His Hon. Henry Yorke Stanger (11 November 1849 – 19 April 1929), was a British

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politician and judge. He was born in

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, the third son of George Eaton Stanger and Mary Hurst. He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford (Scholar); Tancred Law Student; 2nd class Classical Moderations; 1st class Greats. He married in 1880, Henrietta Sophia Wastie Green. They had one son and two daughters.

Legal career

He was called to the Bar in 1874. He was a Revising Barrister for

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in 1892–93–1894. He became a Queens Council in 1895. He became a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1898. He was formerly a Member of the Midland Circuit. He served as Recorder of Nottingham from 1909 to 1911. He was a County Court Judge, for Circuit 7 from 1910 to 1914 and a County Court Judge for the Bristol Circuit (No. 54) from 1914 to 1922. He retired in 1922. He also served as a Justice of the Peace in

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Political career

He was a member of the

. He first stood for parliament in a by-election in 1900 at the safe Conservative seat of

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, when he was well beaten by the Conservative. A few months later at the 1900 General Election he switched seats to contest the more marginal Conservative seat of Nottingham South, but again finished second. He was finally elected Liberal MP down in London for Kensington North at the 1906 General election, gaining the seat for the Liberals from the Conservatives. KensingtonNorth1885

He was a strong supporter of Votes for Women and in 1908 he introduced a Private member's bill in favour of

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. The bill made good progress before finally being blocked. He stood down after one term in January 1910.British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S. He was an Independent Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Joint Committee under the

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Sources

*Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com *British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanger, Henry Yorke 1849 births 1929 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Politicians from Nottingham Members of Lincoln's Inn County Court judges (England and Wales) English justices of the peace

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