Daniel Thwaites

Daniel Thwaites
Member of Parliament
for Blackburn
In office
1875–1880
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born1817
Died(1888-09-21)21 September 1888
Political partyConservative
ChildrenElma Amy
OccupationBrewer, politician

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.

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]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
  2. ^ a b "No. 24253". The London Gazette. 8 October 1875. p. 4769.
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "Celebrating 200 years of brewing". Thwaites Brewery. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2010.