Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing

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Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
Member of Parliament
for Ayr Burghs
In office
13 July 1895 – 24 December 1903
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byWilliam Birkmyre
Succeeded byJoseph Dobbie
Personal details
Born
(1860-09-08)September 8, 1860
DiedDecember 24, 1903(1903-12-24) (aged 42–43)
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
RelationsSir Archibald Orr-Ewing (father)
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
RankCaptain
UnitArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (8 September 1860 – 24 December 1903) was a Scottish Tory politician.

The youngest son of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing and Elizabeth Lindsay Reid; he was educated at Harrow School. After travel in the East, he was commissioned as a captain in the 3rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs from 1895, until he died of heart failure in 1903 aged 43.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay, (1860–24 Dec. 1903), MP (C) Ayr Burghs from 1895". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u189608. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ "C. L. Orr Ewing". The Times (37273). 25 December 1903. p. 4.

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