John Miles (MP for Bristol)

John Miles
MP
Member of Parliament
for Bristol
In office
30 April 1868 – 25 June 1868
Preceded byHenry FitzHardinge Berkeley
Morton Peto
Succeeded byHenry FitzHardinge Berkeley
Samuel Morley
Personal details
Born21 June 1817
Died5 November 1878(1878-11-05) (aged 61)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Parent(s)Philip John Miles
Clarissa Peach

John William Miles (21 June 1817 – 5 November 1878)[1] was a British Conservative politician and briefly MP.[2]

Miles was elected MP for Bristol at a by-election in April 1868. His election was soon declared void on 25 June 1868 due to "bribery and personation" and the findings saw the writ for the seat suspended until November.[3] At the ensuing general election, Miles again stood for parliament but was unsuccessful.[4]

He was director, at one time vice-chairman, of the Great Western Railway, a director of the Great Western Cotton Company, South Wales Union railway, and director of the Great Western Steamship Co; the SS Great Britain was registered in is co-ownership. He had been a member of the Bristol Docks committee and on the city’s council.[5]

Miles was the third son of former Bristol MP Philip John Miles and was educated at both Eton College and Oxford University. During his life, he was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire. He was a member of the Carlton having been fast-tracked to membership upon election.[6] He died unmarried in 1878.[2]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  2. ^ a b Williams, William Retlaw (1898). The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester, including the cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1898. p. 140. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "The Bristol Election Petition". The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express. 27 June 1868. p. 8. Retrieved 30 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  5. ^ https://www.kwag.org.uk/2019/06/14/john-william-miles-last-of-a-political-dynasty/
  6. ^ https://www.sethalexanderthevoz.com/database-mps-clubs
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bristol
April 1868 – June 1868
With: Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 		Succeeded by


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