Addison John Baker Cresswell (1 October 1788 – 5 May 1879)
was a
British
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Conservative
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politician.
Cresswell was elected Conservative
Member of Parliament
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for
North Northumberland at the
1841 general election but was unseated at the next election in 1847.
He was the elder brother of lawyer Sir
Cresswell Cresswell
Sir Cresswell Cresswell, PC (20 August 1794 – 29 July 1863), born Cresswell Easterby, was an English lawyer, judge and Tory politician. As a judge in the newly created divorce court, Cresswell did much to start the emergence of modern family ...
.
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UK MPs 1841–1847
1788 births
1879 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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