Background
He was the son of Alexander Cowan, papermaker and philanthropist.
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James Cowan
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He was one of eleven children including Charles Cowan Member of Parliament, and Sir John Cowan Baronet. He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1872 to 1874.
Membership
21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected at the 1874 general election as a Member of Parliament for Edinburgh, and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in 1882 by the procedural device of taking the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham.
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November 24, 1895 (aged 79) -
Nationality
United Kingdom -
Political Party
Liberal party