1842 Liverpool by-election

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The 1842 Liverpool by-election was held on 8 February 1842 and resulted in the election of the unopposed Conservative candidate Howard Douglas. [1] It was caused by the resignation of the previous Conservative MP, Cresswell Cresswell, when he was made a judge of the Court of Common Pleas by the Prime Minister Robert Peel. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool Election" . Dublin Monitor. 9 February 1842. Retrieved 19 September 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cresswell, Sir Cresswell"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 413.

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