Adam Keir Rodger (1855–1946) was

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MP for

Rutherglen Rutherglen (; , ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having previously existed as a separate Lanarkshire burgh, in 1975 Rutherglen lo ...

from 1918 to 1922. At the age of 27 he started the Scottish Temperance Assurance Society Limited (later known as

Scottish Mutual Assurance Scottish Mutual Assurance was formed in 1883 as the Scottish Temperance Life Assurance Society, intended as the only life assurance company serving exclusively abstainers. It was renamed Scottish Mutual Assurance in 1951 and acquired by Abbey Nation ...

). The business was launched due to Rodger's faith in temperance. The company nearly went bankrupt when its first policy holder died requiring a payment of £1000. The company later sold a policy to

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and is now credited to launching the assurance business in Scotland. One of his sons, Lawton, died in the

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in the aftermath of the

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; the other sons William and Jack also served in the conflict and survived, with William later being awarded the

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for his services to the legal profession.Roll of Honour 2nd Lieutenant William Keir Rodger Alumnus

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* 1855 births 1946 deaths Scottish temperance activists 19th-century Scottish businesspeople Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 People from Rutherglen 20th-century Scottish politicians 20th-century Scottish businesspeople People from Greenock {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub