Constituency : Bradford East 1885-6, Buckrose 1892-1900
Angus won the new seat of Bradford East.
Angus was joining his father Isaac, now the MP for Keighley, in the Commons. He was educated at Edinburgh and Wesley College, Sheffield. He was a partner in his father's firm of wool combers. He was Mayor of Bradford four times starting in 1878. He unsuccessfully contested a by-election at Knaresborough in 1874.
Angus was defeated in 1886 but had the consolation of becoming mayor for the final time.
Angus returned to Parliament in 1892. In 1897 he succeeded to hi father's baronetcy.
Angus made just one contribution in Parliament, a question about the Sea Fisheries Committee which the President of the Board of Trade James Bryce rebuffed as ill-informed.
Angus stood down before the 1900 election.He was created Baron Holden in 1908.
He died in 1912 aged 79.
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