Wednesday, 26 February 2014
432 John Cheetham
Constituency : South Lancashire 1852-9, Salford 1865-8
John came in at Salford after William Massey resigned on appointment to the Council of India.
John was a wealthy Nonconformist cotton manufacturer from Stalybridge.
John was a bullish champion of Salford against Manchester. When a statue of Cobden was unveiled in Peel Park in 1867 he declared it superior to the one in Manchester. He was a philanthropist who established Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
He died in 1886 aged 84. His son John was also an MP.
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