Thomas Russell (Glasgow MP)

Thomas Russell (1836 – 15 August 1911) was a Scottish businessman and politician.^[2]^[3] He was a partner in the Saracen Foundry, established by his brother-in-law Walter Macfarlane, and bought the Ascog House estate in Bute.^[4] He also built a Glasgow city house at 5 Cleveden Road, completed in 1887,^[5] and developed housing in Ascog.^[6]

Russell was Member of Parliament for Buteshire in 1880.^[2] He was also Liberal MP for Glasgow for a few months in 1885. He was returned unopposed at a by-election.^[7]

The seat was abolished at the next general election.^[8]

Notes

^ "Landmark Trust history sheet for Ascog House and Michel Ascog" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland". Internet Archive. 1892. p. 899. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Bute county directory for 1912–13". Internet Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Mackintosh Architecture: Biography". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "That's rich, Herald Scotland". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Item Details for RCAHMS". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ Thomas Martin Devine (January 1996). Glasgow: 1830 to 1912. Manchester University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-7190-3692-7.
^ Thomas Martin Devine (January 1996). Glasgow: 1830 to 1912. Manchester University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-7190-3692-7.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Russell

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Preceded by Charles Dalrymple	Member of Parliament for Buteshire April 1880 – June 1880	Succeeded by Charles Dalrymple
Preceded by Robert Tweedie Middleton Sir Charles Cameron George Anderson	Member of Parliament for Glasgow March 1885 – November 1885 With: Robert Tweedie Middleton Sir Charles Cameron	Constituency abolished

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[1] "Landmark Trust history sheet for Ascog House and Michel Ascog" (PDF).

[County-2] "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland". Internet Archive. 1892. p. 899. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[3] "Bute county directory for 1912–13". Internet Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[4] "Mackintosh Architecture: Biography". Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[5] "That's rich, Herald Scotland". Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[6] "Item Details for RCAHMS". Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[7] Thomas Martin Devine (January 1996). Glasgow: 1830 to 1912. Manchester University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-7190-3692-7.

[8] Thomas Martin Devine (January 1996). Glasgow: 1830 to 1912. Manchester University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-7190-3692-7.

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