Alexander Laing Brown

Alexander Laing Brown (1851–1936)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

He was elected at the 1886 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Hawick District of Burghs,[2] defeating the sitting Liberal Unionist MP Sir George Otto Trevelyan.[3] At the 1892 general election, Brown did not stand for re-election to the House of Commons.[3]

His grandson Major William Brown served with the Gilgit Scouts during the final years of the British Raj.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  2. "No. 25609". The London Gazette. 20 July 1886. p. 3504.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.


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