Edward Ewart Whitley (1825 – 14 January 1892) was an English solicitor and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1880 to 1892.

Biography

Whitley was the son of John Whitley of

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and his wife Isabella Greenall, and a nephew of the Conservative politician Gilbert Greenall. He was educated at

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and admitted a solicitor in 1849. He became a senior partner in the legal firm of Whitley, Maddock, Hampson, & Castle, of Liverpool. He became a member of the Corporation of Liverpool in 1866, and was

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in 1868. He became a J. P. for Liverpool. In 1880 Whitley was elected as one of three

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(MPs) for

and held the seat until the

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. He was then elected MP for Everton, which he held until his death aged 66. He was buried in

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Churchyard, near

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in Cheshire. In 1878 Whitley married Elizabeth Eleanor Walker. His residences were The Grange, Halewood, near Liverpool and 185 Piccadilly. Whitley is commemorated by Whitley Street in Liverpool, and by a triangular piece of rocky ground in Everton called Whitley Gardens.''Townships: Everton'', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3 (1907), pp. 20-22. Date accessed: 22 April 2009
/ref> There is a statue of Edward Whitley in St George's Hall, Liverpool.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitley, Edward 1825 births 1892 deaths People educated at Rugby School Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Mayors of Liverpool Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liverpool