1030 Gilbert Beith

Constituency : Glasgow  Central  1885-6, Inverness  Burghs  1892-5

Gilbert was  the  first  MP  for  Glasgow  Central.

Gilbert  was  a  Presbyterian  minister's  son. He  was  an  export  merchant, a  partner  in  Beith, Stevenson  &  Co  and  a  director  of  Glasgow  Chamber  of  Commerce

Gilbert  supported  Scottish  disestablishment  and  the  endowments  used  to  support  social  improvements  in  the  Highlands.

In  1886  Gilbert  lost  his seat  in  a  huge  swing  to  the  Conservatives.  He  returned  for  Inverness  Burghs  in  1892  but  stood  down  in  1895.

He  died  in  1904  aged  77.