James Cowan (1816 – 24 November 1895)
was a
Liberal Party
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politician in
Scotland
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.
He was the son of
Alexander Cowan
Alexander Cowan (17 June 1775 – 13 February 1859) was a Scottish papermaker and philanthropist. He was a cousin and friend of Thomas Chalmers, the prominent Scottish minister. Through his business he was a friend and associate of the publishe ...
, papermaker and philanthropist. He was one of eleven children including
Charles Cowan
Charles Cowan (7 June 1801 – 1889) was a Scottish politician and paper-maker.
Life
He was born in Charlotte Street in Edinburgh on 7 June 1801, the son of Alexander Cowan, papermaker and philanthropist, and Elizabeth Hall, daughter of George ...
MP, and
Sir John Cowan Bart.
He was
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
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from 1872 to 1874.
He was elected at the
1874 general election as a
Member of Parliament
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for
Edinburgh
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,
and held the seat until he
resigned from the House of Commons in 1882
by the procedural device of taking the office of
Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham.
He is buried with his family on the west side of the original cemetery in
Grange Cemetery
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in Edinburgh.
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1816 births
1895 deaths
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1880–1885
Lord Provosts of Edinburgh
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies
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