Robert Lacey Everett (28 January 1833 – 21 October 1916) was an English farmer and
Liberal
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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three times between 1885 and 1910.
Life
Everett was born at
Rushmere St Andrew
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,
Suffolk
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, the son of Joseph David Everett and his wife Elizabeth Garwood. He became a yeoman farmer of .
[Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886]
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In 1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
Everett stood unsuccessfully for Parliament
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at East Suffolk as a farmers' candidate.[Debrett's lists him as having been a farmer's candidate in 1880, but Craig lists him as a Liberal.] He was elected as Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Woodbridge Woodbridge may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Woodbridge, Western Australia formerly called ''West Midland''
*Woodbridge, Tasmania
Canada
*Woodbridge, Ontario
England
*Woodbridge, Suffolk, the location of
** Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency ...
at the 1885 general election but lost the seat in 1886. He was elected again in 1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
, but lost in 1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
. He won the seat for the third time in 1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
but did not seek re-election in January 1910.
Everett died at the age of 83.
Everett married in 1863, Elizabeth Nussey, daughter of Obadiah Nussey of Leeds, a cloth merchant
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, and manufacturer.
Publications
* ''Why the Malt Tax should be repealed'', 865?
* ''Tithes: their history, use and future'', 1887.
* ''Y Degwm: ei hanes, ei ddefnyddiad a'i ddyfodol'' ranslation into Welsh of ''Tithes ...'' 1887.
* ''Agricultural distress: a cause and a remedy'', 1893.
* ''The real cause of agricultural distress'', 1895.
References
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1833 births
1916 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1885–1886
UK MPs 1892–1895
UK MPs 1906–1910
People from Suffolk Coastal (district)
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