William Garnett (politician)

The grave of William Garnett MP, Brompton Cemetery

William James Garnett (10 July 1818 – 15 September 1873)^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician from Bleasdale in Lancashire.^[2] He sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1864.

Life[]

His father, William Garnett, a cotton merchant of Lark Hill, Salford, had acquired a lease of the manor or forest of Bleasdale from the Crown and converted wild lands into meadow and pasture.^[3] He had built Bleasdale Tower and served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1843.^[3]

William James bought Quernmore Park c.1842 and inherited the Bleasdale estate on the death of his father in 1863.^[3] He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire in 1852,^[4] and was elected at the 1857 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Lancaster.^[2] He was re-elected in 1859,^[5] and held the seat until his resignation^[6] on 6 April 1864^[7] by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.^[7]^[8]

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery towards the north-east.

Family[]

Garnett married Frances Ann, the daughter of the Revd Henry Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire. He lived at Waddow Hall and was a relation-by-marriage of David Syme through his wife Annabella née Johnson.^[9] He was succeeded by his son William, who was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1879.

References[]

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "No. 21983". The London Gazette. 31 March 1857. p. 1182.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Townships: Bleasdale". A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7. 1912. pp. 141–142. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
^ "No. 21353". The London Gazette. 27 August 1852. p. 2331.
^ "No. 22258". The London Gazette. 3 May 1859. p. 1815.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 173. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
^ "No. 22844". The London Gazette. 15 April 1864. p. 2104.
^ Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Britain..., Volume 1. p. 431. Google Books

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Garnett

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

[gazette-1857-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "No. 21983". The London Gazette. 31 March 1857. p. 1182.

[bleasdale-history-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Townships: Bleasdale". A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7. 1912. pp. 141–142. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

[4] "No. 21353". The London Gazette. 27 August 1852. p. 2331.

[5] "No. 22258". The London Gazette. 3 May 1859. p. 1815.

[craig1832-1885-6] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 173. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

[hoc-resignations-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 August 2010.

[8] "No. 22844". The London Gazette. 15 April 1864. p. 2104.

[9] Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Britain..., Volume 1. p. 431. Google Books

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