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Was this Powell the Francis Powell who was MP for Wigan in 1857-59? Historic Hansard
seems to think so, but it does occasionally conflate two people of the same name with similar careers. His entry in Who Was Who just has "MP (C) Cambridge, 1863–68; Northern Division of West Riding, Yorkshire, 1872–74; Wigan, 1885–1910" - no mention of an earlier seat. Some of his obituaries do mention an earlier stint in Bradford (
Daily News,
Aberdeen Press & Journal, but I've also seen cases where obituaries likewise conflated two similar MPs, so it's hard to be confident.
Andrew Gray (
talk)
20:18, 24 February 2018 (UTC)reply
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Was this Powell the Francis Powell who was MP for Wigan in 1857-59? Historic Hansard
seems to think so, but it does occasionally conflate two people of the same name with similar careers. His entry in Who Was Who just has "MP (C) Cambridge, 1863–68; Northern Division of West Riding, Yorkshire, 1872–74; Wigan, 1885–1910" - no mention of an earlier seat. Some of his obituaries do mention an earlier stint in Bradford (
Daily News,
Aberdeen Press & Journal, but I've also seen cases where obituaries likewise conflated two similar MPs, so it's hard to be confident.
Andrew Gray (
talk)
20:18, 24 February 2018 (UTC)reply