William Downe Gillon

William Downe Gillon (31 August 1801 – 7 October 1846)[1] was a Scottish Whig politician.

The son of Andrew Gillon of Wallhouse (Linlithgowhire (now West Lothian)), Lieut-Col. in the Scots Fusilier Guards and Mary Anne Downe, daughter of William Downe of Downe Hall, Dorset,[2] he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[3]

He was elected at the 1831 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lanark Burghs.[1] That constituency was abolished by the Scottish Reform Act 1832, and at the 1832 general election he was returned for the new Falkirk Burghs. He was returned unopposed in 1835 and 1837, but defeated at the 1841 general election by the Conservative Party candidate William Baird.[4]

Freemasonry

Gillon was Initiated into Scottish Freemasonry in the Lodge of Holyrood House (St Luke's), No.44, on 29 November 1828. He was Master of the Lodge from 1843 until his death in 1846. He was the first Provincial Grand Master of Linlithgowshire, the name remains unchanged for Masonic purposes, and served 1832 until his death. His son, Andrew (1823-1888), was also a Scottish Freemason and Affiliated to his late father's Lodge in 1849.[2]

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
Lindsay, Robert Strathern (1935). A History of the Masonic Lodge of Holyrood House (St. Lukes), No. 44 Holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, with Roll of Members, 1734-1934. Vol. II. T. and A. Constable at the University Press. p. 656.
Fisher, David R. (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "GILLON, William Downe (1801-1846), of Wallhouse, Linlithgow and Hurstmonceaux, Suss". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 544. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Gillon

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Monteith	Member of Parliament for Lanark Burghs 1831 – 1832	constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Falkirk Burghs 1832 – 1841	Succeeded by William Baird

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[rayment-l1-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)

[Lindsay1935-2] Lindsay, Robert Strathern (1935). A History of the Masonic Lodge of Holyrood House (St. Lukes), No. 44 Holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, with Roll of Members, 1734-1934. Vol. II. T. and A. Constable at the University Press. p. 656.

[histparl-william-gillon-81846-3] Fisher, David R. (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "GILLON, William Downe (1801-1846), of Wallhouse, Linlithgow and Hurstmonceaux, Suss". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

[craig1832-1885-4] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 544. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.