Thomas Stanley (Lancashire MP, born 1749)
Thomas Stanley (14 September 1749 – 25 December 1816)[1] was a British Whig[2] politician.
He was the son of the Revd Thomas Stanley and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was described as being of Cross Hill, Lancashire.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancashire from February 1780 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1812 general election,[1] having been elected unopposed at seven successive elections.[2]In his long parliamentary career he spoke often in favour of the Lancashire cotton industry.
He died unmarried aged 67.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 1812. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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