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
- County Council Election December 1910
- County Council Election December 1913
- Lerwick North County Council By-Election March 1920
- County Council Election December 1922
- County Council Election December 1925
- County Council Election December 1928
- County Council Election December 1929
- County Council Election December 1932
- County Council Election December 1935
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File:Cstout.jpg
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 
|
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 |
| 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) | |
