Alexander Graham Spiers (? – 24 December 1847) was a Scottish MP in the

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for the Scottish constituency of Paisley.

Biography

Spiers was born the second son of Peter Spiers of Culcreuch. Alexander Spiers is described in a Who's Who of Scottish MPs as an

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, perhaps starting from 8 July 1820. The History of Parliament Online states his formative occupation to have been an army officer. He was elected MP for Paisley in the January

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, standing in the Whig interest, but

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by applying to be steward of the

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, effective 17 March 1836. Hansard records no contributions to debates from Spiers. Spiers died on 24 December 1847.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiers, Alexander 1847 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Paisley constituencies UK MPs 1835–1837