MacNeill Weir

Lauchlan MacNeill Weir
MP
Lauchlan MacNeill Weir MP
Member of Parliament; for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
	In office; 14 November 1935 – 18 August 1939
Preceded by	James Wellwood Johnston
Succeeded by	Arthur Woodburn
	In office; 15 November 1922 – 7 October 1931
Preceded by	Ralph Glyn
Succeeded by	James Wellwood Johnston
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
	In office; 1929–1931 Serving with Robert Morrison
Prime Minister	Ramsay McDonald
Preceded by	Charles Rhys
Succeeded by	Frank Markham, Ralph Glyn, John Worthington
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
	In office; 1924–1924
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Sidney Herbert
Succeeded by	Sidney Herbert
Personal details
Born	Lauchlan MacNeill Weir; 1877
Died	18 August 1939 (aged 51–52)
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Margaret Gillison (m. 1913)
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Occupation	Journalist

Lauchlan MacNeill Weir (1877–18 August 1939) was a Scottish Labour politician.

He was the son of Robert Weir and was educated at the University of Glasgow. He worked as a journalist and first stood for parliament in Argyllshire in 1918, but was easily beaten by the Coalition Liberal.

He was elected MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire in the general election of 1922, lost his seat in the National Government landslide of 1931, but won it back in 1935, holding on to it until his death in 1939.

MacNeill Weir was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the first Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and wrote a controversial book entitled The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald: A Political Biography published in 1938.

He married Margaret Gillison in 1913. There were no children.

References

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by MacNeill Weir

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ralph Glyn	Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire 1922 – 1931	Succeeded by James Wellwood Johnston
Preceded by James Wellwood Johnston	Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire 1935 – 1939	Succeeded by Arthur Woodburn
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Sidney Herbert	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1924	Succeeded by Sir Sidney Herbert
Preceded by Charles Rhys	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1929–1931 serving alongside Robert Morrison	Succeeded by Frank Markham, Ralph Glyn, John Worthington

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