Monday, 23 February 2015

776 Peter Eyton


Constituency  : Flint  Boroughs  1874-8

Peter  unseated  the  Liberal  by-election  victor  Robert  Cunliffe  who  finished  third  behind  the  Tories. He  was  described  as  "a  pitiable  sight"  who  had  lost  the  use  of  both  legs  and  an  arm. He  was  a  radical  without  the  support  of  the  local  association.  

Peter  was  a  solicitor  and  town  clerk  of  Flint.

He  died  in  1878  aged  51.

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