Peter Sturrock (5 February 1820 – 7 March 1904) was a Scottish civil engineer, colliery owner and provost of Kilmarnock and a

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politician. Sturrock was the son of David Sturrock, of Struthers, near

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

and his wife Helen Woodbum. He was educated at

Kilmarnock Academy Kilmarnock Academy (Scottish Gaelic: ''Acadamaidh Chille Mheàrnaig''), formerly Kilmarnock Burgh School, is an 11–17 co-educational state-funded secondary school in Kilmarnock, Scotland, currently serving in its third location on Sutherland D ...

and at Glasgow. Sturrock married Helen Hutchinson Guthrie in 1850. He was a civil engineer, a colliery owner, and a director of North British Canadian Investment Co., and Scottish Ontario Land Co. He was

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of Kilmarnock and a justice of the peace for

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He was one of the founders and president of the Kilmarnock Burns Club. He was elected at the 1885 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock Burghs, with a majority of only 132 votes, but was defeated at 1886 general election. Sturrock purchased Baltesan Castle with the intention of restoring it, but the plans never came to fruition. Baltersan Story
Sturrock died at the age of 83.

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* 1820 births 1904 deaths Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 Scottish civil engineers Provosts in Scotland People from Kilmarnock People educated at Kilmarnock Academy 19th-century Scottish businesspeople British businesspeople in the coal industry {{Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub