William Massey

Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom

June 3, 1809 (age 72)

Massey practised on the Western Circuit and in 1852 was appointed recorder of Portsmouth and in 1855 of Plymouth. He first entered the House of Commons in July 1852 as a Liberal member for Newport, Isle of Wight. In April 1857 he became Member of Parliament for Salford. He held the office until March 1858 when the Conservatives came to power, and Lord Derby formed his second government. He continued to represent Salford in the Commons until 1865, and was appointed Chairman of Committees of the Whole House. He purchased the old ruined estate at Old Basing House, Hampshire. He was nominated to the position of Minister for Finance in the British Raj, and was sworn onto the Privy Council. He retired from the council in 1868 and, joined the Athenaeum Club. As a "City Liberal" club member, Massey contested the constituency of Liverpool on 17 November 1868. But was finally returned to parliament in November 1872 as Member of Parliament for Tiverton, a seat he held until his death. He was the author of A History of England under George III, which was published in four volumes between 1855 and 1863 and of Common Law versus Common Sense. Apart from his legal and parliamentary activities, he was chairman of Street John"s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin. Shorlty before his last illness Massey married in 1880, Helen Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late Patrick Grant, Esq., Sheriff-Clerk of Inverness. He died at his London home, 96 Portland Place, in October 1881.

William Massey

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He married firstly in 1833, Frances Carleton, daughter of Rev John Orde.

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West. North. Massey studied law, being admitted as a student at the Inner Temple in November 1826, and was called to the bar in January 1844.

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Massey practised on the Western Circuit and in 1852 was appointed recorder of Portsmouth and in 1855 of Plymouth. He first entered the House of Commons in July 1852 as a Liberal member for Newport, Isle of Wight. In April 1857 he became Member of Parliament for Salford.

He held the office until March 1858 when the Conservatives came to power, and Lord Derby formed his second government.

He continued to represent Salford in the Commons until 1865, and was appointed Chairman of Committees of the Whole House. He purchased the old ruined estate at Old Basing House, Hampshire.

He was nominated to the position of Minister for Finance in the British Raj, and was sworn onto the Privy Council. He retired from the council in 1868 and, joined the Athenaeum Club.

As a "City Liberal" club member, Massey contested the constituency of Liverpool on 17 November 1868.

But was finally returned to parliament in November 1872 as Member of Parliament for Tiverton, a seat he held until his death. He was the author of A History of England under George III, which was published in four volumes between 1855 and 1863 and of Common Law versus Common Sense. Apart from his legal and parliamentary activities, he was chairman of Street John"s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.

Shorlty before his last illness Massey married in 1880, Helen Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late Patrick Grant, Esq., Sheriff-Clerk of Inverness.

He died at his London home, 96 Portland Place, in October 1881.

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16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament.

20th United Kingdom Parliament.

21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]

In August 1855 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department during the first ministry of Lord Palmerston, and became a member of Brooks"son

In January 1865 he left parliament to become a member of the Council of the Governor-General of India.

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