Tuesday 31 March 2015

811 Sir Arthur Monck aka Middleton


Constituency  : Durham  1874 - 80

Sir  Arthur  was  one  of  two  new  Liberals  to  come  in  at  Durham  when  the  previous  victors  were  disqualified.

Sir  Arthur  was  a  baronet  in  Northumberland. He  was  born  Arthur  Monck. He  was  educated  at  Cambridge.

In  1876  Arthur and  his  brothers  reverted  to  the  previous  family  name  of  Middleton.

Arthur  stepped  down  in  1880  to  let  Thomas  Thompson  reclaim  the  seat.

He  died  in  1933  aged  95.

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