John Dugdale (Conservative politician) explained

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John Stratford Dugdale KC (30 July 1835 – 27 October 1920)^[1] was a lawyer and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was elected at the 1886 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton, having stood unsuccessfully in 1885. He stood down at the 1892 general election, and did not stand again.^[2]

Shortly before his election, Dugdale was resident at Blythe Hall, Coleshill, and was Recorder for Birmingham.^[3] He was a King's Counsel.^[4]

In 1889 he was appointed the first chairman of Warwickshire County Council.^[5] An oil portrait of Dugdale, by William Carter, is in Warwick Shire Hall.

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "N" (Part 3). Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. 2009-05-11. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20170407065925/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons3.htm. 7 April 2017.
2. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 . 1974 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-27-2 . 408.

3. 268.
4. Web site: John Stratford Dugdale (1835–1920), KC . . 16 April 2021 .
5. News: Warwickshire County Council . 20 January 2024 . Kenilworth Advertiser . 6 April 1889 . 5.