Background
Speirs was the son of Alexander Speirs of Elderslie House, and his wife Eliza Stewart Hagart, daughter of Thomas C. Hagart of Bantaskine.
Speirs was the son of Alexander Speirs of Elderslie House, and his wife Eliza Stewart Hagart, daughter of Thomas C. Hagart of Bantaskine.
His father was Lord-Lieutenant of the county and Member of Parliament for Richmond. He held the seat until his death aged 28 in 1868. Speirs married Anne Pleydell-Bouverie, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, on 3 September 1867.
They lived at Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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At the 1865 general election Speirs was elected Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire.