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Jun 28, 1827 Died on 16 Jun 1903 (aged 75)
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About Stephen Williamson
- Stephen Williamson (28 June 1827 – 16 June 1903) was a founder of the Liverpool shipping company Balfour Williamson & Co.
- and a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was born in Cellardyke, Fife in 1827, the son of Archibald Williamson, a shipowner.
- In 1848 he went to Liverpool, and there founded, with Alexander Balfour, the firm of Balfour Williamson, trading with South America with offices in Valparaiso, Chile and San Francisco.
- He married Anne Guthrie, the daughter of Dr Thomas Guthrie. In 1880 he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrews, a seat he held until 1885, and then represented Kilmarnock Burghs between 1886 and 1895. Williamson had homes in Copley in Cheshire and Glenogil in Forfarshire.
- He died at Copley in June 1903 aged 65.
- His son Archibald Williamson was also a politician and was created Baron Forres in 1922.
