Robert Wallace (Perth MP)

Sir Robert Wallace KC (1850 – 19 March 1939)[1] was an Irish-born barrister and Liberal Party politician.

A 1907 photogravure of Wallace based on work by Reginald Grenville Eves.

Wallace c1906

He was born in County Antrim, the 3rd son of Rev. Robert Wallace of Dublin, and was educated at Queen's University, Belfast.

He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 8 November 1871 and was Called to the Bar on 6 June 1874.[2] He contested Wandsworth in 1885, Edinburgh West in 1886, Renfrewshire West in 1892 before being elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth at the 1895 general election.[3] He held the seat until 1907, when he resigned his seat to become Chairman of the County of London sessions, a post which he held until 1931.[3]

He was knighted in 1916.[4]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. Williamson, J.B. (1937). The Middle Temple Bench Book. 2nd edition, p.264.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 518. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  4. "No. 29483". The London Gazette. 22 February 1916. pp. 1946–1947.

Sources
  • Who Was Who
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Whitelaw		 Member of Parliament for Perth
1895–1907		 Succeeded by
Sir Robert Pullar


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