F. A. Macquisten
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Frederick Alexander Macquisten KC (23 July 1870 in Inverkip, Scotland – 29 February 1940 in Walton-on-Thames, England) was a British lawyer and politician. He was the son of Reverend Dr. Alexander Macquisten, the minister of Inverkip Parish Church.
Background
Educated by his father, from whom he acquired an intimate knowledge of the
Politics
Macquisten unsuccessfully contested the
In 1921 he put forward a proposal to criminalize lesbianism which was rejected by the House of Lords; during the debate, Lord Birkenhead, the then Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain argued that 999 women out of a thousand had "never even heard a whisper of these practices."[2][3]
Macquisten held onto the Glasgow Springburn constituency until he was defeated in the general election of
In the
In 1925, he introduced a
He was the champion of private buses and a one-man shopkeeper. He also sang the praises of herring and porridge, and his unerring praise of the properties of Scotch whisky gave rise to a series of much celebrated verbal duels with the teetotal Lady Astor. When rationing was introduced, he was the first to suggest mass-production of macon, the mutton substitute for bacon, which originated from an old Scottish recipe. "If the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food will consult with any farmer's wife in Perthshire, she will show him how to cure it," he informed the House of Commons.
Death
Macquisten died at his home at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, on 29 February 1940 aged 69.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "No. 13539". The Edinburgh Gazette. 16 December 1919. p. 4077.
- ISBN 0-231-11007-3.
- ^ House of Lords Debates, 15 August 1921, column 574.
Further reading
- Duff Cooper. Old Men Forget, Carroll & Graf, 1988. pp. 142 and 144
- R. H. Bruce Lockhart. The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, 1915–1938, pp. 127–128
- A. H. Charteris. When the Scot Smiles, A. Maclehose & Co, 1932. pp. 175–176.
- Daily Express, "Frederick Alexander Macquisten", Obituary, 1 March 1940