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Latest revision as of 07:50, 8 January 2025
Charles Brown Stout (b. 25 January 1846, Uyeasound, Unst, d. 22 March 1928, Medical Hall, Lerwick) was a chemist, the owner of Medical Hall at 92 Commercial Street, Lerwick Town Councillor and County Councillor.
He unsuccessfully contested the 1919 Lerwick Town Council election.
Biography
Charles was first educated in Baltasound under Rev. George Robertson. He left school aged 17 intending to pursue a career at sea. He arrived in Lerwick aged 19 and became apprenticed to Dr Loeterbach, a medical practitioner at the Medical Hall. Charles would go on to be connected to the Medical Hall for the next 63 years, where he was both a chemist and registered dentist. He retired from active practice in 1926, by his son Charles carried on the business.
He was a member of the Lerwick School Board and a director of the Lerwick Gaslight Company.
In 1866, the Diana, a whaling ship on expedition to Baffin Bay, became frozen in ice and lay trapped for 6 months. The ship's crew had a large Shetland contingent, and the conditions combined with the lack of provisions saw the more than one third of the Shetland crew lose their lives. When the ship was finally freed, it sailed to Lerwick where upon its arrival in Ronas Voe, Charles and Dr Loeterbach rode on horseback to provide medical assistance. Charles' daughter Elizabeth, who settled in America, recounted this story in a letter to the Lerwick Harbour Trust in 1941.
Political Career
Lerwick Town Council
Zetland County Council
- County Council Election December 1904
- County Council Election December 1907
- County Council Election December 1910
- County Council Election December 1913
- County Council Election December 1919
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| Zetland County Council | ||
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| Preceded by James Goudie 
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Member for Cunningsburgh 1904-1910 |
Succeeded by Francis Pottinger |
| Preceded by Arthur Laing 
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Member for Lerwick South 1910-1922 |
Succeeded by James Laing 
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| Cunningsburgh County Councillors | ||
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| 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 South County Councillors | ||
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| Councillors | Arthur Laurenson (1890-1890) • James Goudie (1891-1901) • Arthur Laing (1901-1910) • Charles Stout (1910-1922) • James Laing (1922-1929) | |
