About Gilbert Beith
Lived 1827 – 1904 (aged 76–77). Gilbert Beith was a British politician.
Gilbert Beith (5 July 1827 – 5 July 1904) was a Scottish merchant and Liberal politician.
Beith was the son of the Rev. Alexander Beith, D.D., and brother of Ian Hay Beith, of Stirling. He was a partner in the firm of Beith, Stevenson, & Co., export merchants of Glasgow and Manchester, and a Director of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
At the 1885 general election, Beith was elected as the member of parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central, but at the 1886 election he lost the seat in a large swing to the Conservative Party candidate.
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British politician (1827–1904)
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Gilbert Beith was born in 1827.
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Gilbert Beith died on 5 July 1904.
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Gilbert Beith was a politician.
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