1175 Walter Thorburn

Constituency : Peeblesshire  and  Selkirkshire  1886-1906 ( Liberal Unionist )

Walter  was  a  new  Liberal  Unionist , having  unseated  Sir  Charles  Tennant  at  Peeblesshire.

Walter  was  a  local  mill owner. He  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Scotland.

Walter  called  for  more  Liberal  Unionist  clubs  and  reading  rooms  for  working  men.

Walter  was  knighted  in  1900.

He  died  in  1908  aged  66.