Friday, 3 January 2014
375 Thomas Sidney
Constituency : Stafford 1847-52 (Conservative ) 1860-65
Thomas came in at Stafford in August 1860 after the resignation of John Wise.
Thomas was a local, a woollen draper's son educated at Stafford Grammar School. He became a successful tea merchant. He was originally a Conservative MP for the seat until 1852 . In that year's election he was defeated at Leeds. He was Lord Mayor of London from 1853 to 1854. He was defeated again at Worcester in 1857. He switched his loyalties to the Liberals for the 1859 contest at Stafford but failed again.
Thomas was in favour of franchise extension , abolition of church rates and equalisation of the Poor Rate. He was opposed to endowing the Catholic clergy.
He died in 1889 aged 84 . He was commemorated by a fountain in Stafford but it was destroyed by a van crashing into it in 1928.
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