William Arthur Wilkinson (1795 – 13 April 1865) was a British

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politician who sat in the

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from 1852 to 1857. He unsuccessfully contested

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at the 1847 general election and at a by-election in December that year. He was elected at the 1852 general election as a

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(MP) for

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, but was heavily defeated at the 1857 general election by

William Roupell William Roupell (7 April 1831 – 25 March 1909) was Liberal Party Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Lambeth from 1857 until his resignation on 4 February 1862. A forger and a fraudster, he was ruined in the Roupell case. Early lif ...

.Craig, page 12 He then contested

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at the 1859 general election,Craig, page 252 before standing again in Lambeth at a by-election in May 1862 following the resignation of Roupell, who defeated him in 1857 and had fled to Spain amidst allegations of forgery. However, he came a poor third, with less than 10% of the votes. He stood for a final time at a by-election in Reigate in February 1863, but was again unsuccessful.

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* 1795 births 1865 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub