William Sargeant Roden

William Sargeant Roden (24 November 1829 – 25 April 1882)[1] was an English iron master and Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.

Etruria Hall

Roden was the son of William Roden of Wolverhampton, and his wife Anne Brown, daughter of Richard Brown. He was educated at Bristol, and became an iron Master in North Staffordshire, and chairman of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Staffordshire and a J.P, for Monmouth. He was Honorary Colonel of the Shropshire Artillery Volunteers.[2] Roden was mayor of Hanley, Staffordshire from 1866 to 1868 and was living at Etruria Hall.[3]

At the 1868 general election Roden was elected unopposed[4] as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-upon-Trent.[5] He held the seat until the 1874 general election,[1] when he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Robert Heath.[4]

Roden died at the age of 52.[1]

Roden married Theodora Butcher, daughter of Samuel Butcher of Sheffield. She died in February 1867.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mair, Robert Henry (1870). Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870. London: Dean & Son. p. 234.
  3. ↑ Hanley: Buildings, manors and estates, A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8 (1963), pp. 142-154. Date accessed: 12 November 2010
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 291. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23443. p. 5996. 20 November 1868. Retrieved 156 December 2010.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Grenfell
George Melly		 Member of Parliament for Stoke-upon-Trent
1868 – 1874
With: George Melly		 Succeeded by
Robert Heath
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