William Garnett (politician)

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.

For other people named William Garnett, see William Garnett (disambiguation).

The grave of William Garnett MP, Brompton Cemetery

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
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
  2. "No. 21983". The London Gazette. 31 March 1857. p. 1182.
  3. "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.
  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.
  7. 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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