Addison Cresswell (politician) explained

Addison Cresswell
Office:Member of Parliament
for North Northumberland
Term Start:12 July 1841
Term End:13 August 1847
Predecessor:Viscount Howick
Lord Ossulston
Successor:Lord Ossulston
Sir George Grey
Alongside:Lord Ossulston
Birth Date:1 October 1788
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

Addison John Baker Cresswell (1 October 1788 – 5 May 1879)[1] was a British Conservative politician.[2]

Cresswell was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for North Northumberland at the 1841 general election but was unseated at the next election in 1847.[3] [2] He was the elder brother of lawyer Sir Cresswell Cresswell.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "N" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 26 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180811172638/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons3.htm. 11 August 2018 . usurped . 12 June 2018.
  2. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 239 .
  3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 435.