Background
Wright was born at Quarndon, Derbyshire the third son of Ichabod Charles Wright of Watnall Hall, Nottinghamshire.
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Henry Wright
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He was educated at Brighton College and admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge on 29 January 1858.
Career
He was admitted at the Inner Temple on 20 August 1862 and called to the bar on 30 April 1866. With his father he published a selection of psalms in verse. He translated the Iliad, I-IV into English hexameters, and the Aeneid, I-VI into blank verse.
He held the seat until he stood down in 1895.
Wright lived at Mapperley Hall, Nottinghamshire and died at the age of 70. Wright married Mary Jane Cartledge, only daughter of William Cartledge, of Woodthorpe in 1865.
Achievements
Membership
24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament]
Wright was a member of his father"s banking firm in Nottingham from 1867 to 1878. Wright stood unsuccessfully for Nottingham South in 1885 but was elected Member of Parliament for South Nottingham at the 1886 general election.
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Political Party
Conservative Party