henry, cowan, physician, dietary, expert, henry, kenneth, cowan, william, 1862, january, 1932, politician, united, kingdom, member, parliamentfor, islington, northin, office, december, 1923, 1929preceded, bysir, newton, mooresucceeded, byrobert, youngmember, p. For the physician and dietary expert see Henry Kenneth Cowan Sir William Henry Cowan 22 May 1862 11 January 1932 was a politician in the United Kingdom Sir Henry CowanMember of Parliamentfor Islington NorthIn office 6 December 1923 10 May 1929Preceded bySir Newton MooreSucceeded byRobert YoungMember of Parliamentfor Aberdeen and Kincardine EastIn office 14 December 1918 26 October 1922Preceded byConstituency createdSucceeded byFrederick MartinMember of Parliamentfor East AberdeenshireIn office 15 January 1910 25 November 1918Preceded bySir James MurraySucceeded byConstituency abolishedMember of Parliamentfor GuildfordIn office 12 January 1906 15 January 1910Preceded bySt John BroderickSucceeded byEdgar HornePersonal detailsBorn 1862 05 22 22 May 1862Died11 January 1932 1932 01 11 aged 69 Political partyUnionistLiberal The son of William Cowan and Elizabeth Giles he was educated at Merchiston Castle School Edinburgh Collegiate School and the University of Edinburgh He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament MP for Guildford from 1906 to 1910 and for Aberdeenshire Eastern from 1910 to 1922 then as a Unionist for Islington North from 1923 to 1929 As a parliamentarian Cowan became interested in matters concerning immigration including promoting immigration of British families to dominions such as Australia As of 1928 he was chairman of Parkinson and W and B Cowan Limited a manufacturer of gas meters and gas cookers 1 2 He was knighted in the 1917 Birthday Honours citation needed References edit Mr William Cowan Parliamentary Debates Hansard Retrieved 13 February 2013 Families of Migrants The Chronicle Adelaide 7 January 1928 p 70 Retrieved 13 February 2013 via Trove External links editLeigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded bySt John Brodrick Member of Parliament for Guildford1906 January 1910 Succeeded byEdgar Horne Preceded byJames Murray Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire EasternJanuary 1910 1918 Constituency abolished New constituency Member of Parliament for Aberdeen and Kincardine East1918 1922 Succeeded byFrederick Martin Preceded bySir Newton Moore Member of Parliament for Islington North1923 1929 Succeeded byRobert Young nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1801 for a Scottish constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1860s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Cowan amp oldid 1189951874, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
