William Laslett
William Laslett (1801 – 26 January 1884)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.
He was elected unopposed[2] as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester at a by-election in April 1852, and was re-elected at the subsequent general election and in 1857 and 1859.[3] He resigned from the House of Commons on 6 March 1860 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[4] He was again elected for the same constituency in 1868, but was defeated in the 1874 election.[3]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 6)
- ↑ Turberville, T.C. (1852). Worcestershire in the Nineteenth Century (1st ed.). London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 333.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 342. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Laslett
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Osman Ricardo and Francis Rufford |
Member of Parliament for Worcester 1852 - 1860 With: Osman Ricardo |
Succeeded by Osman Ricardo and Richard Padmore |
| Preceded by Richard Padmore and Alexander Clunes Sheriff |
Member of Parliament for Worcester 1868 - 1874 With: Alexander Clunes Sheriff |
Succeeded by Alexander Clunes Sheriff and Thomas Rowley Hill |