John Williams (died 29 November 1855) was an English

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politician. He was elected at the 1847 general election as one of the two

Members 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 ...

(MPs) for the borough of Macclesfield in

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, but was defeated at the 1852 general election by the

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candidate

Edward Egerton Edward Christopher Egerton (27 July 1816 – 27 August 1869) was a British Conservative politician from the Egerton family. Background Egerton was the son of Wilbraham Egerton and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet. Will ...

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* Year of birth missing 1855 deaths UK MPs 1847–1852 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Place of birth missing People from Macclesfield {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub