Walter Owen Clough (15 September 1846 – 17 April 1922) was a British

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politician. Clough was born in

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, Yorkshire on 15 September 1846. He was elected at the 1892 general election as a

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for

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. Portsmouth's two MPs (one

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and one

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) had not stood for re-election, and Clough was one of the two Liberals elected to replace them. He was re-elected in

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, but did not serve a full term, and resigned his seat on 23 April 1900 by the technical device of accepting appointment as

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, a notional "office of profit under The Crown". The by-election for his seat was held on 3 May 1900, and won by the Liberal candidate

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. In the 1901 Census of London Clough is listed as a 54-year-old Chartered Accountant & Auditor, Magistrate and D L of the City of London living at Manor House, Upper Richmond Road,

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with his wife Hannah and two sons. Clough died in the Kingston Registration district

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index of deaths registered in April, May and June, 1922 - Name: Clough, Walter O Age: 75 District: Kingston, Volume: 2A Page: 560. on 17 April 1922 aged 75.

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* Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1846 births 1922 deaths UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 People from Huddersfield Deputy Lieutenants of the City of London {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub