Daniel Thwaites

Daniel Thwaites (1817 – 21 September 1888)^[1] was an English brewer^[2] and a Liberal 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]

Family

His daughter, Elma Amy married Robert Yerburgh, M.P. for Chester.^[5]

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
2. ^ ^{a b} London Gazette: no. 24253. p. 4769. 8 October 1875. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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. http://www.danielthwaites.com/AboutUs/Bicentenary.htm. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
5. ^ "Elma Amy Thwaites". The Peerage.com. 15 July 2003. http://www.thepeerage.com/p615.htm#i6145. Retrieved 13 February 2011. 

• Wake, Jehanne (2007). Thwaites: The Life and Times of Daniel Thwaites Brewery, 1807-2007. Scotforth Books. ISBN 1-904244-46-7. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Daniel Thwaites

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Master Feilden William Edward Briggs	Member of Parliament for Blackburn 1875 – 1880 With: William Edward Briggs	Succeeded by William Coddington William Edward Briggs

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Name	Thwaites, Daniel
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Date of birth	1817
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Date of death	21 September 1888
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