Laurence Stove
Laurence Greig Stove (b. 8 October 1833, Lerwick, d. 12 April 1889, Macgregor's Rutland Hotel, Edinburgh) was an ironmonger, merchant and Lerwick Town Councillor between the years of 1871 and 1889.
Biography
Laurence Stove served as a carpenter's apprentice in Lerwick until 1851. He then moved to Glasgow and remained there until the outbreak of the Crimean War (1852), where he went out in a Turkish transport and remained in the Turkish service until the war was over, whereupon he returned back to Shetland.
He constructed a saw mill with his brother in Lerwick which contained the first steam machinery imported into the isles and he went into business as a wood merchant. He subsequently worked as an ironmonger and ship chandler in commercial Street, continuing to work until his death.
His brother Alfred was also a Lerwick Town Councillor.
Political Career
- Lerwick Town Council Election September 1871
- Lerwick Town Council Election September 1874
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1876
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1877
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1880
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1883
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1886
