Samuel Danks Waddy
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He was born in Gateshead
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, the son of Samuel Dousland Waddy, a Methodist minister. The family soon moved to Sheffield and his father was instrumental in the founding of Wesley College
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in 1838 (and was Governor of the school from 1844 to 1862). Samuel Danks Waddy attended Wesley College himself and was the first pupil to be registered in 1838.
He was elected as the Liberal
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(MP) for Barnstaple
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, Devon
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on 3 February 1874 but resigned this seat in December 1879 to stand in a by-election
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in the Sheffield constituency
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, taking the seat on 21 December 1879. However he held the Sheffield seat for less than four months, being voted out by just 40 votes on 3 April 1880.
He was elected as MP for Edinburgh
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in 1882, and when that seat was abolished, he contested, but lost, the new Hallam seat at the 1885 general election
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On 7 July 1886, at the 1886 general election
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, he was elected as M.P. for the Brigg constituency
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in Lincolnshire
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. He held the seat until 1894 when he was appointed Recorder
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of Sheffield.
In 1896 he was appointed as Judge of the Cheshire County Court but only held the position for two weeks, transferring to be Judge of the Sheffield County Court on 24 April 1896. He died in Islington
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, London
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aged 72.