William Birkmyre
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William Birkmyre (1838 – 19 April 1900) was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs from 1892 to 1895.{{Rayment-hc|a|3|date=April 2015}}
The son of William Birkmyre, sometime Provost of Port Glasgow, he was a member of the town council there, before going to Calcutta to work on the family's jute mills. After returning to the United Kingdom, he entered Parliament in 1892, serving one term.
He died at Marseilles in 1900 while visiting France.
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- {{hansard-contribs | mr-william-birkmyre | Mr William Birkmyre}}
- [http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35167002?q&versionId=43677473 The wealth of India and the hindrances to its increase : Being an address delivered to the members of the Manchester and Greenock Chambers of Commerce, May, 1890, by William Birkmyre]
- [http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10154334?q&versionId=11804567 The Secretary of State for India in Council]
- [https://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Birkmyre/e/B00JS9N7H2]
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Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
Category:Scottish Liberal Party MPs
Category:People from Port Glasgow
Category:British people in colonial India
Category:19th-century Scottish businesspeople
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