Joseph Dobbie

He was educated at the Ayr Academy and the University of Edinburgh[1] He was a Liberal in favour of social reform.

[1] He attempted a return to parliament after a 12-year break, without success, when he contested Edinburgh Central at the 1918 general election.

He sat as Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs from 1904 to 1906, but lost the seat back to the Unionist at the January 1906 general election.

[2] Dobbie was knighted in the 1920 Birthday Honours for public and local services in Edinburgh.

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