Friday, 7 August 2015

934 Sir William Ffolkes




Constituency : King's  Lynn  1880-85

Sir  William  took  one  of  the  King's  Lynn  seats from  the  Tories.

William  was  a  baronet , the  grandson  of  a  former  MP  for  Norfolk. He  was  educated  at  Harrow  and  Cambridge. He  stood  for  King's  Lynn  in  1874.  He  was  vice  chairman  of  the  Lynn  and  Fakenham  Railway  Company.

When  the  seat  was  reduced  to  one  member  in  1885 William  lost  by  170  votes.

William  later  became  chairman  of  Norfolk  County  Council.

He  died  in  1912  aged  64.


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