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Thomas Russell (Glasgow MP)

Thomas Russell (Glasgow MP)

Scottish businessman and politician

Thomas Russell (1836 – 15 August 1911) was a Scottish businessman and politician.[2][3] He was a partner in the Saracen Foundry, established by his brother-in-law Walter Macfarlane, and bought the Ascog House estate in Bute.[4] He also built a Glasgow city house at 5 Cleveden Road, completed in 1887,[5] and developed housing in Ascog.[6]

Ascog House, where Thomas Russell lived from 1877 to about 1900[1]

Russell was Member of Parliament for Buteshire in 1880.[2] He was also Liberal MP for Glasgow for a few months in 1885. He was returned unopposed at a by-election.[7]

The seat was abolished at the next general election.[8]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Landmark Trust history sheet for Ascog House and Michel Ascog" (PDF).
  2. [2]
    "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland". Internet Archive. 1892. p. 899. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Bute county directory for 1912–13". Internet Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Mackintosh Architecture: Biography". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. [5]
    "That's rich, Herald Scotland". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Item Details for RCAHMS". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. [7]
    Thomas Martin Devine (January 1996). Glasgow: 1830 to 1912. Manchester University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-7190-3692-7.
  8. [8]
    Thomas Martin Devine (January 1996). Glasgow: 1830 to 1912. Manchester University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-7190-3692-7.
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