954 Henry Lee

Constituency  : Southampton 1880-85

The  Liberals  took  both  Southampton  seats  for  the  first  time  since  1859.

Henry  was  a  cotton  manufacturer  from  Chorley. He  was  educated  by  a  Congregationalist  minister  and  became  very  active  in  that  church. He  was  a  director  of  the  Manchester  Chamber  of  Commerce , an  ironworks  company  and  the  Manchester  and  Salford  Bank. He  was  a  governor  of  Manchester  Grammar  School. He  stood  for  Salford  in  1874.

Henry  was  defeated  in  1885. He  stood  unsuccessfully  for  Manchester  North  West  in  1886.

Henry  became  President  of  the  Manchester  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  1889  and  held  the  post  for  three  years.

He  died  suddenly   in  1904  aged  87.