William Garnett (politician)
William James Garnett (10 July 1818 – 15 September 1873)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician from Bleasdale in Lancashire.[2] He sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1864.
His father, William Garnett, a cotton merchant of Lark Hill, Salford, had acquired a lease of the manor or forest of Bleasdale from the Crown and converted wild lands into meadow and pasture.[3] He had built Bleasdale Tower and served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1843.[3]
William James bought Quernmore Park c.1842 and inherited the Bleasdale estate on the death of his father in 1863.[3] He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire in 1852,[4] and was elected at the 1857 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Lancaster.[2] He was re-elected in 1859,[5] and held the seat until his resignation[6] on 6 April 1864[7] by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[7][8]
He married Frances Ann, the daughter of the Revd Henry Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire. He lived at Waddow Hall and was a relation-by-marriage of David Syme through his wife Annabella née Johnson. [9]
He is buried in Brompton Cemetery towards the north-east.
He was succeeded by his son William, who was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1879.
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 21983. p. 1182. 31 March 1857. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Townships: Bleasdale". A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7. 1912. pp. 141–142. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21353. p. 2331. 27 August 1852. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22258. p. 1815. 3 May 1859. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 173. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- 1 2 Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22844. p. 2104. 15 April 1864. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ↑ Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Britain..., Volume 1. p. 431. Google Books
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Garnett
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