John McAusland Denny, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

John McAusland Denny

British politician

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1858

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1922

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About John McAusland Denny

  • Colonel John McAusland Denny (29 November 1858 – 9 December 1922) was a Scottish businessman and Conservative Party politician.Denny was born in Helenslee, Dumbarton, one of eight sons of Dr.
  • Peter Denny.
  • His grandfather William Denny founded the family shipbuilding firm.
  • He was educated at Dumbarton Academy and in Lausanne and became a shipbuilder and a director of the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway company.He was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock Burghs.
  • and re-elected in 1900, holding the seat until standing down at the 1906 general election.He was a founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's SuffrageDuring the First World War, he was chairman of the Dumbartonshire Territorial Force Association, and became an honorary colonel in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, which he was largely responsible for raising.
  • He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1917 New Year Honours.

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