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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 17 February 1799

Died: 22 January 1860

Member of Privy Council

President of the Poor Law Board	1853	1856
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	1856

29 July 1847	Kingston upon Hull	Whig	2,168	72.17
1 January 1849 Resignation of Rt Hon Matthew Baines on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.
7 February 1849	Kingston upon Hull	Whig	Unopposed
9 July 1852	Leeds	Whig	2,311	67.22
30 December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Matthew Baines on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.
3 January 1853	Leeds	Whig	Unopposed
7 December 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Matthew Talbot Baines on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
6 February 1856	Leeds	Whig	Unopposed
28 March 1857	Leeds	Whig	2,329	52.07