William Sharman Crawford

William Sharman Crawford (1781–1861) was an Irish politician with liberal and radical views; he supported Catholic Emancipation and the rights of tenants. He was also a member of the landed gentry.[1] He was a Member of the British parliament for Dundalk in 1835–1837 and for Rochdale in 1841–1852. He was High Sheriff of Down for 1811. He was the father of James Sharman Crawford, one of the Members of the British parliament for Down, 1874-1878, Arthur Sharman Crawford, unsuccessful candidate for Down in 1884 and John Sharman Crawford, unsuccessful candidate for Down in 1880 [2] His daughter was Mabel Sharman Crawford, adventurer, feminist and writer.[3] He died at Crawfordsburn.

  1. Burke's Landed Gentry, 5th edition (1871) Volume II, P 1251
  2. Brian Walker, 'Landowners and Parliamentary Elections in County Down, 1801-1921' PP 309-13 in Lindsay Proudfoot, 'Down - History and Society', Geography Publications, 1997
  3. "At the Circulating Library Author Information: Mabel Sharman Crawford". Victoria Research Web. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
This article is about the Irish politician. For the British athlete, see William Sharman. For the American basketball coach, see Bill Sharman.

References
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William O'Reilly		 Member of Parliament for Dundalk
1835 – 1837		 Succeeded by
Thomas Nicholas Redington
Preceded by
John Fenton		 Member of Parliament for Rochdale
1841 – 1852		 Succeeded by
Edward Miall


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.