Townshend Mainwaring

Townshend Mainwaring
MP JP
Member of Parliament
for Denbigh Boroughs
In office
31 March 1857  19 November 1868
Preceded by Frederick Richard West
Succeeded by Charles James Watkin Williams
In office
3 July 1841  29 July 1847
Preceded by Wilson Jones
Succeeded by Frederick Richard West
Personal details
Born 16 March 1807
Died 25 December 1883(1883-12-25) (aged 76)
Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s)
Anna Maria Salusbury (m. 1837)
Parents Charles Mainwaring
Sarah Townshend

Townshend Mainwaring (16 March 1807 – 25 December 1883)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.[2]

Family

Mainwaring was the second son of the Reverend Charles Mainwaring and Sarah Townshend, daughter of John Townshend. He married Anna Maria Salusbury, the eldest daughter of Colonel John Lloyd Salusbury, in 1837.[3][4]

Political career

Mainwaring was first elected MP Denbigh Boroughs in 1841 but stood down at the 1847 election. He returned to parliament for the same seat in 1857 and held it until 1868.[5]

Other activities

In 1840, Mainwaring was High Sheriff of Denbighshire, and he was also at some point a Justice of the Peace for Denbighshire.[6][3]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
  2. "Townshend Mainwaring". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 Walford, Edward (1882). The county families of the United Kingdom. Рипол Классик. p. 420. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. "Galltfaenan manuscripts". Archives Network Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. Manchester Grammar School (1866). Finch, Jeremiah, ed. The Admission Register of the Manchester School with some Notices of the more Distinguished Scholars, Volume 1. Manchester University Press. p. 99.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick Richard West
Member of Parliament for Denbigh Boroughs
18571868
Succeeded by
Watkin Williams
Preceded by
Wilson Jones
Member of Parliament for Denbigh Boroughs
18411847
Succeeded by
Frederick Richard West
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