Frederick Spinks Explained

Frederick Spinks
Office:Member of Parliament
for Oldham
Term Start:6 February 1874
Term End:2 April 1880
Alongside:John Morgan Cobbett (18741877)
J. T. Hibbert (18771880)
Predecessor:John Morgan Cobbett
J. T. Hibbert
Successor:J. T. Hibbert
Edward Stanley
Birth Date:27 December 1816
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

Frederick Lowten Spinks (27 December 1816 – 27 December 1899), known as Serjeant Spinks, was a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician.

He was the last serjeant-at-law at the English bar (the last English serjeant, was Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, who was a judge). The legal historian Patrick Polden described him as "rather undistinguished".[1]

Spinks first stood for election in Oldham at the 1865 general election, but was unsuccessful, and this fate was repeated in 1868. He finally secured the seat in 1874, but was defeated again in 1880.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Polden, Patrick. Barristers. Cornish. William. etal. The Oxford History of the Laws of England. XI: 1820–1914 English Legal System. Oxford. 2010. December 17, 2023.
  2. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 10.1007/978-1-349-02349-3 . 2027/mdp.39015032111430 . 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book.