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Peter Ainsworth (Whig Politician)
Peter Ainsworth Deputy Lieutenant, DL Justice of the Peace, JP (24 November 1790 – 18 January 1870) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British landowner and operator of an important bleach works. Leaving the family business to a brother, he went into politics as a Whig Party (UK), Whig, and was one of the two Members of Parliament for Bolton (UK Parliament constituency), Bolton from 1834 to 1847, before returning to the life of a country gentleman. Background and life Ainsworth was the great-grandson of the founder of the family firm, Peter Ainsworth (1713–80), who established a bleach works at Halliwell, Greater Manchester, Halliwell about 1740 with the financial support of a relation, Robert Ainsworth (lexicographer), Robert Ainsworth, the lexicographer. His grandfather, another Peter Ainsworth (1736-1807), expanded into chemical bleaching, and his father, Richard Ainsworth (1762-1833) continued the business and bought the Smithills Hall estate and another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
