SIR
A. M. TORRANCE
THE late Member for the Central Division of Glasgow was a
native of Old Cumnock, and was born in 1845. He was educated at Cumnock parish
school, and when sixteen was apprenticed to Messrs. Peter Kelso & Co., muslin
manufacturers, Glasgow. Thence he went to London to the employment of Messrs.
Smith, Anderson & Co., and in 1875 became a partner in that firm, which changed
its name to Miller, Son, & Torrance, and is now a limited company. Mr. Torrance
had been deputy-chairman, vice-chairman and chairman of London County Council,
and twice Mayor of Islington, and he had contested East Islington unsuccessfully
in 1900 before he entered Parliament in 1906 as Liberal member for one of the
Glasgow constituencies. In the same year he received the honour of knighthood.
He died on 14th February, 1909.
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