John Frederick Cheetham

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Rt. Hon. John Frederick Cheetham was born in Stalybridge, Cheshire in 1835, the eldest son of John Cheetham, a prosperous cotton manufacturer. The family business had been started by George Cheetham (1757-1826) at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and was based on mills in Castle Street, Stalybridge, and Bankwood Mills, Stalybridge.

Sometime in the 1870s he took over control of the family business, which at that time employed 1400 in the two mills. He contested several elections before being returned as MP for North Derbyshire in 1880, a seat he held for five years.

He returned to Parliament in 1905 when he was returned as Liberal MP for Stalybridge at a by-election. He was then 70 years old but he did not retire until 1910. In 1911 he was appointed a Privy Councillor. He died in 1916.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Matthew Ridley	Member of Parliament for Stalybridge 1905 – 1910	Succeeded by Sir John Wood