Peter McLagan
Peter McLagan (* 1823 in Demerara ; † August 31, 1900 ) was a British entrepreneur and politician of the Liberal Party .
Peter McLagan was born in 1823 as the third son of Peter McLagan. He attended Tillycoultry School and studied at the University of Edinburgh .
McLagan was a landowner in Pumpherston , West Lothian . In 1863 he had slate quarried there. In 1866 he founded E Meldrum & Company together with Edward Meldrum and George Simpson . The company operated the Boghall Shale Oil Works and the Stankards Oil Works . 1871 entrepreneurship McLagans and his two partners led to the creation of Uphall Mineral Oil Company Ltd .
From July 11, 1865 until his resignation in 1893, he represented the constituency of Linlithgowshire in the House of Commons . On June 2, 1893, he was Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead , leaving the House of Commons.
He died in August 1900 at the age of 77. McLagan married Elizabeth Anne Taylor († 1882) in 1876. The marriage remained childless.
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil industry
- Peter McLagan at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Michael Stenton, Stephen Lees: Who's who of British Members of Parliament , Volume 2, 1976
- ↑ a b Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 (PDF; 112 kB), Department of Information Services
- ↑ Frederic Boase: Modern English Biography: (Supplement v.1-3) , (Netherton and Worth, 1921)
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| SURNAME | McLagan, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entrepreneur and politician (Liberal Party), member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Demerara |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1900 |