Peter Sturrock (MP)
Peter Sturrock (1820 – 7 March 1904)[1] was a Scottish civil engineer, colliery owner and provost of Kilmarnock and a Conservative politician.
Sturrock was the son of David Sturrock, of Struthers, near Kilmarnock and his wife Helen Woodbum. He was educated at Kilmarnock Academy and at Glasgow. He was a civil engineer, a colliery owner, and a director of North British Canadian Investment Co., and Scottish Ontario Land Co. He was provost of Kilmarnock and a Justice of the Peace for Ayrshire[2] He was one of the founders and president of the Kilmarnock Burns Club.[3]
He was elected at the 1885 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock Burghs, with a majority of only 132 votes,[4] but was defeated at 1886 general election.[4]
Sturrock purchased Baltesan Castle with the intention of restoring it, but the plans never came to fruition.[5]
Sturrock died at the age of 83.
Sturrock married Helen Hutchinson Guthrie in 1850.
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Peter Sturrock
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ↑ Grand Lodge of Scotland
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- ↑ Baltersan Story
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