UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 25 September 1843, Deptford, Kent

Died: 23 February 1929

1st Baron Southwark - 13 July 1910

Member of Privy Council - 1905

son of Sir Joseph Causton

son of Mary Anne Porter

husband of Selina Mary Chambers

Stationer

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	22 August 1892	6 July 1895
Paymaster General	12 December 1905	23 February 1910

3 February 1874	Colchester	Liberal Party	1,218	44.94
31 March 1880	Colchester	Liberal Party	1,738	52.94
24 November 1885	Colchester	Liberal Party	1,878	47.88
1 July 1886	Colchester	Liberal Party	1,701	46.01
17 February 1888	Southwark West	Liberal Party	3,638	59.82
6 July 1892	Southwark West	Liberal Party	3,534	60.63
22 August 1892 Resignation of Richard Causton on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
23 August 1892	Southwark West	Liberal Party	Unopposed
17 July 1895	Southwark West	Liberal Party	2,989	51.02
4 October 1900	Southwark West	Liberal Party	2,893	51.15
17 January 1906	Southwark West	Liberal Party	3,057	54.12
18 January 1910	Southwark West	Liberal Party	3,223	48.76