William Stratford Dugdale
Member of Parliament
for Shaftesbury
In office
1830  12 April 1831
Succeeded byWilliam Leader Maberly
Member of Parliament
for Bramber
In office
1831–1832
Preceded byFrederick Gough-Calthorpe
Succeeded byN/A
Member of Parliament
for North Warwickshire
In office
1832–1847
Preceded byN/A
Succeeded byRichard Spooner
Personal details
Born
William Stratford Dugdale

1 April 1800
Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Died15 September 1871
Political partyConservative
SpouseHarriet Ella Portman

William Stratford Dugdale DL (1 April 1800 – 15 September 1871)[1] was a British Tory (and later Conservative Party) politician.[2]

Early life

He was the only son of Dugdale Stratford Dugdale of Merevale Hall, Warwickshire and his wife, the Hon. Charlotte Curzon, daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon. His father was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire.[2]

William was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He married Harriet Ella Portman in 1827, and the couple had 10 children.[3]

Member of Parliament

Dugdale entered the unreformed House of Commons at the 1830 general election as an MP for the borough of Shaftesbury in Dorset.[4] He did not contest that seat at the 1831 general election,[4] when he was returned unopposed for the rotten borough of Bramber in Sussex.[5]

Bramber was disenfranchised by the Reform Act 1832, and at the 1832 general election he was returned as a member for North Warwickshire.[6] He held that seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1847 election.[2]

Other interests

Dugdale was a Justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Warwickshire, held a commission in the Warwickshire Yeomanry and was a trustee of Rugby School.[2]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Late Mr Stratford Dugdale M.P.". The Times. 22 September 1871. p. 10.
  3. Darryl Lundy (27 April 2010). "William Stratford Dugdale profile". thePeerage.com: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 92. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  5. Stooks Smith, p. 551
  6. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 474. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.


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