Alexander Laing Brown
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Alexander Laing Brown
OR:
Alexander Laing Brown on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Alexander Laing Brown (1851 – 1 October 1930) was a British
Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...
politician. He was elected at the 1886 general election as the
member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for Hawick District of Burghs, defeating the sitting
Liberal Unionist The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...
MP Sir George Otto Trevelyan. Trevelyan opposed Home Rule, while Brown was a strong supporter of Gladstone's policy. Brown defeated Trevelyan by fewer than 50 votes. At the 1892 general election, Brown did not stand for re-election to the
House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
. His grandson Major William Brown served with the
Gilgit Scouts The Gilgit Scouts constituted a paramilitary force of the Gilgit Agency in northern Jammu and Kashmir. They were raised by the government of British India in 1913, on behalf of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, to police the northern front ...
during the final years of the
British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...
.


References


External links

* 1851 births 1930 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1886–1892 {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub