The 1915 Wigtownshire by-election was held on 12 February 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, John Dalrymple, succeeded as the 12th Earl of Stair. It was won by his uncle, the Conservative candidate Hew Hamilton Dalrymple,[1] who was unopposed.

At the time of the election, John Dalrymple was a prisoner of war in Germany, having been captured by the Germans during the Great Retreat in 1914. He remained a prisoner until 1917 when he was repatriated for medical reasons, due to degradation in his eyesight.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ↑ "Lord Stair in Switzerland". The Times. No. 41388. London. 29 January 1917. p. 9.


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