Edward Hardcastle (1826 – 1 November 1905) was a British businessman and
Conservative
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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between 1874 and 1892.
Hardcastle was the second son of Alfred Hardcastle of
Hatcham House,
Surrey
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, and his wife Eliza Smith of Manchester. His uncle
J A Hardcastle was
Member of Parliament
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for
Bury St Edmunds
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. He was educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, and
Downing College, Cambridge
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before going into trade as a merchant, making his home at
Prestwich
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,
Lancashire
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. In 1863 he helped form the ''Manchester Southern Independence Association'' to provide support to the
Confederate States of America
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. He was also a
J.P. and
Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire, a governor of
Owen's College
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, and of Cheetham Hospital, and a trustee of
Manchester Grammar School
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.
Hardcastle was elected as one of two Conservative MPs for
South East Lancashire at the
1874 general election. At the next
election in 1880 both Hardcastle and his colleague
Algernon Egerton
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lost to
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candidates.
Hardcastle returned to
Commons
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at the
1885 general election, when he became the first MP for the newly created constituency of
Salford North. He held the seat until
1892
Events
January–March
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, when he stood down, and was replaced as MP by
William Holland of the Liberals.
Hardcastle married Priscilla Buxton Hoare, daughter of Samuel Hoare, Junior, banker of Lombard Street, in 1851. Among their sons was
Edward Hardcastle
Edward Hardcastle (1826 – 1 November 1905) was a British businessman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons between 1874 and 1892.
Hardcastle was the second ...
,
Archdeacon of Canterbury
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.
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1826 births
1905 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1885–1886
UK MPs 1886–1892
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge
Deputy Lieutenants of Lancashire
People from Prestwich
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Salford North
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