Peter McLagan

Peter McLagan (1823 – 31 August 1900)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1893.

He was born in Demerara in British Guiana, where his father, also named Peter McLagan, co-owned a sugar plantation with Samuel Sandbach. When the British government emancipated the slaves in the 1830s, they compensated the elder McLagan and Sandbach to the tune of over £21,000 for the liberation of over 400 slaves.[2]

At the 1865 general election he was elected unopposed [3] as the Member of Parliament for Linlithgowshire,[4] and was re-elected at the next six general elections.[3][5] He resigned his seat on 2 June 1893 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[6]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
  2. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41631
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 595. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. "No. 22992". The London Gazette. 18 July 1865. p. 3576.
  5. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 552. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  6. Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Walter Ferrier Hamilton		 Member of Parliament for Linlithgowshire
1865 – 1893		 Succeeded by
Thomas Hope


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