John Whitwell (6 September 1812 – 28 November 1880) was an English
Liberal Party
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politician who sat in the
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from 1868 to 1880.
Whitwell was the son of Isaac Whitwell of Kendal and his wife Maria Fisher daughter of William Fisher of Thorpe Hall, Leeds. He was educated at the Kendal Friends School and at the Darlington Friend's School. He was a manufacturer and president of the Kendal Chamber of Commerce and one of the London standing committee of the National Association of the Chambers of Commerce. He was mayor of Kendal six times and a
J.P. for Kendal and for Westmorland. He was also Lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Battalion Westmorland Rifle Volunteers and author of ''The necessary legislation for incorporating Trades Unions''.
[Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870]
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When the previous Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Kendal retired, Whitwell received a requisition signed by 1352 of the borough's 1884 electors to stand at the 1868 general election Whitwell was elected MP for Kendal and was returned unopposed.[ He held the seat until his death in 1880.][
Six months after being returned to the Commons at the 1880 general election, Whitwell died at the age of 68.
Whitwell married Anna Maude, daughter of William Maude of Horton Grange, Bradford in 1837.][
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1812 births
1880 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1880–1885
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