George Birnie Esslemont (1860 – 2 October 1917) was a Scottish

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politician. He was elected as

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for Aberdeen South in

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, and held the seat until he resigned in 1917. He married Clementine Macdonald who became President of the Aberdeen Women's Liberal Association. Their daughter was

Mary Esslemont Mary Esslemont CBE MA BSC MB ChB FRCGP LLD DPH (3 July 1891 - 25 August 1984) was a general practitioner in Aberdeen, Scotland, Vice President of the British Medical Association (BMA) and president of the Soroptimist Federation. Early li ...

who became a leading doctor and was born in Aberdeen in 1891.

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* 1860 births 1917 deaths Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub