Walter Thorburn

Not to be confused with Walter Thorburn (cricketer).

Sir
Walter Thorburn
Sir Walter Thorburn, 1907 portrait
Member of Parliament
for Peebles and Selkirk
In office
1 July 1886 – 12 January 1906
Preceded byCharles Tennant
Succeeded byAlexander Murray
Personal details
Born1842
Died10 November 1908
Political partyLiberal Unionist Party

Sir Walter Thorburn (1842–1908) was a Scottish industrialist and Liberal Unionist Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Peebles and Selkirk in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1886 to 1906.[1][2]

Life

He was the third son of Walter Thorburn, a banker of Springwood, Peebles, and his wife Jane Grieve, born 22 November 1842. He became a director of Walter Thorburn Bros, Ltd., manufacturers of woollens, and a landowner.[1][3] He was knighted in the 1900 New Years Honours List and awarded the insignia of a Knight Bachelor at an Investiture on 9 February 1900 at Osborne House by Queen Victoria.[4]

Thorburn died on 10 November 1908.[1]

Family

Thorburn married in 1871 Elizabeth Jackson Scott, daughter of David Scott of Meadowfield, Duddingston. They had a family of four sons and six daughters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Thorburn, Sir Walter, of Glenbreck". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Sir Walter Thorburn (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. 1889. p. 348.
  4. ^ "Page 1169 | Issue 27167, 20 February 1900 | London Gazette | the Gazette".


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