Wednesday 21 May 2014

514 John Fildes


Constituency : Great  Grimsby 1865-8

John  took  Great  Grimsby  back  into  the  Liberal  fold  after  the  Conservative's  by-election  victory  in  1862. Interestingly  both  John  and  his  opponent  John  Chapman  were  directors  of  the  Manchester, Sheffield  and  Lincolnshire  Railway.

In  turn  John  was  removed  in  1868  by  another  railway man  George  Tomline   who  had  switched  over  from  Shrewsbury.

John  was  a  Manchester  stockbroker. He  was  also  known  as  a  campaigner  against  capital punishment.

He  died  in  1875  aged  63.

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