John Stratford Dugdale
KC (30 July 1835 – 27 October 1920)
was a lawyer and
Conservative Party
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politician in the
United Kingdom
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.
He was elected at the
1886 general election as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Nuneaton, having stood unsuccessfully
in 1885. He stood down at the
1892 general election, and did not stand again.
Shortly before his election, Dugdale was resident at Blythe Hall,
Coleshill, and was
Recorder
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for
Birmingham
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.
He was a
King's Counsel.
In 1889 he was appointed the first chairman of
Warwickshire County Council
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An oil portrait of Dugdale, by
William Carter, is in
Warwick Shire Hall.
References
External links
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1835 births
1920 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1886–1892
19th-century King's Counsel
People from Coleshill, Warwickshire
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