The grave of William Garnett MP, Brompton Cemetery

William James Garnett (10 July 1818 – 15 September 1873) was a British

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politician from

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. He sat in the

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from 1857 to 1864.

Life

His father, William Garnett, a cotton merchant of Lark Hill,

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, had acquired a lease of the manor or forest of Bleasdale from the Crown and converted wild lands into meadow and pasture. He had built Bleasdale Tower and served as

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in 1843. William James bought

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c.1842 and inherited the Bleasdale estate on the death of his father in 1863. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of

in 1852, and was elected at the 1857 general election as a

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(MP) for the borough of Lancaster. He was re-elected in 1859, and held the seat until his

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on 6 April 1864 by becoming

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. He is buried in

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towards the north-east.

Family

Garnett married Frances Ann, the daughter of the Revd Henry Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire. He lived at Waddow Hall and was a relation-by-marriage of

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through his wife Annabella née Johnson. Google Books He was succeeded by his son William, who was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1879.

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* 1818 births 1873 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Deputy Lieutenants of Lancashire People from the Borough of Wyre High Sheriffs of Lancashire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub