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Col. John Denny caricatured by "WHO" in Vanity Fair, 1910

Colonel John McAusland Denny CB DL VD MP (29 November 1858 – 9 December 1922) was a Scottish businessman and Conservative Party politician.[1]

Denny was born in Helenslee, Dumbarton, one of eight sons of Dr. Peter Denny. His grandfather William Denny founded the family shipbuilding firm.[1] He was educated at Dumbarton Academy and in Lausanne and became a shipbuilder and a director of the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway company.[2]

He was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock Burghs.[3] and re-elected in 1900, holding the seat until standing down at the 1906 general election.[3]

He was a founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage[4]

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, which he was largely responsible for raising.[1] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1917 New Year Honours.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Colonel J. M. Denny". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 11 December 1922. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901". p. 38. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 513. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  4. ^ King, Elspeth (1978). The Scottish Women's Suffrage Movement / ... compiled by Elspeth King to accompany the Government sponsored 'Right to Vote' exhibition organised to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, from 9th September- 7th October 1978, Peoples Palace Museum, Glasgow Green.
  5. ^ "No. 29938". The London Gazette. 9 February 1917. p. 1458.
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