Samuel Chisholm
Politician, Deceased Person
1836 – 1923
Who was Samuel Chisholm?
Sir Samuel Chisholm, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish Liberal politician and Lord Provost of Glasgow.
Chisholm stood unsuccessfully for Glasgow Camlachie in the 1895 general election and was Lord Provost of Glasgow between 1899 and 1902. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire in September 1901.
Chisholm was knighted in 1901, and created a baronet, of Belhaven Terrace in the Parish of Govan in the County of the City of Glasgow, and of St John's Mount, Dunblane, in the Parish of Dunblane in the County of Perth, in 1902.
He received the honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Glasgow in June 1901.
He died in September 1923, aged 87, when the title became extinct.
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- Born
- Sep 23, 1836
Dalkeith - Also known as
- Sir Samuel Chisholm, 1st Baronet
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Died
- Sep 1, 1923
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on July 23, 2013
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