Colonel John McAusland Denny (29 Nov 1858 – 9 Dec 1922) was a businessman and Conservative Party

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 politician in Scotland

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Born in Dumbarton and educated at Dumbarton Academy

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 and in Lausanne

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, he was a shipbuilder and a director of the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway company.

He was elected at the 1895 general election

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 as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Kilmarnock Burghs

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. and re-elected in 1900

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, holding the seat until standing down at the 1906 general election

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During the First World War he was chairman of the Dumbartonshire Territorial Force

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 Association, and became an honorary colonel in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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