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]
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Thomas Greene Samuel Gregson |
Member of Parliament for Lancaster 1857 – 1864 With: Samuel Gregson |
Succeeded by Edward Matthew Fenwick Samuel Gregson |