Alexander Struthers Finlay (20 July 1807 – 9 June 1886) was a Scottish
Liberal Party
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politician who served as the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Argyllshire 1857–68.
He was a
Deputy Lieutenant for
Argyllshire and
Buteshire and a magistrate. He was the son of
Kirkman Finlay
Kirkman Finlay (April 1773 – 4 March 1842) was one of the leading merchants in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Member of Parliament.
Life
Kirkman Finlay was born in the Gallowgate, the second son of well known Glasgow me ...
, MP for Glasgow.
His son, Alexander Kirkman Finlay, married Nora Robinson, the daughter of
Sir Hercules Robinson, then
Governor
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of
New South Wales
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, in
one of the most celebrated weddings of colonial Australia.
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1807 births
1886 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
Deputy Lieutenants of Argyll and Bute
Place of birth missing
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