Samuel Wasse Higginbottom (1853 – 27 December 1902) was Conservative MP for

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. He was a shipowner and a land and colliery owner. He won the seat without opposition in

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, but died only two years later. He was also a member of

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for Edge Hill ward at the time of his death.

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