Ralph Grey (MP)

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Ralph William Grey (1819, Earsdon, Northumberland – 1 October 1869, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey)[1] was a British Whig politician.

At the 1847 general election he was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tynemouth and North Shields, but in 1852 he narrowly lost the seat to his Conservative opponent, (by 340 votes to 328).[2] He returned to Parliament two years later when he was elected for Liskeard at a by-election in March 1854, and was re-elected at the general elections in 1857 and 1859.[3] He resigned from the House of Commons on 6 August 1859 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[4]

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References

  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L", part 3". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2 December 2009. 
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 314. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 189. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  4. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Mitcalfe
Member of Parliament for Tynemouth & North Shields
18471852
Succeeded by
Hugh Taylor
Preceded by
Richard Budden Crowder
Member of Parliament for Liskeard
1854 – 1859
Succeeded by
Ralph Bernal Osborne


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