Francis Bassett | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire |
Term Start: | 27 June 1872 |
Term End: | 28 April 1875 |
Predecessor: | Richard Gilpin Francis Russell |
Alongside: | Richard Gilpin |
Successor: | George Russell Richard Gilpin |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1820 |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Liberal |
Francis Bassett (25 May 1820 – 9 June 1899) was a British Liberal politician.
His father John Dollin Bassett was partner in a bank at Leighton Buzzard, of which Francis and his brother also became partners.[1] He was elected MP for Bedfordshire at a by-election in 1872 but resigned in 1875.[2]