John Colville (1852 - 1901)

Born 3 Jul 1852 in Cleland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Janet (Brown) Colville — married 1878 in Scotland

Husband of Christian Marshall (Downie) Colville — married 31 Aug 1885 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1901 at age 49 in Cleland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

John Colville is Notable.

John Colville JP was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician.

John Colville was born in 1852. He was the son of David Colville and Janet Barr ^[1]

Marriage and Children

He married Janet Brown in 1878. ^[2] She died in 1883. ^[3]

In 1885 John married Christian Downie. ^[4]

They had one son: David John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir.

They also had a daughter Christian Hendrie Colville

Career

Colville was elected Provost of Motherwell in 1888. He also served as Commissioner of Supply, a Justice of the Peace, and a county councilor of Lanarkshire. He was also President of Lanarkshire Christian Union.

In 1880 he became the head of his father's iron and steel manufacturing company, David Colville and Sons.

Colville was elected to parliament for North-East Lanarkshire in 1895, reelected in 1900, and served until his death in 1901.

Obituary

JOHN COLVILLE died at his residence on August 22, 1901, at the age of forty-nine.

He was born in Glasgow and educated at the Hamilton and Gartsherrie Academies.

In 1871 he settled down in Motherwell and co-operated with his father and brothers in the establishment of the Dalzells Ironworks, but in 1880 they went into the steel trade, and the works became known as the Dalzell Steel and Iron Works.

Latterly, however, he left the active management of the works chiefly to his brothers, Messrs. David, and Archibald Colville, and devoted the major portion of his time to his parliamentary duties. He was a Member of Parliament for North-East Lanarkshire from 1893 until his death. He was a Town Councillor of leis burgle from 1879 to 1882, and Provost from 1888 to 1895. He was also a Justice of the Peace and County Councillor for Lanarkshire.

He was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1880. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Peerage
2. ↑ Peerage
3. ↑ The peerage says she died without issue and then names David as her son. David was born in 1894. John remarried in 1884. So David is probably not her son.
4. ↑ Statutory registers - Marriages; ScotlandsPeople, Ref # 644 / 7 / 305
5. ↑ Grace's Guide to British Industrial History

See also:

• Wikipedia:John Colville (Liberal politician)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #102194976 (Burial place unknown): accessed 20 September 2018), memorial page for John Colville (3 Jul 1852–22 Aug 1901) Maintained by David Martin (contributor 47817370)