808 Walter Stanton

Constituency : Stroud  1874, 1880-85

Walter  disposed  of  the  recent  Tory  by-election  winner  at  Stroud.

Walter's  uncle  had  been  a  previous  MP  for  the  seat. He  was  educated  at  Westminster  School  and  became  a  civil  engineer  under  the  tutelage  of  Joseph  Locke.  He  later  became  a  woollen  and   carpet   manufacturer.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Stroud  Local  Board  from  1861  to  1874,

Walter's  election   was  voided  on  petition  almost  immediately. His  cousin  Alfred  won  the  by-election  and  kept  his  seat  warm  until  1880.

Stroud  was  reduced  to  one  member  in  1885  and  Henry  Brand  got  the  nomination.  When  he  joined  the  Liberal  Unionists, Walter  fought  the  seat  against  the  Tories  but  he  was  defeated.

He  died  in  1913  aged  85.