William Cunliffe Lister

William Cunliffe Lister (13 December 1809 – 12 August 1841)[1] was a British Whig politician, and barrister.[2][3][4][5][6]

William Cunliffe Lister
Member of Parliament for Bradford
In office 1 July 1841 – 12 August 1841 Serving with John Hardy
Preceded by	Ellis Cunliffe Lister William Busfield
Succeeded by	John Hardy William Busfield
Personal details
Born	13 December 1809 Addingham, Yorkshire, England
Died	12 August 1841(1841-08-12) (aged 31)
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig

Born in Addingham, Yorkshire, Lister was the son of Ellis Cunliffe Lister—who, between 1832 and 1841, was a Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford—and Mary née Kay.[5][6]

First educated at Charterhouse School, in 1825 he was then admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1831, before being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1834.[5]

He followed his father into politics, becoming a Whig MP for the same constituency when his father retired at the 1841 general election, but died, unmarried, just over a month later.[7][4][5][6]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh (25 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
2. "Latest Election Intelligence". Morning Post. 1 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Elections Decided". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 10 July 1841. p. 6. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 144–145. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via Google Books.
5. "Lister, William Cunliffe (LSTR825WC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
6. Lundy, Darryl (10 September 2018). "William Cunliffe-Lister". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
7. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr William Lister

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ellis Cunliffe Lister William Busfield	Member of Parliament for Bradford Jul. 1841–Aug. 1841 With: John Hardy	Succeeded by John Hardy William Busfield