William Henry Cowan
Encyclopedia
Sir Henry Cowan (22 May 1862 – 11 January 1932) was a politician in the United Kingdom
.
The son of William Cowan and Elizabeth Giles, he was educated at Merchiston Castle School
, Edinburgh Collegiate School and Edinburgh University.
He served as Liberal
Member of Parliament
(MP) for Guildford
from 1906–1910 and for Aberdeenshire Eastern
from 1910–1922, then as a Unionist for Islington North
from 1923-1929.
He was knighted in 1917.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
The son of William Cowan and Elizabeth Giles, he was educated at Merchiston Castle School
Merchiston Castle School
Merchiston Castle School is an independent school for boys in the village of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has about 480 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 8 and 18 as either boarders or day pupils; day pupils make up 35% of the school....
, Edinburgh Collegiate School and Edinburgh University.
He served as Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Guildford
Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)
Guildford is a county constituency in Surrey which returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....
from 1906–1910 and for Aberdeenshire Eastern
East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)
East Aberdeenshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 to 1918 and form 1950 to 1983...
from 1910–1922, then as a Unionist for Islington North
Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)
Islington North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election...
from 1923-1929.
He was knighted in 1917.