William Fletcher (1831 – 6 August 1900) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Liberal MP for Cockermouth for a short period between 1879 and 1880. He was elected to the seat at the

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, which was caused by his brother

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's suicide. Fletcher was one of the first directors of the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway, and chairman of

Cleator and Workington Junction Railway The Cleator & Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) was located in West Cumberland in Northern England, serving the towns of Cleator Moor and Workington and intermediate villages. It was mainly used for coal, limestone and iron ore traffic for the ...

. He also became a managing director of the West Cumberland Iron and Steel Company, and latterly the Alerdale Coal Company, as well as being chairman of the Moresby Coal Company. He was also a

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for

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

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