Duncan Vernon Pirie

Duncan Vernon Pirie OBE FRSGS JP DL (22 March 1858 – 11 January 1931)^[1] was a Scottish Liberal politician.

The eldest son of Gordon Pirie, of Château de Varennes, France, and Valentine, daughter of Comte J. Rousseau de Labrosse, he was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and at Clifton College. He entered the Army in 1897, was extra Aide de Camp to Sir Gerald Graham in Egypt in 1882, was mentioned in despatches in 1882 and 1885, was ADC to the Governor of Ceylon in 1890-1893, and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War in 1899-1900.

In 1894 he married Hon. Evelyn Forbes, daughter of William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill. The couple had three sons and three daughters.

He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for West Renfrewshire at the 1895 general election and was elected as Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North at an 1896 by-election, holding the seat until the 1918 general election when he lost to the Labour candidate.

He served in World War I, during which he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, awarded the OBE, and again mentioned in despatches. He was appointed an Officer of the Greek Order of the Redeemer and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Duncan Pirie

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Alexander Hunter	Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North 1896 – 1918	Succeeded by Frank Herbert Rose

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Name	Pirie, Duncan Vernon
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Date of birth	22 March 1858
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Date of death	11 January 1931
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