Brampton Gurdon (Norfolk MP)

Brampton Gurdon
Member of Parliament
for West Norfolk
In office
30 March 1857  24 July 1865
Serving with Gerge Bentinck
Preceded by William Bagge
Gerge Bentinck
Succeeded by William Bagge
Thomas de Grey
Personal details
Born John Brampton Gurdon
25 September 1797
Died 28 April 1881(1881-04-28) (aged 83)
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Other political
affiliations
Whig (until 1859)
Spouse(s)
Henrietta Susannah Ridley-Colborne (m. 1828)
Children Four, including Robert and William
Parents Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon
Anne Mellish

John Brampton Gurdon, known as Brampton Gurdon, (25 September 1797 – 28 April 1881)[1] was a British Liberal Party and Whig politician.

Family

Born in 1797, Gurdon was the son of Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon and Anne Mellish. He married Henrietta Susannah Ridley-Colborne — daughter of Nicholas Ridley-Colborne and Charlotte Steele — in 1828, and they had four children:[2]

Career

Gurdon was elected a Whig MP for West Norfolk at the 1857 general election[3] and was re-elected as a Liberal in the next general election in 1859. Later, at the 1865 general election, he was defeated.[4]

Gurdon was also a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk, Justice of the Peace for Norfolk, and, in 1855, High Sheriff of Norfolk.[2]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
  2. 1 2 "Brampton Gurdon". The Peerage. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. "The Old and the New Parliament". The Examiner. 25 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 11 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Bagge
George Bentinck
Member of Parliament for West Norfolk
18571865
With: George Bentinck
Succeeded by
William Bagge
Thomas de Grey
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