Henry Burton-Peters
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Henry Burton-Peters was an English Whig and Liberal
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.
Peters was the son of Henry Peters and Charlotte Mary Morrison, daughter of General George Morrison
.
In 1830, Burton-Peters was elected as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for Beverley
. He held the seat until 1837.
Burton-Peters married three times. He married his third wife Mary Cartwright in 1870. They lived at 35 Brock Street, Bath.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.
Peters was the son of Henry Peters and Charlotte Mary Morrison, daughter of General George Morrison
George Morrison (British Army officer)
General George Morrison was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Morrison joined the British Army as a gunner in 1722...
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In 1830, Burton-Peters was elected as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Beverley
Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)
Beverley has been the name of a parliamentary constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for three separate periods. From medieval times until 1869, it was a parliamentary borough, consisting solely of the market town of Beverley, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons...
. He held the seat until 1837.
Burton-Peters married three times. He married his third wife Mary Cartwright in 1870. They lived at 35 Brock Street, Bath.