Henry Trail
Henry Trail | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | |
| In office 27 October 1812 – 9 June 1813 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Hume |
| Succeeded by | Masterton Ure |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1775 |
| Died | 10 February 1835 |
Henry Trail (1755 - 10 February 1835) was the Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis between October 1812 and June 1813.
Parliamentary career[]
Trail's election was petitioned and overturned, with his election being declared void. Thomas Wallace, John Broadhurst and Trail was declared void after being found to have violated the , and a by-election was held; Trail being the only one of the three never to return to Parliament.[1][2]
Due to this, Trail made no speeches in the House of Commons during his time as an MP.[3]
General Sir John Murray's election was not disturbed despite being of the same election.[1]
Personal life[]
His brother, James Trail, was the MP for Orford.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b "Weymouth And Melcombe Regis Election - Friday 26 February 1813 - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ Pickering, Danby (1764). The Statutes at Large. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Mr Henry Trail - Historic Hansard". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "TRAIL, Henry (?1755-1835), of Lower Brook Street, Mdx. and Dairslie, Fife. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
Categories:
- 1755 births
- 1835 deaths
- UK MPs 1812–1818
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis