Peter McLagan

Peter McLagan (1823 – 31 August 1900) was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1893. He was Scotland's first non-White and first Black MP.

Life McLagan was born in Demerara in British Guiana. His father was Peter McLagan (1774–1860), and his mother was an unknown black woman.

He left British Guiana with his father as a child and was educated in Tillicoultry and Peebles, before attending the University of Edinburgh.

At the 1865 general election, he was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament for Linlithgowshire, and was re-elected at the next six general elections. He resigned his seat on 2 June 1893 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

As an MP, he supported women's suffrage, the need for women doctors, and the Irish Home Rule Movement,

In 1878, he and his wife supported the erection of the McLagan memorial water fountain in Bathgate.

McLagan owned the Pumpherston estate in West Lothian.

He died at Marylebone in London but is buried with his wife in the churchyard of Kirk of Calder in Mid Calder, West Lothian.

Family He was married to Elizabeth Ann Taylor (1846–1882).