Lewis McIver

British politician

"the Member for Scotland"
McIver as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, July 1896

Sir Lewis McIver, 1st Baronet (6 March 1846 – 9 August 1920)[1] was a British Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1909.

## Biography[edit]

McIver was the son of John McIver, secretary of the Presidency Bank of Madras. He was educated at Kensington Grammar School and at Bonn University. He served for a while in the Indian Civil Service and was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1878.[2]

McIver was elected as the Member of Parliament for Torquay at the 1885 general election, and represented it until his defeat in 1886.[3] He joined the Liberal Unionist Party at the split in 1886, and unsuccessfully contested Edinburgh South at the 1892 general election.[4] He returned to the Commons after a nine-year absence when he was elected at a by-election in May 1895 as the MP for Edinburgh West.[5][6] He was created a baronet on 23 July 1896,[1] and held his seat in Parliament until he resigned on 12 May 1909 by the procedural device of accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[7]

On 2 December 1896 McIver was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Edinburgh (City) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers), and subsequently of the Forth Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force).[8]

McIver worked in finance in the City of London following his retirement from politics. He died in 1920 at Beechwood, his house in Highgate, London, and the baronetcy became extinct.[9]

McIver married Charlotte Rosalind Montefiore, daughter of Nathaniel Montefiore and Emma Goldsmid, on 12 September 1884.[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "M" (part 1)
2. ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 261\. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
4. ^ Craig, page 499
5. ^ "No. 26630". The London Gazette. 31 May 1895. p. 3146.
6. ^ Craig, page 500
7. ^ Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
8. ^ Army List.
9. ^ "Sir Lewis McIver". The Times. No. 42486\. London. 11 August 1920. p. 13. Retrieved 11 March 2016 - via The Times Digital Archive.
10. ^ the Peerage.com

## External links[edit]

* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lewis McIver

Parliament of the United Kingdom

New constituency |  Member of Parliament for Torquay
1885–1886 | Succeeded by

Richard Mallock

Preceded by

Viscount Wolmer

|  Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
1895–1909 | Succeeded by

James Avon Clyde

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation |  Baronet
(of Sarisbury)
1896–1920  | Extinct

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