Sir Lewis McIver, 1st Baronet (6 March 1846 – 9 August 1920) was a British

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politician who sat in the

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between 1885 and 1909.

Biography

McIver was the son of John McIver, secretary of the

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. He was educated at Kensington Grammar School and at Bonn University. He served for a while in the Indian Civil Service and was called to the bar at

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in 1878. McIver was elected as the

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for

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at the 1885 general election, and represented it until his defeat in

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. He joined the Liberal Unionist Party at the split in 1886, and unsuccessfully contested Edinburgh South at the 1892 general election. He returned to the Commons after a nine-year absence when he was elected at a by-election in May 1895 as the MP for Edinburgh West. He was created a

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on 23 July 1896, and held his seat in Parliament until he

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on 12 May 1909 by the procedural device of accepting appointment as

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. On 2 December 1896 McIver was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Edinburgh (City) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers), and subsequently of the Forth Royal Garrison Artillery (

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). McIver worked in finance in the City of London following his retirement from politics. He died in 1920 at Beechwood, his house in Highgate, London, and the baronetcy became extinct. McIver married Charlotte Rosalind Montefiore, daughter of Nathaniel Montefiore and Emma Goldsmid, on 12 September 1884.the Peerage.com
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIver, Lewis 1846 births 1920 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1906–1910