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Sir Thomas Hutchison (1866 – 1925) was a Scottish landowner and politician. He served as
Lord Provost of Edinburgh The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority, who is elected by City_of_Edinburgh_Council, the city council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the e ...
from 1921 to 1923.


Life

He was born at Carlowrie House on 16 December 1866, the son of
Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie FRSE (1834-25 February1894) was a Scottish landowner, landscape photographer and arboriculturalist. He was President of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society 1864 to 1871. Life Hutchison's mother was Jean (or ...
and his wife, Mary Jemima Tait. His younger brother was the eminent physician Sir Robert Hutchison, independently knighted for his medical contributions. His namesake uncle, Thomas Hutchison, former Provost of
Leith Leith (; gd, Lìte) is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. In 2021, it was ranked by '' Time Out'' as one of the top five neighbourhoods to live in the world. The earliest ...
, had commissioned Carlowrie. He succeeded
John William Chesser John William Chesser SSC (6 September 1862 – 29 June 1921) was a 19th/20th century Scottish solicitor and Tory politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1919 to 1921. The suburb of south-west Edinburgh known as Chesser was name ...
as Lord Provost in 1921 and was succeeded in turn by
William Lowrie Sleigh Sir William Lowrie Sleigh JP DL (1866–1945) was a Scottish businessman who co-founded the bicycle company the Ross & Sleigh Cycle Company (later renamed Rossleigh and expanding to sell cars). The company later evolved into Lowrie Sleigh Chauffeu ...
in 1923. His Edinburgh address was 28 Royal Terrace on
Calton Hill Calton Hill () is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the ci ...
but he also inherited the family home of
Carlowrie Castle Carlowrie Castle was built in the Scottish baronial architecture, Scottish Baronial style between 1852 and 1855 on the outskirts of Kirkliston, a town approximately 10 miles from Edinburgh, Scotland. It has only ever belonged to two families: the ...
near
Kirkliston Kirkliston is a small town and parish to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, historically within the county of West Lothian but now within the City of Edinburgh council limits. It lies on high ground immediately north of a northward loop of the Al ...
.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910–11 He died on 12 April 1925. He is buried with his wife in
Dean Cemetery The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on ...
in western Edinburgh. The grave lies on the south path close to the main (east) entrance.


Family

He was married to Jane Moir Ogilvy Spence (1873–1935).


Recognition

The Hutchison area of Edinburgh was named after Hutchison during his term as Lord Provost.


See also

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Hutchison baronets There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hutchison, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two creations are extant as of 2010. The Hutchison Baronetcy, of Hardiston in the County of Kinross, was created in th ...


References

1866 births 1925 deaths Politicians from Edinburgh 19th-century Scottish medical doctors 20th-century Scottish medical doctors Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Asbestos Lord Provosts of Edinburgh Scottish knights Burials at the Dean Cemetery {{Scotland-med-bio-stub