Robinson Souttar

The Right Honourable
Robinson Souttar
MP
The Right Honourable Robinson Souttar MP
Member of Parliament; for Dumfriesshire
	In office; 1895–1900
Preceded by	William Jardine Herries Maxwell
Succeeded by	William Jardine Herries Maxwell
Majority	13

Robinson Souttar (23 October 1848 – 4 April 1912)^[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

He first stood for Parliament at the 1892 general election, when he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Conservative-held Oxford seat.^[2]

He was elected at the 1895 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, defeating the sitting Liberal Unionist MP William Maxwell by a majority of only 13 votes.^[2] Maxwell regained the seat in 1900, and Souttar did not stand again.^[2]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
^ ^a ^b ^c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 166, 535. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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Preceded by William Maxwell	Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire 1895 – 1900	Succeeded by William Maxwell

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The Right Honourable Robinson Souttar MP


Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire
In office 1895–1900
Preceded by	William Jardine Herries Maxwell
Succeeded by	William Jardine Herries Maxwell
Majority	13