- Donald Horne Macfarlane
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Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane (July 1830 – 2 June 1904) was a Sottish merchant who entered politics and became a Member of Parliament (MP), firstly as a Home Rule League MP in Ireland and then as Liberal and Crofters Party MP in Scotland.
Macfarlane was born in Scotland, the youngest son of Allan Macfarlane J.P., of Caithness and his wife Margaret Horne.[1] He became an East Indies merchant as a tea trader and indigo plantation owner. While in India he was a passionate amateur photographer. He experimented freely and produced semi-abstract images.[2]
At the 1880 general election Macfarlane was elected as a Home Rule Member of Parliament for Carlow County.[3]The Carlow constituency lost one of its two seats under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and at the 1885 general election Macfarlane stood instead for the Crofters Party in Argyllshire. He won the seat, but lost it in 1886. He was re-elected (by a narrow margin) at the 1892 general elections as a Liberal/Crofters candidate, holding it until a further defeat in 1895.[4] He was knighted in 1894.
Macfarlane married Mary Isabella Bagshawe in 1857
References
- ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- ^ Holland Cotter Photography Review The Camera in the Raj, Seducing and Upsetting New York Times Friday, December 1, 2000
- ^ Brian M. Walker, ed (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 257. ISBN 0 901714 12 7.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 527. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Henry Bruen
Arthur MacMorrough KavanaghMember of Parliament for Carlow County
1880 – 1885
With: Edmund GraySucceeded by
Edmund GrayPreceded by
Lord Colin CampbellMember of Parliament for Argyllshire
1885 – 1886Succeeded by
John MalcolmPreceded by
John MalcolmMember of Parliament for Argyllshire
1892 – 1895Succeeded by
Donald Ninian NicolCategories:- 1830 births
- 1904 deaths
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- UK MPs 1892–1895
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