Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane (July 1830 – 2 June 1904) was a Scottish merchant who entered politics and became a

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(MP), firstly as a

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MP in

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and then as

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and

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MP in Scotland. Macfarlane was born in Scotland, the youngest son of Allan Macfarlane, J.P., of

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and his wife Margaret Horne. He became an East Indies merchant as a tea trader and indigo plantation owner. While in India he was a passionate amateur photographer. He experimented freely and produced semi-abstract images. At the 1880 general election Macfarlane was elected as a Home Rule

for

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. The Carlow constituency lost one of its two seats under the

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, and at the 1885 general election Macfarlane stood instead for the

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. He won the seat, but lost it in 1886. He was re-elected (by a narrow margin) at the 1892 general elections as a Liberal/Crofters candidate, holding it until a further defeat in

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. He was knighted in the

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. Macfarlane married Mary Isabella Bagshawe in 1857 in India; she was the daughter of

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. She predeceased him in 1887. They had one son, George Macfarlane. The following year he married Fanny Worswick Robson (1842–1943).

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* 1830 births 1904 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Carlow constituencies (1801–1922) Home Rule League MPs Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1892–1895 Members of London County Council Progressive Party (London) politicians Crofters Party MPs {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub