About Frederick Spinks
Lived 1816 – 1899 (aged 83). Frederick Spinks was a British politician and barrister.
Frederick Lowten Spinks (27 December 1816 – 27 December 1899), known as Serjeant Spinks, was a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician.
He was the last serjeant-at-law at the English bar (the last English serjeant, was Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, who was a judge). The legal historian Patrick Polden described him as "rather undistinguished".
Spinks first stood for election in Oldham at the 1865 general election, but was unsuccessful, and this fate was repeated in 1868. He finally secured the seat in 1874, but was defeated again in 1880.
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Who was Frederick Spinks?
politician
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Frederick Spinks was born on 27 December 1816.
When did Frederick Spinks die?
Frederick Spinks died on 27 December 1899.
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Frederick Spinks was a politician and barrister.
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Frederick Spinks was British.
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