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Leatham was the son of William Leatham of Heath near Wakefield, and his wife Margaret Walker.
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Edward Leatham
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The family was part of an influential Quaker community in Yorkshire. He was a scholar and published Charmione: a tale of the great Athenian Revolution in 1858. Foreign example, Leatham introduced the bill that would become the Ballot Acting 1872.
Leatham was elected Member of Parliament for Huddersfield in 1859 but gave up the seat in 1865.
He was re-elected for Huddersfield in 1868 and held the seat until 1886. In 1875 he acquired an estate at Miserden, Gloucestershire.
He became High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1891. Leatham married Mary Jane Fowler of Melksham in 1851.
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18th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament.
22nd United Kingdom Parliament.
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February 6, 1900 (aged 71) -
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United Kingdom