Henry Lee (Southampton MP)

For other politicians of this name, see Henry Lee (disambiguation).

Lee in 1880

Henry Lee (29 November 1817 – 27 December 1904) was a Manchester cotton manufacturer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Biography

Henry Lee was the second son of Lee Lee of Chorley, Lancashire[1] and his wife Anne Cocksey, daughter of Joseph Cocksey.

Although his father left only a modest fortune, Henry Lee became a leader of Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee, one of the great textile firms of Lancashire.[1] He was a director of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and of the Manchester and Salford Bank. He was a J.P. for Lancashire and the borough of Salford.[2]

Lee stood unsuccessfully for parliament in Salford at the 1874 general election.[3] At the 1880 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton,[4] and held the seat until his defeat[5] at the 1885 general election.[6] He contested Manchester North West at the 1886 election, without success.[7]

Lee died in 1904 at his home, Bedford Lodge, Broughton Park, Broughton and was buried in Weaste Cemetery.[8] He had married Hannah Dracup, daughter of John Dracup of Salford in 1846. His daughter Florence was the mother of Frank Lee Pyman.[9]

References

1. David J. Jeremy (July 1984). Dictionary of business biography: a biographical dictionary of business leaders active in Britain in the period 1860-1980. Butterworths. ISBN 9780406273406.
2. Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 264. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
4. Craig, Election results 1832–1885, page 280
5. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 189. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
7. Craig, Election results 1885–1918, page151
8. "Biographies of people buried between 1900 & 09". Salford Cemeteries Trust. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
9. Brothers, D. M.; James, T. Campbell; Hopkins, R. H.; Carr, Francis H.; Henery, T. A.; Dunstan, Wyndham R. (1944). "Obituary notices: Horace Edward Brothers, 1863–1944; David Gywnne Davies, 1907–1944; George Stallard, 1854–1944". J. Chem. Soc.: 562–570. doi:10.1039/JR9440000562.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Lee

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