William Sidebottom (politician)
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Sidebottom in 1895
William Sidebottom (1841 – 3 January 1933) was an English Conservative politician who represented High Peak.
Sidebottom was born at Hollingworth, then in Cheshire, the son of William and Agnes Sidebottom, and came from a family that was associated with cotton mills.[1] He had a military background and attained the rank of Colonel.
Around 1870, William Sidebottom and his sister Lucy took over Harewood Lodge, one of the old family homes at Broadbottom and became leading figures in the village.[2] He was a Town Councillor, Justice of the Peace and Captain of the Local Volunteers.[1] He was elected Member of Parliament for High Peak in 1885, and held the seat until 1900. Sidebottom was deputy chairman of Cammell Laird.[3]
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External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Sidebottom
Categories:
- 1841 births
- 1933 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1885–1886
- UK MPs 1886–1892
- UK MPs 1892–1895
- UK MPs 1895–1900
- High Peak, Derbyshire
- Conservative MP for England, 1840s birth stubs