Samuel Danks Waddy

Samuel Danks Waddy (27 June 1830 – 30 December 1902) was an English politician.

He was born in Gateshead, the son of Samuel Dousland Waddy, a Methodist minister. The family soon moved to Sheffield and his father was instrumental in the founding of Wesley College in 1838 (and was Governor of the school from 1844 to 1862). Samuel Danks Waddy attended Wesley College himself and was the first pupil to be registered in 1838.

He was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnstaple, Devon on 3 February 1874 but resigned this seat in December 1879 to stand in a by-election in the Sheffield constituency, taking the seat on 21 December 1879. However he held the Sheffield seat for less than four months, being voted out by just 40 votes on 3 April 1880.

He was elected as MP for Edinburgh in 1882, and when that seat was abolished, he contested, but lost, the new Hallam seat at the 1885 general election.

On 7 July 1886, at the 1886 general election, he was elected as M.P. for the Brigg constituency in Lincolnshire. He held the seat until 1894 when he was appointed Recorder of Sheffield.

In 1896 he was appointed as Judge of the Cheshire County Court but only held the position for two weeks, transferring to be Judge of the Sheffield County Court on 24 April 1896. He died in Islington, London aged 72.

References

Stainton, J.H. (1924). The Storm of Politics. In The Making of Sheffield, 1865-1914, chapter 4. Sheffield: E. Weston & Sons. (This book is out of print but an OCR'd version is available online.)
Gummer, G. (1927). Reminiscences of Rotherham: A Retrospect of over 60 years, pp. 106–108. Rotherham: H Garnett and Company Limited. (This book is out of print but a transcription is available online.)
"House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B"." Leigh Rayments Peerage Page. Accessed on 20 June 2005. (See also [1] and [2] on the same website.)
Cornwell, John (2005). King Ted's. King Edward VII School, Sheffield. ISBN 0-9526484-1-5.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Samuel Danks Waddy
Foster, Joseph (1885). "Waddy, Samuel Danks". Men-at-the-Bar (second ed.). London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 484.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Henry Williams Thomas Cave	Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1874 – 1879 With: Thomas Cave	Succeeded by Viscount Lymington Thomas Cave
Preceded by John Arthur Roebuck Anthony John Mundella	Member of Parliament for Sheffield 1879 – 1880 With: Anthony John Mundella	Succeeded by Charles Stuart-Wortley Anthony John Mundella
Preceded by James Cowan Thomas Buchanan	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh 1882–1885 With: Thomas Buchanan	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Henry Meysey-Thompson	Member of Parliament for Brigg 1886–1894	Succeeded by John Maunsell Richardson

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Name	Waddy, Samuel Danks
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	27 June 1830
Place of birth
Date of death	30 December 1902
Place of death