Adam Rolland Rainy

Adam Rolland Rainy (3 April 1862 – 26 August 1911)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland who sat in the House of Commons for Kilmarnock Burghs.

He is buried in the Rainy family plot in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh against the southern retaining wall.

[3] His son, also Adam Rolland Rainy (1889–1926), won the Military Cross in the Royal Artillery in the First World War, but died in Natal.

Against the background of the Second Boer War, the Liberal Party made few gains and Rainy was unable to win the seat.

The popularity of the Liberals fell from its height of 1906, but despite this, Rainy actually managed to increase his majority; Within 11 months another general election took place, producing an almost identical result both nationally and in Kilmarnock.