About Walter Plummer
Lived 1858 – 1917 (aged 58–59). Walter Plummer was a British politician.
Sir Walter Richard Plummer (8 November 1858 – 10 December 1917) JP MP was a British politician, merchant, alderman, and businessman who was Conservative MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a two-member constituency at the time.
Plummer was son of Alderman Benjamin Plummer.
He won the seat with another Conservative in 1900, but they lost it to Liberal and Labour candidates in 1906. He was knighted in 1904.
He died in Newcastle on 10 December 1917.
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Who was Walter Plummer?
British politician (1858–1917)
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Walter Plummer was born in 1858 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Walter Plummer died on 10 December 1917 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Walter Plummer was a politician.
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Walter Plummer was British.
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