Daniel Thwaites

Daniel Thwaites (1817 – 21 September 1888)[1] was an English brewer[2] and a Conservative Party[3] politician from Blackburn in Lancashire. He owned what is now Thwaites Brewery, and sat in the House of Commons from 1875 to 1880.

Daniel Thwaites
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Blackburn
In office 1875–1880 Serving with William Edward Briggs
Preceded by	Henry Feilden William Edward Briggs
Succeeded by	William Coddington William Edward Briggs
Personal details
Born	1817
Died	21 September 1888
Political party	Conservative
Children	Elma Amy
Occupation	Brewer, politician

He was the son of Daniel Thwaites (1777–1843), an excise man who in 1807 had become one of the three partners of the Eanam Brewery in Blackburn, and sole owner of the business in 1824.[4] The younger Daniel inherited the business in partnership with two of his brothers, and became sole owner in 1857.[4]

At the 1874 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Blackburn.[3] However, he won the seat at a by-election in October 1875 after the death of Henry Master Feilden,[2] and was one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Blackburn until his defeat at the 1880 general election.[3]

Family

In 1859, he married Eliza Amelia Gregory (1824–1907). They had two children, Edward George Duckworth Thwaites who was born on 20 March 1861, but died in the August of the same year[5] and a daughter, Elma Amy (born 30 July 1864), who married Robert Yerburgh, MP for Chester,[6] and inherited the Thwaites Brewery business on the death of her father.

In 1876 he built a large country house, Billinge Scar, on the edge of Blackburn, which passed after his death to Elma and her husband.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
2. "No. 24253". The London Gazette. 8 October 1875. p. 4769.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 50. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
4. "Celebrating 200 years of brewing". Thwaites Brewery. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
5. Hartley, Gordon. "Daniel and Eliza Thwaites". The Thwaites Family. Cotton Town (Blackburn with Darwen). Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
6. "Elma Amy Thwaites". The Peerage.com. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

• Wake, Jehanne (2007). Thwaites: The Life and Times of Daniel Thwaites Brewery, 1807-2007. Scotforth Books. ISBN 1-904244-46-7.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Daniel Thwaites