Tuesday, 17 September 2013
264 Frederick North
Constituency : Hastings 1831-7, 1854-65, 1868-9
Frederick was a distant relative of the former Prime Minister Lord North and a wealthy landowner. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. He was a former mayor of Hastings. He had the strong support of the local paper whose editor considered him one of the few honest politicians. He and his family travelled widely.
Frederick did not speak in the Commons during any of his three stints.
After Frederick's defeat in 1865 he took the opportunity to take a long tour of Egypt. The 1868 campaign was very ill-tempered and although Frederick fought off a legal challenge to undo his victory the struggle had taken a toll on his health.
He died in 1869 aged 69. His daughter Marianne became a famous botanist.
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