Henry Trail (1755 - 10 February 1835) was the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis between October 1812 and June 1813.

Parliamentary career

Trail's election was petitioned and overturned, with his election being declared void. Thomas Wallace, John Broadhurst and Trail was declared void after being found to have violated the Exemptions of Apothecaries Act 1694, and a by-election was held; Trail being the only one of the three never to return to Parliament. Due to this, Trail made no speeches in the House of Commons during his time as an MP. General Sir John Murray's election was not disturbed despite being of the same election.

Personal life

His brother,

James Trail James Trail (19 December 1745 - 16 August 1808) was a British lawyer and Tory politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for Orford between 1802 and 1806. Early life Trail was a graduate of University of Glasgow before then going on to a ...

, was the MP for Orford.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trail, Henry 1755 births 1835 deaths UK MPs 1812–1818 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis