Ian MacIntyre
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| Date of birth | 27 November 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 June 1946 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Fettes College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1899–1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | John Boswell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Robert MacMillan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ian MacIntyre (27 November 1869 – 29 June 1946) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 26th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. For a period he was also a Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Edinburgh West.[1] He was also a Writer of the Signet.[2]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
MacIntyre started his rugby union at his Fettes College school.[3] When he started studying law at the university, he then played for Edinburgh University.[4] After university, MacIntyre played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[5]
Provincial career[]
He was capped by Edinburgh District in the 1899 inter-city match. He was playing for Edinburgh Wanderers when he was called up.[6]
International career[]
MacIntyre was capped 6 times for Scotland between 1890 and 1891.[7]
Referee career[]
He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship.[8]
Administrative career[]
MacIntyre became the 26th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1899–1900 term in office.[9]
Law career[]
He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained a M. A. and LLB. He was admitted as a Writer to the Sinet in 1893.[10]
Macintyre's legal practice was concerned with financial and commercial undertakings.[11]
Political career[]
He was a member of Edinburgh Town Council from 1918 to 1920.[12]
He first contested the Edinburgh West seat in 1923, but was beaten by the Liberal incumbent Vivian Phillips by 2,232 votes. He gained the seat in 1924, pushing Phillipps into third place, and finishing just over one thousand votes ahead of the second-placed Labour candidate. He did not stand again in 1929, when Labour gained the seat.[13]
Family[]
His youngest daughter Marjorie Linklater, wife of Eric Linklater, was a fervent Scottish Nationalist and campaigned for Winnie Ewing, the arts and the environment.[14] MacIntyre's grandson is the journalist Magnus Linklater.
In 1932 MacIntyre was arrested and charged by Kenyan officials, along with his daughter Mrs Bonfield, on a charge of trying to kidnap two of his grandchildren. The charges were dropped at the Supreme court of Kenya.[15][16]
References[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ^ "Person Page".
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Ian MacIntyre - Test matches".
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 584.
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/marjorie-linklater-5560252.html
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19320819/053/0005
- ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive".
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ian MacIntyre
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- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies
- Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs
- UK MPs 1924–1929
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Edinburgh Wanderers RFC players
- Edinburgh University RFC players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Scottish Unofficial Championship referees
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