Andrew Dryburgh Provand (23 March 1838 – 18 July 1915) was a Scottish merchant strongly linked to

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; he was also a

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politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown from 1886 to 1900. He was a member of the Liberal Imperialist wing of the Liberal Party, and had joined The Liberal Imperial Council prior to the 1900 election.

Background

Provand was the son of George Provand, a Glasgow merchant and his wife Ann Reid Dryburgh. He never married.

Career

He won the seat in

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, but lost it fourteen years later at the 1900 general election to future

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. He unsuccessfully contested the same seat again in

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. During his time in Parliament, he was involved in debates over land taxation. In 1889 he was a director of the Chignecto Marine Transport Railway Company Ltd. In 1891 he was one of the founder shareholders in The Blackpool Tower Company Ltd.The Financial Times, 25 July 1891 He died on 18 July 1915 and is buried in the graveyard at the Ramshorn Church (now known as

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on Ingram Street in Glasgow. The grave lies on the eastern boundary wall.

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* 1838 births 1915 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub