Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge (5 December 1845 – 12 May 1911) was an English mining consulting engineer, philanthropist and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1895 to 1900.

Life

Bainbridge was born in the village of Eastgate and educated at

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and at

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. He was articled to mining engineering with the Marquis of Londonderry in Durham College. In 1870 he became manager of the Sheffield and Tinsley Collieries, and soon afterwards he was in charge of the Nunnery pits on behalf of the Duke of Norfolk. These were turned into a limited company in 1874, and he then became managing director with a controlling interest. In 1873 was awarded the Hermon prize for an essay on the prevention of mine explosions. He was head of a noted firm of mining consulting engineers.Sheffield Life Stories
/ref> In 1889 Bainbridge, obtained a lease from the Duke of Portland for the Tophard or Barnsley coal, under areas of land in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. He then founded the

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to take over the lease, and to mine the coal. He was entirely responsible for the development of

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with regard to both the colliery and the

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. Bainbridge was also interested in local railways, and held many directorships including the

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, the

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, Hardy Patent Pick Co., New Hucknall Colliery, Yorkshire Engine Co. and Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery. He was a great supporter of the project for an East to West railway from

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, of which only the eastern portion was completed He also supported the

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, and in 1889 lectured in the town on the possibility of bringing large vessels up the canal into Sheffield. Bainbridge was known as a philanthropist. He provided money for the Y.M.C.A. scheme at Sheffield, leading to the establishment of the Association Buildings Co. Ltd. and the headquarters buildings. In 1881 he entertained all the members at Chatsworth. He built and founded the Jeffie Bainbridge Home for Waifs and Strays at the corner of Norfolk Street and Surrey Street in Sheffield in memory of his wife, the building being opened by the Duke and Duchess of Portland. At the 1895 general election Bainbridge was elected as

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for

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, but lost the seat in

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. Bainbridge was a fine shot and a notable sportsman. He owned a large deer forest at Auchnashellach Ross-shire, of , with much red deer. In 1905 he built a villa, Roquebrune, between

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and

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, as a potential home for his later days. However he made little use of it before his death at the age of 65. A daughter, Eva Jeffie Bainbridge, married Brigadier General William Darell. Another, Patricia Merryweather Bainbridge, married

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on 28 November 1938.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bainbridge, Emerson 1845 births 1911 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 English philanthropists Alumni of Durham University