William McDougall

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William Laidlaw McDougall.
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William Laidlaw McDougall (b. 1878, St Mungo, Dumfriesshire, d. 24 February 1937, Peebles) was a native of Dumfriesshire who moved to Dunrossness in 1907 to become factor to John Bruce of the Bruce of Sumburgh family.

He first was elected to the Lerwick Town Council in 1910, later failing to get on to the Zetland County Council for Nesting. In 1913, he was elected to represent Northmavine North. After this he represented Dunrossness South from 1919 until 1922, then again from 1929 until his death in 1937.

He unsuccessfully contested the Nesting seat in the 1910 County Council election.

Biography

After completing his education, William entered the legal profession in Dumfriesshire with a firm that had links to the Jardine estate. Later, he had further legal training in Edinburgh and it was while there that he was appointed by Robert Bruce to be the factory of the Sumburgh estate in 1907. Robert had inherited Sumburgh after the death of John Bruce in 1907, but he did not want to live in Shetland, and so he formed the Sumburgh Company Ltd company and hired William to run the company after Robert Isbister died.

In 1910, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace.

A contribution to the Shetland Times explains more about William's background.

Political Career

Lerwick Town Council

Zetland County Council

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Conveners
Preceded by
Thomas Johnston 		Convener of the
Zetland County Council
1936-1937 		Succeeded by
Adam Halcrow
[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
Thomas Anderson 		Member for
Northmavine North
1913-1919 		Succeeded by
Andrew Garriock
A B Garriock headshot.png
Preceded by
John Irvine 		Member for
Dunrossness South
1919-1922 		Succeeded by
William Leslie
Preceded by
William Leslie 		Member for
Dunrossness South
1929-1937 		Succeeded by
George Leslie
[Expand]Dunrossness South County Councillors
Councillors John Bruce (1890-1907) • William Fotheringham (1907-1919) • John Irvine (1919-1919) • William McDougall (1919-1922) • William Leslie (1922-1929) • William McDougall (1929-1937) • George Leslie (1937-1945) • James Bairnson (1945-1955) • Magnus R. Flaws (1952-1955) • James Gordon (1955-1964) • Raymond Bentley (1964-1975)
[Expand]Northmavine North County Councillors
Councillors Alexander Hay (1890-1892) • George Sinclair (1892-1897) • Andrew Robertson (1897-1903) • Robert Haldane (1903-1907) • Thomas Anderson (1907-1913) • William McDougall (1913-1919) • Andrew Garriock (1919-1925) • John Tulloch (1925-1935) • James Johnson (1935-1949) • David Walker (1949-1951) • Joseph Peterson (1951-1955) • Hamish Brydone (1955-1964) • Andrew Cromarty (1964-1973) • Robert Balfour (1973-1975)
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