Alexander Wylie (politician)

Alexander Wylie (1839 – 13 February 1921)[1] was a Scottish Tory politician and turkey red dyer and calico printer.

He studied at Glasgow University and worked in Glasgow and Bristol with Archibald Orr Ewing & Co, a turkey red dyeing firm.

[2] He worked for William Stirling & Sons and became resident partner of the firm until it merged with other print companies.

In 1904, in the House of Commons he stated that tea has injurious physical effects and he was concerned that poor people were spending a considerable portion of their income purchasing it.

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