Thomas Colpitts Granger
Member of Parliament
for City of Durham
In office
29 June 1841 – 13 August 1852
Serving with William Atherton (July 1852–August 1852)
Henry John Spearman (1847–July 1852)
John Bright (July 1843–1847)
Arthur Hill-Trevor (April 1843–July 1843)
Robert FitzRoy (1841–April 1843)
Preceded byArthur Hill-Trevor
William Charles Harland
Succeeded byAdolphus Vane-Tempest
William Atherton
Personal details
Born1802
Died13 August 1852(1852-08-13) (aged 49–50)
NationalityBritish
Political partyRadical

Thomas Colpitts Granger, QC (1802 – 13 August 1852)[1] was a British Radical politician and barrister.[2]

Admitted to Inner Temple in 1830, Granger was later elected Radical MP for City of Durham at the 1841 general election and held the seat until his death in 1852.[3][4][5][6][7][2]

His son, also Sir Thomas Colpitts Granger, was a County Court judge.

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
  2. 1 2 Disraeli, Benjamin (1982). Gunn, John Alexander Wilson; Wiebe, Melvin George; Millar, Mary S.; Robson, Ann P. (eds.). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1852-1856. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780802041371. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  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. ↑ Froude, James Anthony; Tulloch, John, eds. (1838). Fraser's Magazine, Volume 17. J. Fraser. p. 71. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Radice, Paula Kim Vandersluys (1992). "Identification, interests and influence : voting behaviour in four English constituencies in the decade after the Great Reform Act" (PDF). Durham E-Theses. Durham University. p. 318. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  6. ↑ The Spectator, Volume 10. F.C. Westley. 1837. p. 628. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Electoral Movements". John O'Groat Journal. 18 June 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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