Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff (2 October 1837 – 1923) was an English lock and safe manufacturer and a

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politician who sat in the

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in 1880. Ratcliff was born in

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, the son of Joseph Ratcliff of Edgbaston, to a family of machinists and founders.British Census 1881 RG11 3106/67 p4 He was a partner in the safe-making firm of Thomas Milner and Son.Grace's Guide Ratner Safe Co
/ref> He was a J.P. for Worcestershire and

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. At the 1880 general election Ratcliff was elected

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for

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. His election was declared void in June 1880. Ratcliff was living at Mansion House,

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with his wife Jane and several children in 1881. In 1889 he established the company of Ratner Safe with his son William Milner Ratcliff and John Horner. He died at the age of 85. Ratcliff married Jane Milner only daughter of Thomas Milner in 1862.

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* 1837 births 1923 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub