William Brocklehurst (politician, born 1851)
Lieutenant-Colonel William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst (18 May 1851 – 27 June 1929)[1] was a businessman and Liberal Party politician from Macclesfield in Cheshire. He sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1918.
The son of William Coare Brocklehurst MP, he was educated at Cheltenham College and at Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He became a senior partner in the family's silk manufacturing business, Brocklehurst and Son,[2] lieutenant-colonel of the Cheshire Yeomanry, a member of Cheshire County Council,[3] and a justice of the peace for Cheshire.[3]
He was elected at the 1906 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Macclesfield division of Cheshire, defeating the sitting Unionist MP[4] to win the seat previously held by his father. He was re-elected in January 1910 and December 1910, and stood down from Parliament at the 1918 general election.[5]
References
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- ^ a b The Times House of Commons 1910 (2nd ed.). London: Methuen. 2010 [1910]. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-84275-034-6.
- ^ a b Hesilridge, Arthur G. M. (1916). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1916. London: Dean & Son. p. 22.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 235. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 306. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Brocklehurst