Peter Esslemont

Peter Esslemont

Peter Esslemont (13 June 1834 – 8 August 1894), was a Scottish politician.

The son of Peter Esslemont and Jane Clark, Peter Esslemont was born in Balnakettle, Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1857 he married Georgia Anna Birnie at Walkmill, New Deer and they had six children. Georgia died in 1871 and with a young family he married again in 1876 to American Mary Anna Sherwood and went on to have a further five children.

He was the Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1880 until 1883, and was first elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for East Aberdeenshire at the 1885 general election. He remained an MP there until he stood down in late 1892. He died in Aberdeen in 1894 and is buried at the Nellfield Cemetery.

Peter Esslemont is related to John Esslemont - Peter's Grandfather [ [http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=esselmont&id=I0430 Peter's Pedigree] ] is John's Great-Grandfather. [ [http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=esselmont&id=I0513 John's Pedigree] ]

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