Sir John Malcolm Inglis (14 December 1837 – 24 April 1902) was a Scottish

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politician in Ireland and a prominent businessman.

Business career

Inglis was born in

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, the son of William Inglis and Isabella Malcolm. He was educated in Dunfermline and Glasgow. He came to

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in 1859. The greater part of his career was passed in Dublin, where he was head of the firm Heiton and Co, iron and coal merchants and shipowners. He was for many years a member of the Port and Docks Board, and took an active part in the industrial development of Dublin. He was president of the

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from 1900 until his death in 1902 at Montrose,

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Political career

Inglis was elected to the

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town council in 1874. He was liberal, yet a prominent supporter of the union between Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. In 1885 he contested Kirkcaldy Burghs as an

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, but lost to a fellow liberal,

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. The following year Inglis was among the Liberal Party members who broke away from the party to form the

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. He served several years as secretary to the Liberal Union of Ireland. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the city of Dublin, and a commissioner of national education for Ireland 1887–1902. He was

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in 1900, during her visit to Ireland.

Family

According to a family story, he was always known as John to the family, but when he was knighted he said "Sir Malcolm" sounded better. The same source states that he was originally offered a baronetcy, but declined this hereditary title as he did not find his eldest son worthy of it, and instead accepted a knighthood. He married, in 1862, Caroline Johnstone, daughter of J. Johnstone. Among their children were Malcolm Inglis, and the engineer Sir Claude Cavendish Inglis (1883–1974).

References

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