Graeme Alexander Lockhart Whitelaw (1863 – 23 July 1928) was a British

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politician from

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who represented North West Lanarkshire in the

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from 1892 to 1895. He was the second son of

Alexander Whitelaw Alexander Whitelaw (1823–1879) was a Scottish ironmaster, philanthropist and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow from 1874 until his death. Life Whitelaw was born in 1823 in Drumpark in Monklands and was educated at Grange ...

and an elder brother of

William Whitelaw William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, (28 June 1918 – 1 July 1999) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as ''de fac ...

, grandfather of

William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, (28 June 1918 – 1 July 1999) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as ''de fac ...

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1863 births 1928 deaths UK MPs 1892–1895 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) People from Lanarkshire {{Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub