James Sharman Crawford

James Sharman Crawford (1812 - 28 April 1878) was the Member of Parliament for County Down, 1874–1878.[1]` He was a son of William Sharman Crawford who had unsuccessfully contested the constituency in 1852. [2] He was also a member of a landed gentry family. [3]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
  2. Brian Walker, 'Landowners and Parliamentary Elections in County Down, 1801-1921' PP 307-8 in Lindsay Proudfoot, 'Down - History and Society', Geography Publications, 1997
  3. Burke's Landed Gentry, 5th edition (1871) Volume II, P 1251

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor
William Brownlow Forde
Member of Parliament for Down
1874 – 1878
With: Lord Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor 1874–1878
Succeeded by
Lord Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor
Viscount Castlereagh



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