Alexander_Wylie_(politician)

Alexander Wylie (politician)

Alexander Wylie (politician)

Scottish politician and printer


Alexander Wylie (1839 – 13 February 1921)[1] was a Scottish Tory politician and turkey red dyer and calico printer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumbartonshire from 1895 to 1906.

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Wylie was the son of John Wylie. He worked for the Dumbarton Herald.[2] After serving apprenticeship in 1855 he became editor of the Dumbarton Chronicle in 1856. He studied at Glasgow University and worked in Glasgow and Bristol with Archibald Orr Ewing & Co, a turkey red dyeing firm.[2] He worked for William Stirling & Sons and became resident partner of the firm until it merged with other print companies.[3]

Wylie was a critic of tea drinking. In 1904, in the House of Commons he stated that tea has injurious physical effects and he was concerned that poor people were spending a considerable portion of their income purchasing it. He described tea as a "deleterious stimulant".[4]

Selected publications


References

  1. Irving, John. (1924). History of Dumbartonshire: Dumbartonshire. Bennett & Thomson. p. 501
  2. "Alexander Wylie". Glasgowwestaddress.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. "Ways and Means 19th April Report". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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