John Slagg (junior) (24 Oct 1837 – 7 May 1889) was a British businessman and

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politician. He was the eldest son of John Slagg, a

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, and his wife Jane née Crighton.''Obituary'', The Times, 8 May 1889, p. 7''The New Members of Parliament'', The Times, 6 April 1880, p. 4 John Slagg senior was a commission agent and merchant in the city. His friend, Anti Corn Law campaigner

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was his son's godfather.Richard Cobden, Anthony Howe, Simon Morgan, Gordon Bannerman, ''The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume I: 1815-1847'', Oxford, 2007 Slagg followed his father into business, and became president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. In 1885 he was appointed as a director of the

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Company.''The Suez Canal'', The Times, 1 June 1885, p. 5 He made his home at Hopefield, Pendleton. In

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he was elected as one of

's three

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. The

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divided the Manchester constituency into six divisions, and Slagg stood as the Liberal candidate at Manchester North West, but was defeated. He returned to the

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at a bi-election in 1887 at

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. In 1866 he married Katherine German of

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. John Slagg died at his

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home in May 1889, aged 51.''Deaths'', The Times, 9 May 1889, p. 1

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* * 1837 births 1889 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 Politics of Burnley UK MPs 1886–1892 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Manchester {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub