Thursday, 10 September 2015

968 Peter Macliver



Constituency : Plymouth  1880-5

Peter  recaptured  one  of  the  Plymouth  seats  for  the  Liberals.

Peter  was  actually  a  Scotsman, educated  at  Glasgow  High  School  and  Glasgow  University. He  was  a  journalist  by  profession  and  founded  the  Western  Daily  Press  in  Bristol  in  1858.

Peter  supported  the  Employers  Liability  Bill.

Peter  was  defeated  in  1885.

He  died  in  1891  aged  68.

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