Background
Hutchinson was born in Renfrew, the son of Review John Hutchinson of Leith.
Hutchinson was born in Renfrew, the son of Review John Hutchinson of Leith.
He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, and was called to the Scottish bar in 1896.
He first stood for Parliament at the December 1910 general election in Argyll, a marginal seat where he lost by 257 votes (30%). He did not stand again until the 1922 general election, when he held the Midlothian and Peebles Northern seat after the sitting Unionist Member of Parliament had retired. He was knighted in the 1928 Birthday Honours, for political and public services, but because of declining health did not stand to run in the 1929 general election.
He died on 22 December 1928 in Edinburgh, aged 55.
32nd United Kingdom Parliament. 34th United Kingdom Parliament.