Henry Mouat

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File:Henry Mouat - Muckle Roe -26 - Shetland Museum and Archives LS00472.jpg
Opening of the road from Busta to the turntable above Muckle Roe Bridge in 1926.<br>Convenor of Zetland County Council, Henry Mouat, is cutting the tape.<br>Photo from Shetland Museum.
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Lerwick Bowls club in Gilbertson Park, 1930's. Back Row: T. Hendry, John Duthie (Dentist), Laurence A. Cogle, ?, Jimmy Macintosh, Mathewson (Tailor), Feint (Coastgaurd). 2nd Row: Robert Blance (former Provost), Henry Mouat (Tods LTD), George Inkster (Shop Keeper), John T. J. Sinclair, ?, George H. Duffin (Pearl Insurance) Front Row: ?, William Halcrow, ?, Jimmy Houston, Peter Laurenson (Shop Keeper), L Dalziel Sr (Painter), L.Robertson (Shop Keeper), Tommy Nicolson, ?

Henry Mouat (b. 29 November 1874, Tingwall, d. 20 March 1944, Lerwick) was the manager of a wholesalers and a County Councillor.

He unsuccessfully contested the Whiteness and Weisdale seat in the 1919 County Council election.

His great-great-great uncle James Mouat was a Lerwick Town Councillor. Henry was also a distant relative of Robert Stewart, the first Earl of Orkney (9th Great-grandson).

Political Career

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A party at the Medical Hall. Henry Mouat is fourth from right at the back. Other notable individuals present include Charles Stout (seated), James Mainland (second from left at the back).
Conveners
Preceded by
John W. Robertson
Convener of the
Zetland County Council

1924-1927
Succeeded by
James A. Smith
Conveners of the Zetland County Council
Councillors John Bruce (1890-1907) • John Anderson (1907-1910) • James Grierson (1911-1913) • Robert D. Ganson (1914-1917) • John W. Robertson (1918-1923) • Henry Mouat (1924-1927) • James A. Smith (1928-1929) • Magnus Shearer (1930-1935) • Thomas Johnston (1935-1936) • William McDougall (1936-1937) • Adam Halcrow (1937-1938) • Edward Adie (1938-1943) • Robert J. H. Ganson (1944-1947) • William Thomson (1947-1955) • Prophet Smith (1955-1960) • Tom Henderson (1960-1963) • William Hamilton (1963-1967) • Robert A. Johnson (1967-1970) • Edward Thomason (1970-1973) • George Blance (1973-1975)
Zetland County Council
Preceded by
John Sandison
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Member for
Yell North

1910-1919
Succeeded by
George Jamieson
Preceded by
William Greig
Member for
Lerwick North

1920-1929
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Preceded by
William Sinclair
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Member for
Cunningsburgh

1929-1938
Succeeded by
Angus Gunn
Cunningsburgh County Councillors
Councillors George Clark (1890-1896) • John Tulloch (1896-1901) • James Goudie (1901-1904) • Charles Stout (1904-1910) • Francis Pottinger (1910-1919) • Laurence Anderson (1919-1922) • Thomas Johnston (1922-1925) • Simson Wallace (1925-1927) • William Sinclair (1927-1929) • Henry Mouat (1929-1938) • Angus Gunn (1938-1940) • Laurence Laurenson (1940-1945) • St. Clair Pottinger (1945-1949) • Adam Halcrow (1949-1955) • Grace Halcrow (1955-1961) • Joan McLeod (1961-1975)
Lerwick North County Councillors
Councillors John Anderson (1890-1901) • William Tulloch (1901-1919) • William Greig (1919-1920) • Henry Mouat (1920-1929)
Yell North County Councillors
Councillors Zachary Hamilton (1890-1906) • Thomas Sandison (1906-1907) • John Sandison (1907-1910) • Henry Mouat (1910-1919) • George Jamieson (1919-1922) • Lachlan MacFadyen (1922-1925) • James Mainland (1925-1929) • George Jamieson (1929-1932) • Robert Smith (1932-1948) • John Ratter (1948-1952) • John Stewart (1952-1955) • Amanda Youngman (1955-1961) • Andrew Peterson (1961-1962) • Hugh Sutherland (1962-1967) • Hugh Williamson (1967-1973) • Alexander Cluness (1973-1974) • David Johnson (1974-1975)