William Alexander Mackinnon (1813 – 14 September 1903) was elected the Whig MP for

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on 10 July 1852 but the result was declared void as a result of "treating". There was a question of £220 left behind a sofa cushion at the Red Lion to pay for a dinner. At the resulting bye-election the seat was taken by his father William Alexander MacKinnon. At the next election he was elected MP for

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which he held until 1868 but he never spoke in parliament. He was the 34th Chief of the

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."Deaths." Times ondon, England16 Sept. 1903: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 7 May 2013. He was educated at

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Marriage

He married Miss Willes on 25 April 1846.Daily News 29 April 1846 Mackinnon died aged 90 at his home Acrise Place near Folkestone, Kent.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackinnon, William Alexander 1813 births 1903 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 Deputy lieutenants of Kent William Alexander