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Line 1: {{Short description\|British politician (1874–1928)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2013}}▼ {{Use British English\|date=September 2013}} ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~September~~January ~~2013~~2024}} [[File:Alexander_MacCallum_Scott.jpg\|thumb\|right\|]] '''Alexander MacCallum Scott''' (~~1874-1928~~1874–1928) was Liberal MP for [[Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)\|Glasgow Bridgeton]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Scott, Alexander MacCallum (1874–1928), politician and author\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/72181\|accessdate=16 September 2013}}</ref> ~~He won the seat in December 1910, held it as a supporter of [[Lloyd George]]'s coalition in 1918, but lost it in 1922. Two years later he joined the Labour Party.~~ He was ~~earlier~~ president of [[Glasgow University Union]],<ref>{{cite web\|title=Scott, Alexander MacCallum (1874–1928), politician and author\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/72181\|accessdate=16 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=MacCallum Scott Papers\|url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/specialcollections/collectionsa-z/maccallumscottpapers/\|accessdate=16 September 2013}}</ref> ~~and~~worked ~~the~~briefly ~~first~~served ~~biographer~~as ofprivate secretary to [[Winston Churchill]],<ref>''The Downfall of the Liberal Party'' by Trevor Wilson</ref> and was the first biographer of Churchill (works published 1905 &and 1916). He won Glasgow Bridgeton in December 1910, and held it as a supporter of [[Lloyd George]]'s coalition in 1918, but lost it in 1922. During the 1924 General Election, he sent a message of support to all Scottish Labour candidates not opposed by Liberals. He criticised the Liberal Leader, [[H.H. Asquith]], for entering into "a compact with the Tories to facilitate a Tory Majority".<ref>Glasgow Herald 24-10-1924</ref> He resigned from the Liberal Party in late 1924. He joined the [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour Party]] in 1927,<ref>The Downfall of the Liberal Party by Trevor Wilson</ref> which adopted him as a [[Prospective Parliamentary Candidate]].<ref>{{cite journal \|title=Obituary: A. MacCallum Scott \|journal=Annual Report of the Independent Labour Party \|date=1929 \|page=27}}</ref> He died in the crash of an aeroplane flying between [[Victoria, British Columbia]], and [[Seattle]]. Line 12 ⟶ 15: ==Works== * ''Winston Spencer Churchill'' (Newnes, 1905) * ''The Truth About Tibet'' (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1905) * ''National Education. The Secular Solution, the Only Way'' (Morning Leader, 1906) * ''Through Finland to St. Petersburg'' (Grant Richards, 1908) * ''Equal Pay for Equal Work. A Woman Suffrage Fallacy'' (National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage, 1912) * ''The Physical Force Argument against Woman Suffrage'' (National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage, 1912) * ''Winston Churchill in Peace and War'' (Newnes, 1916) * ''Bits of Chelsea'' (Macrea Gallery, 1921) illus. by [[Thomas Austen Brown]] * ''Barbary: The Romance of the Nearest East'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1921) * ''Clydesdale'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1924) * ''Beyond the Baltic'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1925) * ''Suomi: The Land of the Finns'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1926) * ''From Liberalism to Labour'' (Deveron Press, 1927) ==References== Line 31 ⟶ 34: == External links == * {{Hansard-contribs \| mr-alexander-scott \| Alexander MacCallum Scott }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040506220009/http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/maccallum.html ~~article~~MacCallum Scott Papers] {{s-start}} Line 38 ⟶ 41: {{s-ttl \| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)\|Glasgow Bridgeton]] \| years = [[December 1910 United Kingdom general election~~, December 1910~~\|December 1910]]––[[1922 United Kingdom general election~~, 1922~~\|1922]] }} {{s-aft \| after = [[James Maxton]] }} Line 49 ⟶ 52: [[Category:1874 births]] [[Category:1928 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the Fabian Society ~~Executive Committee~~]] [[Category:Members of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough Council]] [[Category:Scottish Liberal Party MPs]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1910–18~~1910–1918]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1918–22~~1918–1922]] [[Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates]] [[Category:National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians]]