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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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Postmaster-General | 18 November 1873 | 17 February 1874 | |
Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker | 1880 | 1883 | |
Vice President of the Council of Education | 13 February 1886 | 20 July 1886 | |
Lord in Waiting | 1892 | 1895 |
Elections fought
5 December 1868 | Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | Liberal Party | 2,322 | 52.90 | |
18 November 1873 Resignation of Prof Lyon Playfair on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||||
4 December 1873 | Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
31 January 1874 | Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
16 April 1880 | Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | Liberal Party | 2,522 | 50.74 | |
25 November 1885 | Leeds South | Liberal Party | 5,208 | 64.48 | |
5 February 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair as the Vice-President of the Commission of Council on Education. | |||||
12 February 1886 | Leeds South | Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
2 July 1886 | Leeds South | Liberal Party | 4,665 | 61.47 | |
7 July 1892 | Leeds South | Liberal Party | 4,829 | 59.45 | |
5 September 1892 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair to the Peerage - Baron Playfair. |