Wednesday, 23 April 2014
487 Thomas Crosland
Constituency : Huddersfield 1865-8
Thomas interrupted Edward Leatham's tenure in the seat. His election caused a riot in the town.
Thomas was a Methodist woollen manufacturer though he later became an Anglican. He described himself as "a plain staraightforward Huddersfield man". He was a staunch Whig who supported Free Trade and opposed the Factory Acts. He was a subscriber to the Huddersfield Infirmary and proprietor of Huddersfield College. He was a Patron of Akroyd's Penny Bank.
Thomas voted against the Reform Bill in 1866.
He died in 1868 aged 52. Leatham reclaimed his seat at the by-election.
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