Major Gilbert McMicking (24 March 1862 – 15 November 1942) was a

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politician. He was the son of Gilbert McMicking and Helen MacFarlane. On 1 November 1893 at

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, London. Gilbert married first, Gertrude Rosabel Katherine Gore (1871-1920). Gilbert and Gertrude were the parents of: *Gilbert Thomas Gore McMicking, b.2 August 1894,

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, England – d.11 November 1918 in

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*Ralph Gore McMicking, b. May, 1897, Dadford, England – d.1964,

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, England *Robert James Gore McMicking (b. 6 October 1905 – d.1983, Surrey). On 22 July 1921 at London, England, Gilbert married second, Ethel Eliza Binny Douglas (1876-1935). He served with the

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and reached the rank of

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. After the outbreak of the

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in October 1899, a corps of imperial volunteers from London was formed in late December 1899. The corps included infantry, mounted infantry and artillery divisions and was authorized with the name

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(CIV). It proceeded to South Africa in the early months of 1900, returned in October the same year, and was disbanded in December 1900. Major McMicking was appointed in charge of Field Battery (the artillery division) of the CIV on 1 January 1900, with the temporary rank of Major in the Army, and left London for South Africa in early February with a contingent of officers and men of the Honourable Artillery Company. He served in command of the artillery division of the CIV until the corps was disbanded. He was appointed a Companion of the

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(CMG) for his services in

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in 1901. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from

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to January 1910, and from December 1910 until the constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election. He was then elected for the new

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constituency, and stood down at the 1922 general election.

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* 1862 births 1942 deaths Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 Honourable Artillery Company officers Military personnel from Liverpool {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub