Henry Mouat

Henry Mouat.
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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).

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Bayanne genealogy page

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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

[Expand]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	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	Member for Cunningsburgh 1929-1938	Succeeded by Angus Gunn

[Expand]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)}

[Expand]Lerwick North County Councillors
_Councillors	_{John Anderson (1890-1901) • William Tulloch (1901-1919) • William Greig (1919-1920) • Henry Mouat (1920-1929)}

[Expand]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)}

Henry Mouat

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