Joshua Milne Cheetham

This article is about the Member of Parliament for Oldham. For the British diplomat, see Milne Cheetham.

Joshua Milne Cheetham, JP, MP (1835 – 27 November 1902)[1][2] was a British Member of Parliament. He took part in the July 1892 general election, and was elected to the House of Commons for the Oldham constituency. Prior to his election, he was Chairman of the Oldham Joint Stock Bank and a justice of the peace for Lancashire. He was a Liberal, and favoured Home Rule for Ireland and the Gladstonian programme in general. He sat in the House of Commons until his retirement in 1895.[3]

He died of pneumonia at his home in Eyeford, Gloucestershire, on 27 November 1902.[2]

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References

  1. Rayment, Leigh. "The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning With "O"". Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  2. 1 2 "Obituary". The Times (London, England). 28 November 1902. p. 11.
  3. Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1978). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament (snippet view). Vol. 2 (1886–1918). Hassocks: Harvester Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-85527-315-6. OCLC 186388255. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Mackenzie Maclean
Elliott Lees
Member of Parliament for Oldham
18921895
With: John Tomlinson Hibbert
Succeeded by
Robert Ascroft
James Francis Oswald
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