George Goodman (politician)

Sir George Goodman
Sir George Goodman, Mayor of Leeds
Member of Parliament
In office
1852–1857
MonarchVictoria
Personal details
Born17 November 1791[1]
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died13 October 1859 (aged 67)
Roundhay, Yorkshire, England
Political partyWhig

Sir George Goodman (17 November 1791 – 13 October 1859)[2] was an English wool-stapler,[3] a magistrate for the borough and county of Leeds,[4] as well as a Liberal politician. On 1 January 1836, he was elected the first Mayor of Leeds after the Municipal Corporations Act 1835,[3] and he served as a member of parliament (MP) for Leeds from 1852 to 1857.[2]

  1. ^ England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567–1970
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  3. ^ a b Wheater, William; Smith, William (1882). Old Yorkshire. Vol. 3 (Digitized 5 June 2007 ed.). Longmans, Green. p. 203.
  4. ^ Leeds man, pp. 61