Alexander Graham Spiers | |
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Member of Parliament for Paisley | |
In office 6 January 1835 [1] –16 March 1836 [1] | |
Preceded by | Daniel Sandford |
Succeeded by | Archibald Hastie |
Personal details | |
Died | 24 December 1847 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
Alexander Graham Spiers (15 June 1797 –24 December 1847) was a Scottish MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the Scottish constituency of Paisley.
Spiers was born the second son of Peter Spiers of Culcreuch. [2]
Alexander Spiers is described in a Who's Who of Scottish MPs as an advocate,perhaps starting from 8 July 1820. [2] The History of Parliament Online states his formative occupation to have been an army officer. [3]
He was elected MP for Paisley in the January 1835 United Kingdom general election,standing in the Whig interest,but resigned by applying to be steward of the Chiltern Hundreds,effective 17 March 1836. [2] [3] Hansard records no contributions to debates from Spiers. [1]
Spiers died on 24 December 1847. [2]
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