UK Elections Info

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Born: 11 July 1818, Bradpole, Dorset

Died: 5 April 1886

Member of Privy Council - 1868

husband of Jane Martha Arnold

Friends' School, Tottenham

Woollen Manufacturer

30 April 1880

2 May 1882

30 April 1859	Leeds	Liberal Party	2,280	65.85
11 February 1861	Bradford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
11 July 1865	Bradford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
18 November 1868	Bradford	Liberal Party	9,646	69.49
December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon William Forster on appointment as Vice-President of the Council.
21 December 1868	Bradford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
4 February 1874	Bradford	Liberal Party	11,945	61.76
1 April 1880	Bradford	Liberal Party	14,245	61.23
30 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Forster on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.
7 May 1880	Bradford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
28 November 1885	Bradford Central	Liberal Party	5,275	58.57
8 April 1886 Death of Rt Hon William Forster.