Robinson Souttar | |
Parliament: | United Kingdom |
Majority: | 13 |
Term Start: | 1895 |
Term End: | 1900 |
Robinson Souttar (23 October 1848 – 4 April 1912) was a British Liberal Party politician.
He first stood for Parliament at the 1892 general election, when he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Conservative-held Oxford seat.[1]
He was elected at the 1895 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, defeating the sitting Liberal Unionist MP William Maxwell by a majority of only 13 votes. Maxwell regained the seat in 1900, and Souttar did not stand again.
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