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Not to be confused with Walter Thorburn (cricketer).Scottish politician (1842–1908)

SirWalter Thorburn
Sir Walter Thorburn, 1907 portrait
Member of Parliament
for Peebles and Selkirk
In office
1 July 1886 – 12 January 1906
Preceded byCharles Tennant
Succeeded byAlexander Murray
Personal details
Born1842
Died10 November 1908
Political partyLiberal Unionist Party

Sir Walter Thorburn (1842–1908) was a Scottish industrialist and Liberal Unionist Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Peebles and Selkirk in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1886 to 1906.

Life

He was the third son of Walter Thorburn, a banker of Springwood, Peebles, and his wife Jane Grieve, born 22 November 1842. He became a director of Walter Thorburn Bros, Ltd., manufacturers of woollens, and a landowner. He was knighted in the 1900 New Years Honours List and awarded the insignia of a Knight Bachelor at an Investiture on 9 February 1900 at Osborne House by Queen Victoria.

Thorburn died on 10 November 1908.

Family

Thorburn married in 1871 Elizabeth Jackson Scott, daughter of David Scott of Meadowfield, Duddingston. They had a family of four sons and six daughters.

References

  1. ^ "Thorburn, Sir Walter, of Glenbreck". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "Sir Walter Thorburn (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. 1889. p. 348.
  4. "Page 1169 | Issue 27167, 20 February 1900 | London Gazette | the Gazette".


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