Peter Esslemont
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Peter Esslemont (13 June 1834 – 8 August 1894)[1] was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.
Life
Esslemont was born in Balnakettle, Udny, Aberdeenshire the son of Peter Esslemont, a farmer, and his wife Ann Connon. He was educated at Public School, Belhelvie. He became head of Esslemont and Macintosh, warehousemen, of Aberdeen and a director of the Scottish Employers Liability Co. He was President of the Chamber of Commerce, a
Esslemont was first elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for East Aberdeenshire at the 1885 general election. He remained an MP there until he resigned in late 1892 to take up the post of Chairman of the Fisheries Board for Scotland.[4]
He lived his final years at 34 Albyn Place in Aberdeen.[5]
He died in Aberdeen in 1894 aged 60 and is buried at the Nellfield Cemetery.
Family
Esslemont married Georgia Anna Birnie at Walkmill,
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- ^ Emslie, Alfred Edward. "Dinner at Haddo House, 1884". National Portrait Gallery, London.
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Aberdeen Post Office Directory 1893
External links
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