William Garnett (politician)

For other people named William Garnett, see William Garnett (disambiguation).

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 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 built Bleasdale Tower, and served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1843.[3] William James inherited the Bleasdale estate on the death of his father in 1863, and bequeathed it to his own son William, who was High Sheriff in 1979.[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]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
  2. ^ a b London Gazette: no. 21983. p. 1182. 31 March 1857. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Townships: Bleasdale". A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7. 1912. pp. 141–142. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53202. Retrieved 15 December 2010. 
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 21353. p. 2331. 27 August 1852. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 22258. p. 1815. 3 May 1859. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  6. ^ 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. 
  7. ^ a b Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850". House of Commons Library. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  8. ^ London Gazette: no. 22844. p. 2104. 15 April 1864. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

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Preceded by
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Samuel Gregson		 Member of Parliament for Lancaster
1857 – 1864
With: Samuel Gregson		 Succeeded by
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