Peter Esslemont (13 June 1834 – 8 August 1894) was a Scottish

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1892.

Life

Esslemont was born in Balnakettle, Udny,

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the son of Peter Esslemont, a farmer, and his wife Ann Connon. He was educated at Public School, Belhelvie. He became head of Esslemont and Macintosh, warehousemen, of Aberdeen and a director of the Scottish Employers Liability Co. He was President of the Chamber of Commerce, a J.P. for Aberdeenshire and author of ''Scheme for Improvement of Robert Gordon's Hospital''.From 1880 until 1883, he was the Lord Provost of

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Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
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for a dinner hosted by

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in honour of

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on his tour of Scotland. Esslemont was first elected as the

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for East Aberdeenshire at the 1885 general election. He remained an MP there until he resigned in late 1892 to take up the post of Chairman of the Fisheries Board for Scotland. Gravestone of Peter Esslemont

He lived his final years at 34 Albyn Place in Aberdeen.Aberdeen Post Office Directory 1893 He died in Aberdeen in 1894 aged 60 and is buried at the

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Family

Esslemont married Georgia Anna Birnie at Walkmill,

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in 1857 and they had six children. Georgia died in 1871 and he married again in 1876 to Mary Anna Sherwood daughter of Rev. William Bradford Sherwood, of

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and went on to have a further five children. Peter Esslemont is related to John Esslemont.

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* 1834 births 1894 deaths UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs Lord Provosts of Aberdeen {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub