Wednesday, 29 March 2017

1513 Frederick Chance




Constituency : Carlisle  1905-10

Frederick  took  over  at  Carlisle  when  the  Speaker  William  Gully  was  forced  to  step  down  on  health  grounds.

Frederick's  family  operated  a  large  cotton  mill  in  the  town. He  was  the  nephew  of  Robert  Ferguson, MP  for  Carlisle  from  1874  to  1886. He  was  Mayor  of  Carlisle  in  1904  and  sat  on  Cumberland  County  Council.

Frederick  was  unopposed  in  1906.

Frederick's  only  speech  in  the  Commons  was  in  support  of  the  Education  Bill.

Frederick  stood  down  in  January  1910.

He  died  in  1932  aged  79.

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