Sidney Woolf (16 June 1837 – September, 1918) was an English pottery manufacturer and a
Liberal Party politician who sat in the
House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.
Life
He was the son of Lewis Woolf, a china merchant of London, who had ventured into the pottery business at
Ferrybridge
Ferrybridge is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Ferrybridge lies at a historically important crossing of the River Aire which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton. It is linked to other communities by the A1, which follows t ...
, Yorkshire.
[Yorkshire Potteries, Pots and Potters]
/ref> He was educated at University College, London and at Frankfurt. He was involved in his father's pottery business and in 1857 had a large pottery built called the "Australian Pottery" which he and his brothers ran with the Ferrybridge Potteries at Knottingley
Knottingley is a market town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Ridi ...
.[ On 29 October 1864, he was one of the leading citizens of the town who formed the Knottingley Town Hall & Mechanics’ Institute Company Limited, which developed ]Knottingley Town Hall
Knottingley Town Hall is a municipal building in Weeland Road, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England. The structure, which served as the headquarters of Knottingley Urban District Council, now operates as a community centre.
History
The building ...
, and he became its chairman. He was also chairman of Knottingley school board.[Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]
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At the 1880 general election Woolf was elected as a Member 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 ...
(MP) for Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wake ...
. He held the seat until 1885.
Family
Woolf married Isabel Nunes Benvenuta Carvalho, daughter of David Nunes Carvalho of London in 1860. Her brother Solomon Nunes Carvalho
Solomon Nunes Carvalho (April 27, 1815 - May 27, 1897) was an American painter, photographer, author and inventor. He may be best known as an explorer who traveled through the territory of Kansas, Colorado and Utah with John C. Frémont on his ...
was a travel photographer.
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1837 births
1892 deaths
UK MPs 1880–1885
Alumni of University College London
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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