Thursday 10 July 2014

559 John Pratt


Constituency :  Brecon  1866

John  took  over  from  the  deceased  John  Watkins  unopposed.

John  was  the  son  and  heir  of  Marquess  Camden  and  since  1840  Earl  of  Brecknock.  He  was educated  at  Cambridge.

John's  father  died  a  few  months  after  his  election  and  he  went  to  the Lords. The  Tories  won  the by-election.

John  died  in 1872  aged  31.

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