Archibald Alexander Speirs (5 June 1840 – 30 December 1868) was a Scottish
Liberal
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Politics
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1865 to 1868.
Life
Speirs was the son of
Alexander Speirs of Elderslie House, and his wife Eliza Stewart Hagart, daughter of Thomas C. Hagart of Bantaskine. His father was Lord-Lieutenant of the county and M.P. for Richmond.
At the
1865 general election Speirs was elected
member of parliament for
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire () (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Renfrewshire is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the southern ba ...
. He held the seat until his death aged 28 in 1868.
Speirs married Anne Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, on 3 September 1867. They lived at Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
He was an elder in
Paisley Abbey
Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the River Cart, White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Its origins date from the 12th century, base ...
and a memorial plaque to his memory was erected on the south aisle after his death.
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1840 births
1868 deaths
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
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