Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop

Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop
Alexander Murray Dunlop from Disruption Worthies[1]
Personal details
Born
Alexander Dunlop

27 December 1798
Died1 September 1870
MP for Greenock
In office
1852–1868
legal advisor to the Free Church of Scotland
In office
1843–1870[2]
Mr Dunlop and David Welsh by Hill & Adamson
Mr Dunlop by Hill & Adamson
Mr Dunlop by Schenck
"Unknown man" from Glasgow University Collection
Seated Rev. Robert Elder, Rev. Dr Patrick Clason, Alexander Earle Monteith, Robert Cunningham Graham Speirs, Rev. Dr George Muirhead, Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers, Rev. Dr John Bruce, Rev. Dr James Begg, Rev. Dr Robert Gordon, Rev. Dr Henry Grey; standing, Alexander Dunlop, Rev. Alexander Watson Brown, Patrick Graham, - Murray, two unknown men, Alexander (or William) Fraser, Rev. Dr William Tweedie, Rev. - Foggo, Charles Chalmers, Rev. James Fairbairn

Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop (27 December 1798 – 1 September 1870) was a Scottish church advocate and Liberal Party politician.[3] He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenock from 1852 to 1868. He was a very influential figure in the Disruption of 1843 which led to the formation of the Free Church of Scotland. For that denomination he drafted the Church-State papers: the Claim of Right and the Protest. He became known by the nickname the Member for Scotland.

  1. ^ Wylie 1881.
  2. ^ Mair 1868.
  3. ^ Blaikie 1888, p. 204.