Thursday 6 June 2013

170 William Thornhill


Constituency : Derbyshire  North  1853-65

William  came from  a  long  line  of  Derbyshire  landowners. He  was  a  local  philanthropist  who  built  a  parish  church, reading  rooms  and  a  viewing  platform  for  the  village  of  Stanton-in-the-Peak.

William  first  entered  Parliament  at  a  by-election  in  1853. He  was  a  strong  champion  of  parliamentary  reform  and  built  the  Earl  Grey  Tower  to  commemorate  the  Act  of  1832. He stood  down  in  1865.

He  died  in  1876  aged  68.

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