Samuel Laing | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Pieter_Van_Havermaet_-_Portrait_of_Samuel_Laing,_Chairman,_London_Brighton_%26_South_Coast_Railway.jpg) Portrait of Samuel Laing by Pieter Van Havermaet, 1872 | |
| Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland | |
| In office 1873–1885 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Dundas |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Lyell |
| Member of Parliament for Wick Burghs | |
| In office 1865–1868 | |
| Preceded by | Viscount Bury |
| Succeeded by | George Loch |
| In office 1859–1860 | |
| Preceded by | Lord John Hay |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Bury |
| In office 1852–1857 | |
| Preceded by | James Loch |
| Succeeded by | Lord John Hay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1812[1] Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 6 August 1897 (aged 84) Sydenham, England |
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| Relatives | Malcolm Laing (uncle) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Railway administrator, politician, writer |
| Awards | Smith's Prize (1832) |
Samuel Laing (12 December 1812 – 6 August 1897) was a British railway administrator, politician, and writer on science and religion during the Victorian era.
- ^ "Laing, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15892. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)