Thomas Bayley Potter
Potter as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, June 1877
Thomas Bayley Potter DL, JP (29 November 1817 – 6 November 1898)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.
[edit] Biography
Born in Polefield, Lancashire, he was the second son of Sir Thomas Potter and his wife Esther Bayley, daughter of Thomas Bayley.[2] Potter was educated at Rugby School under Dr. Arnold and then at University College, London.[3] In 1863 he was the founder and president of the Union and Emancipation Society.[3] In 1865, Potter entered the British House of Commons and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale until 1895.[1] He was a Justice of the Peace for Manchester and Lancashire, and for the latter also Deputy Lieutenant.[3] In the House of Commons he was known as "Principles Potter".
He also established the Cobden Club and supported Italian Unity & was a personal friend of Garibald[4]i.
He married firstly Mary Ashton, daughter of Samuel Ashton at the Unitarian Chapel of Gee Cross on 5 February 1846.[5] She died in 1885 and Potter married secondly Helena Hicks, daughter of John Hicks at St Paul's Church, Lambeth, Surrey on 10 March 1887.[2] Potter had four sons and a daughter by his first wife.[2] He died, aged 80 in The Hurst, Sussex and was buried in Heyshott four days later.[2]
His fourth son, Richard Ellis Potter (1855-1947) started the "Texas Land and Mortgage Company in Dallas in about 1884. He married Harriott Isabel Kingscote in 1899.
His first wife, Mary, died of cancer on 6th November, 1885 at the Hôtel Beau-Séjour, Cannes, Alpes Maritimes, France and she was buried there.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Rochdale". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Rcommons1.htm. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
- ^ a b c d "ThePeerage - Thomas Bayley Potter". http://www.thepeerage.com/p19221.htm#i192203. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ a b c Debrett, John (1886). Robert Heny Mair. ed. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. pp. 122.
- ^ great-granddaughter, Beatrice Claire Potter
- ^ Aspland, Robert (1846). The Christian Reformer. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper. pp. 192.
- ^ great granddaughter, Beatrice Claire Potter.
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Potter
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