Edward Whitley (politician)
Edward Ewart Whitley (1825 – 14 January 1892) was an English solicitor and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1892.
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Biography
Whitley was the son of John Whitley of Liverpool and his wife Isabella Greenall,[1] and a nephew of the Conservative politician Gilbert Greenall.[2] He was educated at Rugby School and admitted a solicitor in 1849. He became a senior partner in the legal firm of Whitley, Maddock, Hampson, & Castle, of Liverpool.[1] He became a member of the Corporation of Liverpool in 1866, and was Mayor of Liverpool in 1868.[3] He became a J. P. for Liverpool.
In 1880 Whitley was elected as one of three Members of Parliament (MPs) for Liverpool and held the seat until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. He was then elected MP for Everton,[1] which he held until his death aged 66.[2] He was buried in Alvanley Churchyard, near Helsby in Cheshire.[4]
In 1878 Whitley married Elizabeth Eleanor Walker. His residences were The Grange, Halewood, near Liverpool and 185 Piccadilly.[1]
Whitley is commemorated by Whitley Street in Liverpool,[5] and by a triangular piece of rocky ground in Everton called Whitley Gardens.[6]
There is a statue of Edward Whitley in St George's Hall, Liverpool.
References
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- Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- "Obituaries". The Times. 15 January 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
- Liverpool Mayors Archived 22 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "Court News". The Times. 20 January 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
- Liverpool street names
- Townships: Everton, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3 (1907), pp. 20-22. Date accessed: 22 April 2009
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Whitley
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by John Torr Viscount Sandon William Rathbone |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1880 – 1885 With: Viscount Sandon to 1882 William Rathbone to 1880 John Ramsay 1880 Samuel Smith from 1882 Lord Claud Hamilton from 1880 |
Constituency abolished |
New constituency | Member of Parliament for Everton 1885 – 1892 |
Succeeded by John Archibald Willox |