Tuesday 28 April 2015

839 John Wentworth-Fitzwilliam


Constituency : Peterborough  1878-89

John  took  over  at  Peterborough  after  the  death  of  George  Whalley.

John  was  a  son  of  Earl  Fitzwilliam.

John  didn't  speak  in  the  Commons. In  1885  he  stood  as  an  Independent  Liberal  with  Tory  support  and  went  over  top  the  Liberal  Unionists  in  1886.

He  died  in  1889  after  falling  from  a  horse  on  the  family  estate.

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