Robert Duncan (5 October 1850 – 1925)
was a
Conservative
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politician in Scotland.
Prior to his political career, Duncan worked for Ross & Duncan engineers and boilermakers. He and his wife Mary Ann Jolly (1865–1929) had one son, the physicist
William Jolly Duncan, and two daughters.
Robert Duncan was elected to the
House of Commons
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as
member of parliament (MP) for
Glasgow Govan at the
1906 general election, but was defeated at the
January 1910 general election.
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1850 births
1925 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies
Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912)
UK MPs 1906–1910
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