UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 24 March 1828, Bury, Lancashire

Died: 24 May 1882

Knighted - 12 December 1874

Member of Privy Council - 6 February 1882

husband of Mary Lucia Richardson

Bury Grammar School

Gray's Inn, London

Lawyer

Solicitor General	1874	1875
Attorney General	25 November 1875	21 April 1880

16 September 1872	Preston	Conservative Party	4,542	54.29
3 February 1874	Preston	Conservative Party	5,211	54.18
1874 Resignation of John Holker on appointment as Solicitor-General.
24 April 1874	Preston	Conservative Party	Unopposed
31 March 1880	Preston	Conservative Party	5,641	48.65
1882 Resignation of Sir John Holker on appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal.