906 Sir Andrew Fairbairn

Constituency  : Eastern  West  Riding  1880, Otley  1885-6

Andrew  was  one  of   two  Liberal  victors  as  they  took  the  seat  of  Eastern  West  Riding  for  the  first  and  last  time.

Andrew  was  born  in  Scotland  and  educated  at  Geneva, Glasgow  and  Cambridge. He  became  a  barrister. He  was  also  chairman  of  an  engineering  firm.  He  later  moved  into  railways .He  was  mayor  of  Leeds  from  1866  to  1868. He  was  knighted  in  1868. He  stood  unsuccessfully  for  Leeds in  1868

When  the  seat  was  abolished  he  switched  to  Otley. He  joined  the  Liberal  Unionists  and  was  defeated  by  a  Gladstonian  in  1886.

He  died  in  1901  aged  73.