Peter Rylands, M.P., Burnley, 1876 - 1887 - Red Rose Collections from Lancashire County Council

iBase ID

273895

Reference identifier

EBU20171004001

Title

Peter Rylands, M.P., Burnley, 1876 - 1887

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Peter Rylands, Richard Shaw, John Slagg

General notes

18.1.1820 - 8 February 1887. In 1876, on the death of Richard Shaw, Burnley's first M.P., Peter Rylands, also a Liberal was elected having previously been M.P. for Warr, losing his seat in 1874. He came from Warrington where he was a wire manufacturer, active in local government. Re-elected in 1880 and 1885 as a Liberal, in 1886 when the Liberal party split over Home Rule, he stood as a Liberal Unionist and held the seat. On his death in 1887, the seat passed to John Slagg, Liberal.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

6 x 9

Year of image

1885?

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Locator

P11