Sir Walter Richard Plummer (8 November 1858 – 10 December 1917) was a British politician and businessman who was Conservative MP for

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...

, a two-member constituency at the time. He won the seat with another Conservative in 1900, but they lost it to Liberal and Labour candidates in 1906. He was knighted in 1904.

Sources

*The Liberal Year Book, 1907 *Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. *Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 *'' Whitaker's Almanack'', 1901 to 1907 editions * Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politics of Newcastle upon Tyne 1858 births 1917 deaths Knights Bachelor 19th-century British businesspeople 20th-century British businesspeople English justices of the peace

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