Lauchlan MacNeill Weir (1877–18 August 1939) was a Scottish Labour politician.

Lauchlan MacNeill Weir
Member of Parliament
for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
In office
14 November 1935 – 18 August 1939
Preceded byJames Wellwood Johnston
Succeeded byArthur Woodburn
In office
15 November 1922 – 7 October 1931
Preceded byRalph Glyn
Succeeded byJames Wellwood Johnston
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1929–1931
Serving with Robert Morrison
Prime MinisterRamsay McDonald
Preceded byCharles Rhys
Succeeded byFrank Markham, Ralph Glyn, John Worthington
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1924–1924
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded bySidney Herbert
Succeeded bySidney Herbert
Personal details
Born
Lauchlan MacNeill Weir

1877
Died18 August 1939(1939-08-18) (aged 51–52)
Political partyLabour
SpouseMargaret Gillison (m. 1913)
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationJournalist

He was the son of Robert Weir and was educated at the University of Glasgow. He worked as a journalist and first stood for parliament in Argyllshire in 1918, but was easily beaten by the Coalition Liberal.

He was elected MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire in the general election of 1922, lost his seat in the National Government landslide of 1931, but won it back in 1935, holding on to it until his death in 1939.

MacNeill Weir was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the first Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and wrote a controversial book entitled The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald: A Political Biography published in 1938.

He married Margaret Gillison in 1913. There were no children.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
19221931
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire
19351939
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
1924
Succeeded by
Preceded by Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
1929–1931
serving alongside Robert Morrison
Succeeded by