William Whitworth (politician)

William Whitworth (1814 - 28 December 1886^[1]) was a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom who represented the constituency of Newry from 1874 to 1880.

Whitworth was a prominent local businessman, being a partner in the cotton merchants Benjamin Whitworth and Brothers, who by 1876 employed 1000 people around Drogheda.^[1] He was sheriff of Drogeda in 1869 and mayor in 1876.^[1]

He died at his home in Drogheda, after suffering a stroke, on 28 December 1886.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Death of Mr William Whitworth". The Huddersfield Daily Chronicle. 30 December 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 2014-09-24 – via The British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Whitworth

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Preceded by Viscount Newry	Member of Parliament for Newry 1874 – 1880	Succeeded by Henry Thomson

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[obit-1] "Death of Mr William Whitworth". The Huddersfield Daily Chronicle. 30 December 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 2014-09-24 – via The British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

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