Edward Litton (1787–1870) Explained

Edward Litton PC (1787 – 22 January 1870)^[1] was an Irish Conservative politician. From 1837 to 1843 he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Coleraine, in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Litton was elected to the Parliament at the general election in 1837, regaining for the Conservatives a seat which had been won by the Liberals in 1835.^[2] He was re-elected unopposed in 1841, but left Parliament in 1843 to take up an appointment as Master of Chancery in Ireland.

Related people

Litton's great-grandson (through George and grandson John), Henry Litton, is a retired Court of Final Appeal judge in Hong Kong.

Another grandson through George, George So Litton, was the founder of the Litton Mills in Pasig, the Philippines, while one of his great-grandsons through George So is Johnny Litton.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5). Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. 2009-11-28. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930094722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons5.htm. 30 September 2018.
2. Book: Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922 . Brian M. Walker . Royal Irish Academy . Dublin . 1978 . 0-901714-12-7 . 263.
3. Web site: 商城雜記 Business Tales of Hong Kong – 六一八雨災五十周年系列之二：生還者烈顯倫（Henry Litton）. .