John Handley (MP)

John Handley (December 1807 – 8 December 1869)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in England.

At the 1857 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Newark in Nottinghamshire.[2] He was re-elected in 1859,[3] and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1865 general election.[4]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  2. ^ "No. 21983". The London Gazette. 31 March 1857. p. 1177.
  3. ^ "No. 22258". The London Gazette. 3 May 1859. p. 1813.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 215. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.