Thomas Houldsworth

Thomas Houldsworth (13 September 1771 – 1 September 1852)^[1] was a Tory, and then Conservative Party, politician in England. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 34 years, from 1818 to 1852.

Houldsworth MP for Pontefract from 1818 to 1830,^[2] and then for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1830 until the borough was disenfranchised at 1832 general election.^[1] He was then elected for the Northern division of Nottinghamshire, and held that seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the general election in July 1852.^[3] He died two months later, aged 80.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Pemberton Milnes Viscount Pollington	Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1818–1830 With: Viscount Pollington to 1826 Le Gendre Starkie 1826–1830	Succeeded by Hon. Henry Stafford-Jerningham Sir Culling Eardley
Preceded by Thomas Alcock Thomas Legh	Member of Parliament for Newton 1830 – 1832 With: Thomas Legh	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for North Nottinghamshire 1832 – 1852 With: Viscount Lumley to 1835 Henry Gally-Knight 1835–1846 Lord Henry Bentinck from 1846	Succeeded by Lord Henry Bentinck Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton

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