Ian MacIntyre, WS (27 November 1869 – 29 June 1946) was a

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international

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player. He became the 26th

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of the

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. For a period he was also a Unionist Party MP for Edinburgh West. He was also a

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

MacIntyre started his

at his

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school. When he started studying law at the university, he then played for

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. After university, MacIntyre played for

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Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District in the 1899 inter-city match. He was playing for

when he was called up.

International career

MacIntyre was capped 6 times for

between 1890 and 1891.

Referee career

He refereed in the

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Administrative career

MacIntyre became the 26th

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. He served the 1899–1900 term in office.

Law career

He was educated at the

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, where he obtained an M. A. and LLB. He was admitted as a

in 1893. Macintyre's legal practice was concerned with financial and commercial undertakings.

Political career

He was a member of

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from 1918 to 1920. He first contested the Edinburgh West seat in 1923, but was beaten by the

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incumbent

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by 2,232 votes. He gained the seat in 1924, pushing Phillipps into third place, and finishing just over one thousand votes ahead of the second-placed Labour candidate. He did not stand again in 1929, when Labour gained the seat.

Family

MacIntyre married in 1896 Ida van der Gucht. Their children, including two sons and four daughters, were: * Duncan MacIntyre (1902–1930) *

Marjorie Linklater Marjorie Linklater ( MacIntyre; 19 March 1909 – 29 June 1997) was a Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment on the island of Orkney. She gave up acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to get involved in conservation, education, an ...

(1909–1997), wife of

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, was a fervent Scottish Nationalist and campaigned for

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, the arts and the environment. MacIntyre's grandson is the journalist

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. * Alastair Macintyre (1913–1979) * Alison Bonfield In 1932, MacIntyre was arrested and charged by Kenyan officials, along with his daughter Mrs Bonfield, on a charge of trying to kidnap two of his grandchildren. The charges were dropped at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacIntyre, Ian 1869 births 1946 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs UK MPs 1924–1929 Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union Edinburgh Wanderers players Edinburgh University RFC players Edinburgh District (rugby union) players Scottish Unofficial Championship referees Scottish rugby union referees Rugby union players from Greenock People educated at Fettes College Scottish solicitors Rugby union forwards