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|Dates=1707-8, 1716-34
|Location=London
|Vocation=Merchant and politician
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|Marriage=Margaret Leckie; Catherine Erskine
|Issue=3 sons, 4 daughters
|Source=History of Parliament Online
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Wealthy Glasgow merchant who was a commissioner for the Union of Scotland and England (1706). Sat in first Parliament of Great Britain. Elected, unopposed, to Glasgow Burghs (1716) consistently voted with the Government. Re-elected in 1722 but lost popularity in Glasgow due to a rumour that he was responsible for a tightening up of the local customs service - proved false but was defeated at the next election.
Gained a seat in the Commons on a technicality. Died 1753.

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