Walter Meller (1819 – 10 January 1886) was a

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politician. Meller was elected Conservative MP for

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...

at the 1865 general election and held the seat until 1869, when the 1868 general election result was overturned due to "corrupt practices". He was married to Elizabeth Peters, and after his death she went on to marry

Markham Spofforth Markham Spofforth (14 March 1825 – 26 January 1907) was a British solicitor and political agent. He was Principal Agent of the Conservative Party from 1859 to 1870. A close adviser to Benjamin Disraeli, he rebuilt the Conservative Party's syst ...

, Principal Agent of the Conservative Party from 1859 until 1870.

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* UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 1819 births 1886 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stafford {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub