Musgrave Brisco Explained

Musgrave Brisco (1791 – 9 May 1854)^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

A former mayor of Hastings.^[2] In the 1830s, he assisted his brother, Wastel Brisco, with the development of Bohemia House in Summerfields, St Leonards-on-Sea, and was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex for 1843. He was then elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings at a by-election in 1844,^[3] and held the seat until he resigned from Parliament through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 5 May 1854.

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2). https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231405/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons2.htm. 10 August 2009. Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. usurped. 19 April 2009.
2. Web site: History of Bohemia House and Summerfields.
3. Book: Craig, F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885. 1977. 2nd. 1989. Parliamentary Research Services. Chichester. 0-900178-26-4. 146.