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Edward Waugh

1816 – 1891

English politician

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About Edward Waugh

Lived 1816 – 1891 (aged 74–75). Edward Waugh was a British politician.

Edward Waugh (1816 – 26 March 1891) was an English solicitor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Waugh was the son of John Lamb Waugh of Seat Hill, Irthington, Cumberland and his wife Catherine Miles, daughter of Richard Miles of Pates Hill, Irthington. He was admitted solicitor in 1840 and eventually became head of the legal firm of E and E L Waugh and Musgrove of Cockermouth. He was one time Registrar of the County Court and Clerk to the magistrates.

At the 1880 general election, Waugh was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth, replacing the Liberal William Fletcher who had been elected at a by-election in 1879. At the 1885 general election, the town of Cockermouth ceased to be a parliamentary borough, and the name was transferred to a new county division. Waugh did not contest the new constituency.

Waugh married Mary Liddell, daughter of Thomas Liddell of Carlisle in 1843.

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1816
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Member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom

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English politician

When was Edward Waugh born?

Edward Waugh was born in 1816.

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Edward Waugh died on 26 March 1891.

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Edward Waugh was a politician.

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Edward Waugh was British.

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· Wikipedia: Edward Waugh

· Wikidata: Q5345825

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