Thomas Houldsworth

Thomas Houldsworth (13 September 1771 – 1 September 1852)[1] was a Tory, and then Conservative Party, politician in England. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 34 years, from 1818 to 1852.

Houldsworth MP for Pontefract from 1818 to 1830,[2] and then for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1830 until the borough was disenfranchised at 1832 general election.[1] He was then elected for the Northern division of Nottinghamshire, and held that seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the general election in July 1852.[3] He died two months later, aged 80.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 438. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.


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