Peter Esslemont

Peter Esslemont (13 June 1834 – 8 August 1894)[1] was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.

He became head of Esslemont and Macintosh, warehousemen, of Aberdeen and a director of the Scottish Employers Liability Co.

He was President of the Chamber of Commerce, a J.P. for Aberdeenshire and author of Scheme for Improvement of Robert Gordon's Hospital.From 1880 until 1883, he was the Lord Provost of Aberdeen[2] In 1884, he was a guest at Haddo House for a dinner hosted by John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in honour of William Ewart Gladstone on his tour of Scotland.

He remained an MP there until he resigned in late 1892 to take up the post of Chairman of the Fisheries Board for Scotland.

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