853 Frank Henderson

Constituency : Dundee  1880-85

Frank  took  the  second  seat  at  Dundee  after  James  Yeaman  decided  to  fight  the  seat  as  a  Conservative  and  lost  by  nearly  2000 votes.

Frank  was  the  son  of  a  Dundee  leather  merchant. He  was  educated  at  Dundee  High  School. He  was  a  well-regarded  employer.

Frank's  contributions  in  the  Commons  were  usually  concerned  with  the  administration  of  education  in  Scotland.

In  1880  Frank  presided  over  the  unveiling  of  a  statue  of  Burns  in  Dundee  and  was  loudly  applauded  by  the  crowd  when  he  declared  that  Burns  had  exalted  the  lowly..

Frank   stood  down  in  1885  probably  on  health  grounds  for  he  died  just  four  years  later  aged  53.