- Henry Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough
Sir Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough (
30 August 1845 –3 March 1929 ) was a Liberal Party (and later Liberal Unionist) politician in theUnited Kingdom .In 1874, he succeeded to the
Meysey-Thompson baronetcy which had been created less than two months earlier for his father Harry, taking the title of Sir Henry Meysey-Thompson, 2nd Baronet.He was Liberal
Member of Parliament (MP) for Knaresborough from 1880 to 1881, and for Brigg from 1885 to 1886. In 1886, as one of the MPs who opposed Gladstone'sIrish Home Rule Bill , he joined the breakaway Liberal Unionist Party, but was not re-elected.He returned to the House of Commons at the 1892 general election, as MP for Handsworth (on the outskirts of
Birmingham ), and held that seat until he was ennobled on26 December 1905 as Baron Knaresborough.- Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising
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