William Alexander Mackinnon (1784-1870)
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William Alexander Mackinnon (2 August 1789 – 30 April 1870) was a British politician.
He was born in Broadstairs, Kent in 1789 and educated at Cambridge University.
He was Member of Parliament
(MP) for Dunwich
from 1819 to 1820, for Lymington
from 1831–1832 and from 1835 to 1852, and for Rye
from 1852 to 1865. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1827, submitting a paper on the absorption of atmospheric moisture by the state of chalk and limestone. He was also invested as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
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He succeeded in 1809 as the 33rd Chief of the Clan Mackinnon.
He married Emma, daughter of Joseph Palmer, of county Dublin; they had three sons and three daughters. The eldest son, William Alexander, was also an M.P.
He was born in Broadstairs, Kent in 1789 and educated at Cambridge University.
He was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Dunwich
Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Dunwich was a parliamentary borough in Suffolk, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1298 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act....
from 1819 to 1820, for Lymington
Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)
Lymington was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-1584-1640:- 1640-1868 :...
from 1831–1832 and from 1835 to 1852, and for Rye
Rye (UK Parliament constituency)
Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832....
from 1852 to 1865. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1827, submitting a paper on the absorption of atmospheric moisture by the state of chalk and limestone. He was also invested as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Society of Antiquaries
Society of Antiquaries can refer to:*Society of Antiquaries of London*Society of Antiquaries of Scotland*Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne*Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland...
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He succeeded in 1809 as the 33rd Chief of the Clan Mackinnon.
He married Emma, daughter of Joseph Palmer, of county Dublin; they had three sons and three daughters. The eldest son, William Alexander, was also an M.P.