William Cunliffe Lister

William Cunliffe Lister
Member of Parliament
for Bradford
In office
1 July 1841 – 12 August 1841
Serving with John Hardy
Preceded byEllis Cunliffe Lister
William Busfield
Succeeded byJohn Hardy
William Busfield
Personal details
Born13 December 1809
Addingham, Yorkshire, England
Died12 August 1841(1841-08-12) (aged 31)
Political partyWhig

William Cunliffe Lister (13 December 1809 – 12 August 1841)[1] was a British Whig politician, and barrister.[2][3][4][5][6]

Born in Addingham, Yorkshire, Lister was the son of Ellis Cunliffe Lister—who, between 1832 and 1841, was a Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford—and Mary née Kay.[5][6]

First educated at Charterhouse School, in 1825 he was then admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1831, before being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1834.[5]

He followed his father into politics, becoming a Whig MP for the same constituency when his father retired at the 1841 general election, but died, unmarried, just over a month later.[7][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (25 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Latest Election Intelligence". Morning Post. 1 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Elections Decided". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 10 July 1841. p. 6. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 144–145. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c d "Lister, William Cunliffe (LSTR825WC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (10 September 2018). "William Cunliffe-Lister". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bradford
Jul. 1841–Aug. 1841
With: John Hardy 		Succeeded by