Jesse David Watts-Russell Explained

Jesse David Watts-Russell
Office:Member of Parliament
for North Staffordshire
Term Start:5 July 1841
Term End:12 August 1847
Predecessor:Bingham Baring
Edward Buller-Yarde-Buller
Successor:Charles Adderley
George Egerton
Alongside:Charles Adderley
Birth Date:1812
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

Jesse David Watts-Russell (1812 – 7 March 1879)[1] was a British Conservative politician.[2] [3]

He was the son of Jesse Watts-Russell, an MP for Gatton and Mary Watts, and married Mary Nevill Wright, daughter of John Smith Wright and Lydia Gray, and had at least nine children, including Josephine (died).[3]

Watts-Russell was elected Conservative MP for North Staffordshire at the 1841 general election, and held the seat until 1852 when he stood down.[2] [3] [4]

He was also, at some point, a Justice of the Peace.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 27 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180714150551/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons4.htm. 14 July 2018 . usurped . 30 April 2018 .
  2. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 40 . . 27 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . https://web.archive.org/web/20190527173821/http://www.thepeerage.com/p28324.htm . 27 May 2019 . Jesse David Watts-Russell . The Peerage . 27 May 2019 . 12 December 2010 . live.
  4. 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. 456.