William Henry Stanton (MP)

William Henry Stanton (6 October 1790 – 24 March 1870)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

For other peole with this name, see William Stanton.

Parliamentary career

At the 1841 general election, Stanton was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the parliamentary borough of Stroud[2] in Gloucestershire. He was returned to the House of Commons again in 1847, but did not seek re-election at the 1852 general election.[2]

His son, Alfred John Stanton, was also MP for Stroud, from 1874 to 1880.[3]

References
  1. "Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 292. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. John Eacott, The Eacott Name History, p 106. 2019. ISBN 9780987822772. Retrieved 19 February 2020.


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