Sunday 26 May 2013
159 Edward Cayley
Constituency : North Riding 1832-62
Edward was from a big landowning family. His parents were remarkable for both being deaf and dumb. He was educated at Rugby and Oxford. He was a noted cricketer.
Edward was an awkward, independent-minded MP who described himself as "not a Whig but a Reformer". However he opposed further extension of the franchise and was a Protectionist in the 1840s. As a farmer himself he often supported the interests of the smallholder to the annoyance of Northern Whigs.
He died in office in 1862 aged 59.
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