William Eccles (MP)

William Eccles
Member of Parliament
for Blackburn
In office
8 July 1852 – 24 February 1853
Serving with James Pilkington
Preceded byJames Pilkington
John Hornby
Succeeded byJames Pilkington
Montague Joseph Feilden
Personal details
Born1794
Died (aged 58)
NationalityBritish
Political partyRadical

William Eccles (1794 – 17 June 1853)[1] was a British Radical politician.

Eccles was elected Radical MP for Blackburn at the 1852 general election but was unseated shortly in 1853 due to bribery. He died just a few months later.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  2. ^ "Blackburn Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 26 March 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 14 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. ^ Pink, William Dumcombe; Beavan, Alfred B. (1889). The Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire (County and Borough) 1258-1885 with Biographical and Genealogical Notices of the Members. London: Henry Gray. p. 317. Retrieved 14 April 2018.