Summary
Edward Chapman (12 October 1839 – 25 July 1906) was a British academic and Conservative politician.
Edward Chapman | |
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 Edward Chapman, c.1901 | |
| Member of Parliament for Hyde | |
| In office 1900–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Watson Sidebotham |
| Succeeded by | Charles Duncan Schwann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1839 |
| Died | 25 July 1906 (aged 66) Hill End House, Mottram, Cheshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
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He was the son of John Chapman and his wife Ann née Sidebottom, of Hill End House, Hollingworth, near Mottram, Cheshire. John Chapman was Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby and a major landowner, having made a fortune from the development of railways and docks.[1]
Edward Chapman was educated at Merton College, Oxford, having been graduated with a first-class honours degree in Natural Science in 1864.[2] He obtained a master's degree in 1866, and subsequently became a tutor at Magdalen College in 1868.[1] He was appointed a public examiner in the Honours School of Science. He was elected a fellow of Magdalen College in 1882.[2] He was curator of the University Botanic Gardens, and a member of the Linnean and Ashmolean Societies.[2] He married Elizabeth Beardoe Grundy in 1863.[1]
In 1877, his father died and he inherited shares in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and became a director and deputy chairman of its successor Great Central Railway.[3] He was also a director of the South Eastern and London Chatham and Dover Railway companies[1] and chairman of Wigan Junction Railways.[4] He was lord of the manor of Hattersley, an estate purchased by his father.[1]
He was involved in local politics, elected as president of the Hyde Conservative Association in 1895,[4] and for twenty years was chairman of the Mottram Urban District Council.[1]
In 1900, he was elected as Conservative MP for Hyde, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Cheshire at the end of 1901.[5] At the ensuing election in 1906 he was defeated by the Liberal candidate Charles Schwann.
Chapman was found dead at Hill End on 25 July 1906, apparently as the result of a fall. He was aged 67.[3]
References edit
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ a b c d e f Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench (PDF). London: Dean & Son. 1901. p. 27. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ a b c Obituary, The Times, 2 August 1906, p.10
- ^ a b Obituary, The Times, 26 July 1906, p.7
- ^ a b "Mr Edward Chapman, MP". Lancashire Faces & Places. 1 (2): 21–23. February 1901.
- ^ "No. 27392". The London Gazette. 31 December 1901. p. 9176.
External links edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Chapman