Edward Litton (1787–1870)

Edward Litton PC (1787 – 22 January 1870)[1] was an Irish Conservative politician. From 1837 to 1843 he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Coleraine, in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

For other people named Edward Litton, see Edward Litton (disambiguation).

Litton was elected to the Parliament at the general election in 1837, regaining for the Conservatives a seat which had been won by the Liberals in 1835.[2] He was re-elected unopposed in 1841, but left Parliament in 1843 to take up an appointment as Master of Chancery in Ireland.[2]

See Also

Litton descendant Henry Litton is a retired jurist in Hong Kong.

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 263. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.


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