Duncan Pirie

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Duncan Vernon Pirie OBE FRSGS JP DL (March 22, 1858 - January 11, 1931 ) was a British politician and officer.

Life and career

Pirie was born as the eldest son of the Scottish Gordon Pirie and the count's daughter Valentine from the castle Château de Varennes . He attended the boarding school Glenalmond College (near Perth ) and da Clifton College (near Bristol ). In 1879 Pirie entered the British military and soon held the rank of officer. Between 1882 and 1884 he took part in battles in Egypt and Sudan in the course of various campaigns , for which he received honors. He later joined the Nile expedition to serve Arthur Havelock , Governor of Ceylon between 1890 and 1893 . In 1894 Pirie married Evelyn Courtenay Forbes-Sempill , daughter of William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill . At the beginning of the 20th century, Pirie took part in the second Boer War in South Africa. Pirie received further honors during the First World War . In 1918 he held the rank of lieutenant colonel .

Political career

In the general election of 1885 Pirie ran for the Liberal Party in the constituency of West Renfrewshire , but won no mandate for the British House of Commons . After William Alexander Hunter resigned his mandate in the Aberdeen North constituency in 1896 for health reasons , it was decided late in favor of Pirie as a liberal candidate for the necessary by-elections. This gave Tom Mann , the rival candidate of the socialist Independent Labor Party , the advantage of the longer election campaign in the liberal-unionist constituency. On election day, Pirie was able to assert himself with a lead of only 430 votes against the man, which was seen as a great success for the Independent Labor Party, which was lying in Aberdeen . Pirie moved into the British House of Commons for the first time and was able to defend his mandate in the following general election. The last time Pirie ran in the 1918 elections was in the Aberdeen North constituency, but was defeated by Labor candidate Frank Rose and left the House of Commons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Information on Duncan Pirie
  2. ^ M. Johnson: Militarism and the British Left, 1902-1914 , Palgrave, 2003, p. 59. ISBN 978-1-13-727412-0
  3. ↑ D. Howell: British Workers and the Independent Labor Party 1888-1906 , Manchester University Press, 1984, pp. 169-171. ISBN 978-0-71-901791-9
  4. ^ R. Price: Imperial War and the British Working Class , Taylor and Francis, 2013, pp. 83-84. ISBN 978-1-13-452971-1
  5. ^ Results of the general election in 1918
personal data
SURNAME Pirie, Duncan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pirie, Duncan Vernon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1858
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1931