate and resigned from the House of Commons. Dewar's party colleague Charles Henry Lyell decided the due by-elections for himself.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar on thepeerage.com , accessed April 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1902, p. 194. ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.forgottenbooks.com
  3. ^ Results of the general election in 1900
  4. ↑ a b Result of the general election in 1906
  5. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 210.

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SURNAME Dewar, Arthur, Lord Dewar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1860
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1917