UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 3 July 1805

Died: 22 August 1881

Member of Privy Council - 1846

husband of Jane Lawley

Christ Church, Oxford

Inner Temple (1831 -)

Judge Advocate-General	31 January 1846	30 December 1847
Solicitor General	November 1856	May 1857

14 December 1832	Halifax	Tory	174	35.37
8 January 1835	Halifax	Conservative Party	308	51.25
27 July 1837	Halifax	Conservative Party	308	38.84
1 December 1842	Bute	Conservative Party	Unopposed
31 January 1846 Resignation of Hon James Stuart-Wortley on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General.
7 February 1846	Bute	Conservative Party	Unopposed
9 August 1847	Bute	Conservative Party	Unopposed
14 July 1852	Bute	Peelite	Unopposed
1857 Resignation of Rt Hon James Stuart-Wortley on appointment as Solicitor-General.
12 February 1857	Bute	Peelite	Unopposed
30 March 1857	Bute	Peelite	Unopposed
7 May 1859	West Riding, Yorkshire	Conservative Party	13,636	46.50