William Lockhart

William Lockhart (1787 – 25 November 1856) was a British Conservative politician. William Lockhart was born in 1787 the eldest son of Rev. Dr John Lockhart of the parish of Blackfriars Glasgow and his first wife Elizabeth Dinwoodie. Lockhart was elected Conservative MP for Lanarkshire at the 1841 general election and held the seat until his death in 1856. It was recognized the although he was no great orator the ‘House of Commons did not possess a better man of business, nor one who studied more attentively the interests of his constituents'. Alongside his role as MP, Lockhart was Dean of Faculties at Glasgow University from 1851 to 1853.