John McAusland Denny

Who was John McAusland Denny?

Colonel John McAusland Denny was a businessman and Conservative Party politician in Scotland.

Born in Dumbarton and educated at Dumbarton Academy and in Lausanne, he was a shipbuilder and a director of the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway company.

He was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs. and re-elected in 1900, holding the seat until standing down at the 1906 general election.

During the First World War he was chairman of the Dumbartonshire Territorial Force Association, and became an honorary colonel in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.