Constituency : Lincoln 1884-6
Joseph came in at the by-election to replace the deceased John Palmer.
Joseph was the son of a farmer from Ely. He was educated at Wesley College, Sheffield. He started work as an apprentice in a cutlery firm. With money from his father's estate he started a firm making and selling farming machinery. In 1870 he was Mayor of Lincoln.
As a result of the Home Rule crisis Joseph declined to stand in 1886. His last parliamentary contribution was a question decrying the use of treadmills in prison.
He died in 1897 aged 62.
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