John Brewis
Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
In office
1981–1989
Preceded byJohn Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair
Succeeded byEdward Stuart Orr-Ewing
Member of Parliament for Galloway
In office
8 October 1959 – 20 September 1974
Preceded byJohn Mackie
Succeeded byGeorge Thompson
Personal details
Born
Henry John Brewis

(1920-04-08)8 April 1920
Died25 May 1989(1989-05-25) (aged 69)
Political partyUnionist
Conservative
Spouse
Faith McTaggart-Stewart
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(m. 1949)​

Henry John Brewis (8 April 1920 – 25 May 1989) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and barrister.

Early life

Brewis was born on 8 April 1920. He was the only son and youngest child of Dorothy Katharine (née Walker) Brewis and Francis Bertie Brewis, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Frances Caroline (née Williams-Wynn) Brewis and Samuel Richard Brewis of Ibstone House, Tetsworth, and was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. His maternal grandparents were Edwyn Walker and Elizabeth (née Bethell) Walker.[1]

Career

He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Galloway at a by-election in April 1959, after the death of the Unionist MP John Mackie. He was re-elected at the general election in October 1959, and held the seat until he stood down at the October 1974 general election. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1975.

He was Deputy Lieutenant of Wigtown from 24 January 1966[2] and Lord Lieutenant from 18 September 1981 [3]

Personal life

On 20 April 1949, he married Faith Agnes Devorguilla McTaggart-Stewart (1926–1998), a daughter of Sir Edward McTaggart-Stewart, 2nd Baronet of Southwick and Blairderry and a granddaughter of Gilbert Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington. Together, they were the parents of:[1]

  • Francis Roger MacTaggart Brewis (1950–2014)[1]
  • Ralph Michael Rodney Brewis (b. 1951)[1]
  • Sylvia Katharine Moira Brewis (b. 1952)[1]
  • Christopher Mark John Brewis (b. 1956)[1]

Brewis died on 25 May 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Morris, Susan (20 April 2020). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019. eBook Partnership. p. 3441. ISBN 978-1-9997670-5-1. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ↑ London Gazette, 8 Feb 1966, page 1413.
  3. ↑ Gazette, 9 Oct 1981, page 1361.


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