Ian Malcolm (politician)
| Sir Ian Malcolm | |
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Malcolm as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1898
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In office 1910–1918 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Hermon-Hodge |
| Succeeded by | seat abolished |
| Constituency | Croydon |
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In office 1918–1919 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Allan Smith |
| Constituency | Croydon South |
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| Born | 3 September 1868 |
| Died | 28 December 1944 (aged 76) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Langtry |
Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm, 17th Laird of Poltalloch, KCMG (3 September 1868 – 28 December 1944) was a Conservative Member of Parliament and Chieftain of the Clan Malcolm/MacCallum.
Malcolm was born in 1868, the son of Colonel Edward Donald Malcolm, 16th of Poltalloch (1837-1930). His father´s elder brother was Conservative politician John Wingfield Malcolm, Baron Malcolm of Poltalloch (1833-1902), who died childless and left the Malcolm estate to his brother Edward, from whom it came to Sir Ian on his father´s death in 1930.
He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford.
Malcolm served as a Justice of the Peace (Argyll, 1898) and as MP for Stowmarket 1895-1906, Croydon 1910-1918, then Croydon South 1918 until 1919. His Labour opponent in the 1918 General Election was H.T. Muggeridge, father of Malcolm Muggeridge.
Malcolm held many diplomatic and political appointments. He travelled extensively in British India in 1901-1902, visiting the North-West Frontier Province and Rajputana, and accompanying Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India on his tour through Burma in late 1901. He was a British Red Cross Officer during the First World War in France, Switzerland, Russia and the U.S.. In April–May 1917 he was a member of the Balfour Mission, intended to promote cooperation between the US and UK during World War I. He was private secretary to Balfour at the Peace Conference in 1919, when he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).
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