Gilbert Beith (5 July 1827 – 5 July 1904) was a Scottish merchant and
Liberal politician.
Beith was the son of the Rev.
Alexander Beith
Alexander Beith (1799–1891) was a Scottish divine and author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland 1858/59.
Early life and education
He was born at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, on 13 January 1799. ...
, D.D., and brother of Ian Hay Beith, of
Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
. He was a partner in the firm of Beith, Stevenson, & Co.,
export merchants of Glasgow and Manchester, and a Director of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
At the
1885 general election, Beith was elected as the
member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
(MP) for
Glasgow Central,
but at the
1886 election he lost the seat in a large swing to the
Conservative Party candidate.
He was returned to the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
at the
1892 general election as the MP for
Inverness Burghs, and held that seat until he stood down at the
next election, in 1895.
Family
His daughter Jane Fordyce Beith married
Frederick Moir.
References
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1827 births
1904 deaths
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1885–1886
UK MPs 1892–1895
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies
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