Frederick Snowdon Corrance (1822 – 31 October 1906) was an English
Conservative
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1867 to 1874.
Corrance was the son of Frederick White of
Parham Hall
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, Suffolk, and his wife Frances Woodley. His father assumed the name of Corrance in 1837. He was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
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and at
Trinity College, Cambridge
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.
In April 1842, he joined the army as cornet in the
11th Hussars
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and retired in 1844. He was a
Deputy Lieutenant and
J.P. for Suffolk.
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Corrance was elected Member of Parliament
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(MP) for East Suffolk East Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England:
* East Suffolk (county), a county until 1974
* East Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019
* East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...
at a by-election in 1867. He held the seat until 1874.
Corrance lived at Parham Hall and died at the age of 84.
Corrance married Frances Maria du Cane, daughter of Captain Du Cane RN of Braxted Park, Essex, in 1860.[ They had one child Charles Frederick Corrance born 14 September 1862, who died on 5 September 1876, aged thirteen.
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1822 births
1906 deaths
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk
People from Framlingham
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