- Sir John William Maclure, 1st Baronet
Sir John William Maclure, 1st Baronet (
22 April 1835 -28 January 1901 ), was a British businessman and Conservative politician.Maclure was educated at
Manchester Grammar School andBrasenose College, Oxford , but left university without taking a degree due to ill health. He later became manager of the Guardian Insurance Company and was also Secretary of the Cotton Famine Relief Fund during theLancashire Cotton famine in the early 1860s. He played an important role for the revival of Conservatism inManchester and served as President of the Conservative Association of South and East Lancashire. In the 1885 general election he unsuccessfully contested Stretford, but was successfully returned for the same constituency in the 1886 general election, and held the seat until his death. In 1898 he was created a Baronet, of The Home in Whalley Range near Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster.Maclure died in January 1901, aged 65.
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.leighrayment.com/Baronetage.htm Leigh Rayment' s baronetage page]
* [http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/depart/history/mh/Resources/biographies/Mc/MaclureJW/MaclureJWtxt.htm Short biography]
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