William Henry Stanton (MP) explained

William Henry Stanton (6 October 1790 – 24 March 1870)^[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

Parliamentary career

At the 1841 general election, Stanton was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the parliamentary borough of Stroud^[2] in Gloucestershire. He was returned to the House of Commons again in 1847, but did not seek re-election at the 1852 general election.

His son, Alfred John Stanton, was also MP for Stroud, from 1874 to 1880.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231519/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons5.htm . 10 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 21 November 2009.
2. 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 . 292.

3. John Eacott, The Eacott Name History, p 106. 2019. . Retrieved 19 February 2020.