David Barclay (MP)

David Barclay (1784 – 1 July 1861)[1] was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1826 and 1847.

At the 1826 general election Barclay was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Penryn in Cornwall.[2] He held the seat until the 1830 general election,[1] when he did not stand again in Penryn.[2]

At the 1832 general election Barclay unsuccessfully contested the newly enfranchised borough of Sunderland.[3] He was unsuccessful again at by-election in April 1833, but won a seat at the 1835 general election, and held it until his defeat in 1837.[3] He was re-elected as an MP for Sunderland at the 1841 general election and held the seat until his resignation in 1847[3][4] by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[5]

Barclay married Maria Dorothea Williamson, daughter of Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet. Their son Alexander Charles Barclay was later MP for Taunton.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. 1 2 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 46. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. 1 2 3 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 295. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 20811. p. 4789. 31 December 1847. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Stanton
Pascoe Grenfell
Member of Parliament for Penryn
1826 – 1830
With: William Manning
Succeeded by
Charles Lemon
James William Freshfield
Preceded by
Sir William Chaytor, Bt
William Thompson
Member of Parliament for Sunderland
1835 – 1837
With: William Thompson
Succeeded by
Andrew White
William Thompson
Preceded by
Andrew White
William Thompson
Member of Parliament for Sunderland
1841 – 1847
With: William Thompson to September 1841
Viscount Howick Sept 1841 – 1845
George Hudson from 1845
Succeeded by
Sir Hedworth Williamson
George Hudson


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