Charles Mackinnon Douglas

Charles Mackinnon Douglas CB DL MP (2 October 1865 – 3 February 1924) was a Scottish philosopher, agriculturist and Member of Parliament who represented North West Lanarkshire from 1899 to 1906.

He graduated the University of Edinburgh with first-class honours in philosophy in 1892 and later earned a doctorate from the same institution.

[1] He won a seat in Parliament at a by-election in 1899,[7] was re-elected in 1900, but lost in 1906.

Unhappy with the Liberal government, he stood unsuccessfully as a Unionist in South Lanarkshire in December 1910.

[1] During the First World War, he was Chairman of the Lanarkshire Territorial Force Association.