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Henry Wardle

1832 – 1892

British politician

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Lived 1832 – 1892 (aged 59–60). Henry Wardle was a British politician and businessperson.

Henry Wardle (1832 – 16 February 1892) was a British brewer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.

Wardle was born at Twyford, Berkshire, the son of Francis Wardle and his wife Elizabeth Billinge. In 1853 at the age of 21 he went into partnership with Thomas Fosbrooke Salt in the Burton upon Trent brewery Thomas Salt and Co. He was for many years active in the town's civic affairs as a Town Commissioner and then an alderman after Burton became a municipal borough in 1878. He was a J. P. for Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

Wardle was elected as the member of parliament (MP) for South Derbyshire constituency at the 1885 general election. He held the seat until his death in Burton upon Trent in 1892 aged 60.

Wardle married Thomas Fosbrooke Salt's daughter Mary Ellen Salt in 1864. They lived at Winshill. Son Thomas Erskine Wardle became a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy.

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1832
Birth century
Positions held
Member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 23rd Parliament of the United Kingdom

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British politician

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Henry Wardle was born in 1832.

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Henry Wardle died on 16 February 1892.

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Henry Wardle was a politician and businessperson.

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Henry Wardle was British.

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· Wikipedia: Henry Wardle

· Wikidata: Q16062337

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