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Thomas Crosland
Thomas Pearson Crosland (29 December 1815 – 8 March 1868) was a British Liberal Party politician and woollen manufacturer. Family and early life Crosland was the son of George Crosland and Mary Anne Pearson, the latter of whom died just four months after his birth. In early life, he worked, alongside his brothers, working for the family business George Crosland & Sons. Crosland married three times, first to Ann Kilner, daughter of William Kilner in 1841. After she died in 1845, he remarried to Matilda Roche Cousins in 1849 who bore him a son, George William Crosland (c1852–1902); and then, after her death in 1853, Julia Cousins, with whom he had another eight children: * Ada Pearson Crosland (1855–1919) * Thomas Pearson Crosland (1856–1932) * Julia Pearson Crosland (1857– ) * John Pearson Crosland (1860–1946) * Stanley Pearson Crosland (1861–1929) * Arthur Pearson Crosland (1862– ) * Marion Pearson Crosland (1865–1938) * Alfred Pearson Crosland (1866–1867 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 and 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |