Robinson Souttar

The Right Honourable
Robinson Souttar
MP
Member of Parliament
for Dumfriesshire
In office
1895–1900
Preceded byWilliam Jardine Herries Maxwell
Succeeded byWilliam Jardine Herries Maxwell
Majority13

Robinson Souttar (23 October 1848 – 4 April 1912)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

He first stood for Parliament at the 1892 general election, when he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Conservative-held Oxford seat.[2]

He was elected at the 1895 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, defeating the sitting Liberal Unionist MP William Maxwell by a majority of only 13 votes.[2] Maxwell regained the seat in 1900, and Souttar did not stand again.[2]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
  2. ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 166, 535. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire
1895 – 1900 		Succeeded by


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