Constituency : Renfrewshire 1865-8
Renfrewshire was another Liberal gain in Scotland.
Archibald was the son of a banker and former MP for Richmond. His family were largely responsible for the development of Glasgow as a commercial centre.He was 25 on election. He married Anne Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of the Earl of Radnor. He was a captain in the Scots Fusilier Guards and a Freemason.
He died just three years later aged 28 after catching typhoid from the river Clyde. His son was born posthumously.
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