About Joshua Crompton
Lived 1799 – 1881 (aged 81–82). Joshua Crompton was a British politician.
Joshua Samuel Crompton (17 September 1799 – 17 June 1881) was a British politician.
Crompton studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. He then lived at Sion Hill in Yorkshire. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood in Ripon, winning the seat as a Whig. He stood down at the 1835 UK general election. He later served as a magistrate in both the North and West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Who was Joshua Crompton?
politician, died 1881
When was Joshua Crompton born?
Joshua Crompton was born in 1799.
When did Joshua Crompton die?
Joshua Crompton died in 1881.
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Joshua Crompton was a politician.
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Joshua Crompton was British.
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