Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
Member of Parliament
for Ayr Burghs
In office
13 July 1895  24 December 1903
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byWilliam Birkmyre
Succeeded byJoseph Dobbie
Personal details
Born
(1860-09-08)8 September 1860
Died24 December 1903(1903-12-24) (aged 42–43)
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
RelationsSir Archibald Orr-Ewing (father)
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
RankCaptain
UnitArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (8 September 1860 – 24 December 1903) was a Scottish Tory politician.

The youngest son of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing and Elizabeth Lindsay Reid; he was educated at Harrow School. After travel in the East, he was commissioned as a captain in the 3rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs from 1895, until he died of heart failure in 1903 aged 43.[1][2]

References

  1. "Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay, (1860–24 Dec. 1903), MP (C) Ayr Burghs from 1895". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u189608. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. "C. L. Orr Ewing". The Times. No. 37273. 25 December 1903. p. 4.
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