Archibald Alexander Speirs
Archibald Alexander Speirs (5 June 1840 – 30 December 1868) was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1868.
Life[]
Speirs was the son of Alexander Speirs of Elderslie House, and his wife Eliza Stewart Hagart, daughter of Thomas C. Hagart of Bantaskine. His father was Lord-Lieutenant of the county and M.P. for Richmond.[1]
At the 1865 general election Speirs was elected Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire. He held the seat until his death aged 28 in 1868.[2]
Speirs married Anne Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, on 3 September 1867. They lived at Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland.[3]
He was an elder in Paisley Abbey and a memorial plaque to his memory was erected on the south aisle after his death.
References[]
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Archibald Speirs
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