Frederick Spinks

Frederick Lowten Spinks (27 December 1816 – 27 December 1899),[1] known as Serjeant Spinks, was a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician.

Frederick Spinks
Member of Parliament
for Oldham
In office
6 February 1874  2 April 1880
Preceded byJohn Morgan Cobbett
J. T. Hibbert
Succeeded byJ. T. Hibbert
Edward Stanley
Personal details
Born27 December 1816
Died27 December 1899(1899-12-27) (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

He was the last serjeant-at-law at the English bar (the last English serjeant, was Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, who was a judge). Patrick Polden described him as "rather undistinguished".

Spinks first stood for election in Oldham at the 1865 general election, but was unsuccessful, and this fate was repeated in 1868. He finally secured the seat in 1874, but was defeated again in 1880.[2]

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