648 Isaac Fletcher

Constituency : Cockermouth  1868-79

Isaac  won  at  Cockermouth  which  had  been  reduced  to  a  single  member  seat. Both  his  predecessors  had  been  Tories.

Isaac  was  a  Quaker  mineowner. He  was  interested  in  meteorology  and  astronomy. He  was  deputy  chairman  of  the  Cockermouth, Keswick  and  Penrith  Railway.

Isaac  was  in  favour  of  the  conversion  of  Thirlmere  and  said  that  Manchester  Corporation  would  protect  the  valley  from  villa-builders.

In  1879  he  committed  suicide  with  a  gun  in  a  London  hotel. He  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  William.