Sunday 2 April 2017

1517 ( 1428 a ) John Dewar




Constituency :  Inverness-shire  1900-17

A  bit  of  research  for  the  1906  election  immediately  throws  up  another  mistake.

John  took  Inverness-shire  from  the  Tories  at  the  1906  election. He  had  estates  in  Perthshire.

John  was  the  chairman  of  the  family  distilling  firm.

John  was  created  a  baronet  in  1907.

In  1912,  John  chaired  the  Dewar  Commission  on  healthcare  in  the  North  of  Scotland.

In  1917  John  was  elevated  to  the  peerage  as  Baron  Forteviot.

He  died  in  1929  aged 73.

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