William John Sawrey Morritt (''c.'' 1813 – 13 April 1874) was a British

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politician from Rokeby, which was then in

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but is now in

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. He was elected as a

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(MP) for the

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at a by-election in March 1862, following the death of the

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Edward Stillingfleet Cayley Edward Stillingfleet Cayley (13 August 1802 – 25 February 1862) was a British Liberal Party politician. Dutton, H. I., and J. E. King (1985) ''An Economic Exile: Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, 1802–1862.'' History of Political Economy 17(2): 2 ...

. He held the seat until the 1865 general election, when he was defeated by the Liberal

Frederick Milbank Sir Frederick Acclom Milbank, 1st Baronet (21 April 1820 – 28 April 1898), was a British Liberal Member of Parliament. Career Milbank was elected to the House of Commons for the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1865, a seat he held until 1885, and ...

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* 1810s births 1874 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 Politicians from Yorkshire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub