William Cunliffe Lister (13 December 1809 – 12 August 1841)
was a
British
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Whig politician, and barrister.
Born in
Addingham
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,
Yorkshire
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, Lister was the son of
Ellis Cunliffe Lister—who, between 1832 and 1841, was a Whig
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Bradford
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—and Mary née Kay.
First educated at
Charterhouse School
(God having given, I gave)
, established =
, closed =
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
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, in 1825 he was then admitted to
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, graduating with a
Bachelor of Arts
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in 1831, before being called to the
bar
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at
Lincoln's Inn
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in 1834.
He followed his father into politics, becoming a Whig MP for the same constituency when his father retired at the
1841 general election, but died, unmarried, just over a month later.
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UK MPs 1841–1847
Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
1809 births
1841 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Members of Lincoln's Inn
People educated at Charterhouse School
Politicians from Bradford