William Coare Brocklehurst

William Coare Brocklehurst

William Coare Brocklehurst (February 9, 1818 – June 3, 1900) was an English politician and head of a family of silk producers in Macclesfield in the 19th century.

William was the son of John Brocklehurst and Mary Coare. He became a Liberal Member of Parliament for Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Macclesfield constituency from 1868 to 1880 alongside David Chadwick and then again after the constituency was recreated with a single MP from 1885 to 1886. From 1883 to 1885 he was mayor of Macclesfield.

The Brocklehurst family of Brocklehurst-Whiston mill acquired Butley Hall in 1861, and the Bollingtonfield Estate in 1884, naming it Butley Cottage. It is currently a hotel known as White House Manor.

He died in June 1900, the 18 August, 1900 edition of 'The Nursing Record & Hospital World' records that he left £1000 to the endowment fund of Macclesfield Infirmary.

References

*cite web |url=http://www.prestburycheshire.com/cartmell.htm |title=The History of Prestbury |accessdate=2007-01-27 |author = A.J.S.Cartmell
*cite web |url=http://www.prestburycheshire.com/butleycottage.htm |title=Butley Cottage, Prestbury |accessdate=2007-01-27 |work=
*cite web |url=http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CHESHIRE/2002-12/1039471544 |title=Macclesfield Mayors 1531 - 1995 |accessdate=2007-01-27
*cite web |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2365.htm#i23647 |title=thePeerage.com |accessdate=2007-01-27
*cite web |url=http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME025-1900/page139-volume25-18thaugust1900.pdf |title=The Nursing Record & Hospital World |pages=p139 |accessdate=2007-01-27 |format=PDF
*cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/mcommons1.htm |title=The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "M"|accessdate=2007-01-27

External links

* [http://www.thewhitehouse.uk.com/ White House Manor]


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