Charles Cowan
Charles Cowan | |
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| Born | 7 June 1801 |
| Died | 1889 (aged 87-88) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | Paper-maker (1819–1847) Edinburgh MP (1847–1859) |
Charles Cowan FRSE (7 June 1801 – 1889) was a Scottish politician and paper-maker.
Life
He was born in
He then followed his father into the paper-making industry.
He wrote the article on papermaking for the Encyclopædia Britannica.[3] In May 1819, he was sent to learn the papermaking trade at St Mary Cray, Kent, where he worked at either Lay's or Hall's mill on the River Cray.[4]
In the
Thomas Babington Macaulay. His initial election was declared null and void due to his being a party to a government contract, but he was re-elected in a second election that December.[5] He was re-elected in the 1852 election in second place on the ballot, and returned unopposed in the 1857 election
. He did not stand in 1859, and retired from politics.
In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the
Grange on the south side of Edinburgh.[6]
He died at Wester Lea, a villa in Murrayfield, Edinburgh on 29 March 1889.[2]
Family
He married Catharine Menzies (d.1871) in 1824.
Other accomplishments
- In 1838 he founded the Royal Caledonian Curling Club
- For the year 1864-65 he served as president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts[2]
References
- Notes
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47109. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ The Royal Society of Edinburgh, archived from the original(PDF) on 24 January 2013, retrieved 17 November 2015
- ^ Six generations of Cowans at the Valleyfield Mills, Penicuik Community Arts Association Archived 1 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. 1850.
- S2CID 251579034.
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