Adam Keir Rodger

Adam Keir Rodger (1855–1946) was Coalition Liberal MP for Rutherglen from 1918 to 1922.^[1] At the age of 27 he started the Scottish Temperance Assurance Society Limited (later known as Scottish Mutual Assurance). The business was launched due to Rodger's faith in temperance. The company nearly went bankrupt when its first policy holder died requiring a payment of £1000. The company later sold a policy to David Lloyd George and is now credited to launching the assurance business in Scotland.^[2]

One of his sons, Lawton, died in the Spanish influenza pandemic in the aftermath of the First World War;^[3][4] the other sons William and Jack also served in the conflict and survived, with William later being awarded the Officer of the British Empire for his services to the legal profession.^[5]

References

1. "entry". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
2. A History of life as we know it, The Scotsman, 21 February 2002. Retrieved July 2010
3. Lieutenant Lawton Keir Rodger, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
4. Lawton Keir Rodger, Lesley Gaffey's Family Tree
5. Roll of Honour | 2nd Lieutenant William Keir Rodger Alumnus, University of Glasgow

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Adam Keir Rodger

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Rutherglen 1918 – 1922	Succeeded by William Wright