Frederick William Grafton. 1st M.P for Accrington

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320201

Reference identifier

HAC-H01-P11-2231-1

Title

Frederick William Grafton. 1st M.P for Accrington

Place

Accrington

Personal names

Frederick William Grafton

General notes

Died January 27th 1890 aged 73. The eldest son of Mr Joseph Smith Grafton, a Manchester merchant. F.W. Grafton was educated at Rigby, but early in life entered the firm of C.E Potter & Co. Calico Printers. In 1856 he took over Broad Oak Works from the Hargreaves family, and was its head up to the times of his demise, a man esteemed by his workpeople and by all with whom he came into contact. In 1880 he returned to Parliament as the colleague of Lord Hartington for the North-Eastern Division of the county, and won the first election in the Accrington Division after the re-distribution of seats. For many years Mr Grafton was president of the Accrington Liberal Club, and was a munificent supporter of that and other clubs, and also the Mechanics Institution.

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Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

c.1880

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Subjects

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