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Revision as of 21:53, 22 December 2010
William Tipping (1816 – 16 January 1897) was an English railway magnate and Conservative politician.
Tipping was the son of John Tipping, a merchant of Liverpool, and was educated at a private school at Tottenham. He became a director of the London and North Western Railway and purchased Brasted Park, at Brasted, Kent.[1] He was J. P. for Kent, Lancashire, and West Riding of Yorkshire.[2]
At the 1868 general election, Tipping was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport, but he lost the seat at the 1874 general election.[3] He was re-elected for Stockport in 1885, but did not defend his seat at the 1886 general election.[4][5]
Tipping died at the age of 80.
Tipping married Maria Walker.
References
- ^ Kent Online Parish Clerk - Brasted
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 287–288. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 194. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Leigh Rayment
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