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Miles MacInnes

1830 – 1909

British politician

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Lived 1830 – 1909 (aged 79). Miles MacInnes was a British politician.

Miles MacInnes (21 February 1830 – 28 September 1909) was a British landowner, railway director and Liberal Party politician.

Life MacInnes was the son of General John MacInnes (1779–? ) and his wife Ann Sophia Reynolds. His father left Scotland to seek his fortune in the East as an officer of the East India Company and retired to Fern Lodge, Hampstead after a successful military career.

Miles was educated at Rugby School and at Balliol College, Oxford.

He was a Director of the London and North Western Railway and J.P. for Cumberland and Middlesex. In 1876 MacInnes acquired Rickerby Park at Carlisle. He had been adopted as heir to George Head Head and his wife who were childless. MacInnes was left £160,000 and the estate on the understanding that he would use Head's coat of arms and to use the surname "Head". Macinness did not take on the surname.

MacInnes married Euphemia Johnston of Holton Hall, Suffolk in 1859. He was the father of Bishop Rennie MacInnes of Jerusalem and grandfather of Archbishop Campbell MacInnes of Jerusalem.

When he died in 1909, at the age of 79, he was buried at Stanwix near the tomb of his benefactor. A steam George V class railway engine was named in his honour by the LNWR.

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Education
Balliol College, Rugby School
Positions held
Member of the 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 23rd Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Miles MacInnes?

British politician

When was Miles MacInnes born?

Miles MacInnes was born on 21 February 1830.

When did Miles MacInnes die?

Miles MacInnes died on 28 September 1909.

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Miles MacInnes was a politician.

What nationality was Miles MacInnes?

Miles MacInnes was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Miles MacInnes

· Wikidata: Q6851468

· DBpedia: Miles MacInnes

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