John Colville (Liberal politician)

For other Scottish politicians of this name, see John Colville (disambiguation).

John Colville JP (Glasgow 3 July 1852 – Motherwell 22 August 1901) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician.

Colville was born in Glasgow in 1852, and educated at Hamilton and Gartsherrie Academies. He was head of the firm of David Colville & Sons at Motherwell, iron and steel manufacturers.[1]

He was elected Provost of Motherwell in 1888, a position he held until 1895, and served as Commissioner of Supply, a justice of the peace and a county councillor of Lanarkshire. He was also president of Lanarkshire Christian Union.[1] In 1895 Colville was elected a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for North-East Lanarkshire. He was re-elected with a larger majority in 1900 and served until his death the following year aged 49.

Personal life

On 31 August 1885 he married Christina Marshall Downie, who was an active temperance worker.[2]

His son John Colville was also a Member of Parliament, and Secretary of State for Scotland. He was created Baron Clydesmuir in 1948.

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary – John Colville, MP". The Times. No. 36541. London. 23 August 1901. p. 8.
  2. ^ Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1925). Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem. Vol. 2. American Issue Publishing Company. p. 660. Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North East Lanarkshire
1895–1901 		Succeeded by


Stub icon 1 Flag of ScotlandPolitician icon

This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing a Scottish constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.