George William Latham (4 May 1827 – 4 October 1886)
was an English landowner and barrister and a
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politician.
Latham was born in London, the son of
John Latham (1787–1853) of
Bradwall Hall,
Sandbach
Sandbach (pronounced ) is the name of a historic market town and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements: Sandbach itself as the largest, Elworth, Ettiley Heath a ...
, and his wife, Elizabeth Anne Dampier, daughter of Sir Henry Dampier, a judge of the King's Bench. He was educated at
Brasenose College, Oxford (BA 1849, MA. 1852) and was called to the bar at
Inner Temple
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in 1852. He was a
J.P. for Cheshire and the Borough of Crewe.
Three times Latham stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal for the division of
Mid Cheshire: in 1863, in 1880 and in 1883.
[''Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser'', 6 October 1886. Retrieved 23 April 2019.] He was elected
Member of Parliament
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for
Crewe but did not defend the seat at the
1886 general election.
He died shortly after at the age of 59.
Latham married Elizabeth Sarah Luttman-Johnson in 1856 and they lived at Bradwall Hall, Sandbach, Cheshire.
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1827 births
1886 deaths
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1885–1886
People from Sandbach
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19th-century British businesspeople
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