James Brown (Scottish politician)

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The Right Honourable
James Brown
James Brown c. 1931
Born16 December 1862
Whitletts, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died21 March 1939 (1939-03-22) (aged 76)
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
TitleMember of Parliament for South Ayrshire
Term1918-1931, 1935-1939
PredecessorSir William Phipson Beale James Orr MacAndrew
SuccessorJames Orr MacAndrew Alexander Sloan
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseCatherine MacGregor Steel (m. 1888)
Children5
Parents
  • James Brown (father)
  • Christina O'Hara (mother)
Relatives
For other people named James Brown, see James Brown (disambiguation).

James Brown,

DL (16 December 1862 – 21 March 1939) was a Scottish Labour
politician.

Biography

James brown was born in the Whitletts area of Ayr, to James Brown (1839-1895) and Christina O'Hara (1840-1923). In 1888, he married Catherine McGregor Steel who was 3 years his senior and they had 5 children together, Christina Brown (died young), James Brown (died young), Matthew Brown (1891-1969), John Brown (1893-1946) and David Brown (1896-1916), their son David died in WW1. He lived most of his life in Annbank where he went to school.

Privy Counsellor in 1930. He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1924, 1930 and 1931, despite having a salary of £10,000 he and his wife refused to move out of their little £10 cottage. Some people called him the "Uncrowned King of Annbank" in his later years, and he also taught in the local sunday school in Annbank.[1][2]

He was a member of the

St Stephen's Hall representing an incident in Scottish history deals with an act of national humiliation."[5]

In his authorised biography Bill Shankly said that Brown won the election in South Ayrshire as the local voters "wouldn't vote Conservative" but that he was "too mild" and not a "keen socialist" for some of the more militant Labour members.[6]

He was granted the

Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire
.

His life story "From Pit To Palace" by Alexander Gammie was published in 1931. He was the great-uncle of the future first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament David Steel.[7]

James Brown died on 21 March 1939 in Ayr at the age of 76 from acute gastritis and myocardial failure, with his children by his side. It was reported his last words were "Look after Katie" which referred to his wife, who was bedridden at home. She later died in 1942.

References

  1. ^ a b "South Ayrshire's first Labour MP remembered at 150". www.carricktoday.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. OCLC 879289773.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link
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  3. OCLC 782872446
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  4. ^ "Artwork - The Parliamentary Union of England and Scotland 1707". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. OCLC 1007842468
    .
  6. ISBN 9781409146797
    .
  7. OCLC 903165559
    .

External links
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir William Phipson Beale
 Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire
1918 – 1931 		Succeeded by
James Orr MacAndrew
Preceded by
James Orr MacAndrew
 Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire
1935 – 1939 		Succeeded by
Alexander Sloan
Trade union offices
Preceded by
John Bank?
 President of the Ayrshire Miners' Union
1894–1908 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Peter Muir
 Secretary of the Ayrshire Miners' Union
1908–1939 		Succeeded by
Alexander Sloan
Preceded by President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
1911 		Succeeded by
David Palmer
Preceded by Auditor of the Trades Union Congress
1913–1914
With: Edward Duxbury 		Succeeded by
Tom Shaw and J. Wood
Preceded by Secretary of the
Scottish Miners' Federation

1917–1918 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of the
Scottish Miners' Federation

1934–1936 		Succeeded by
Alexander Sloan
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