James Cropper
English politician (1823–1900)
James Cropper (22 February 1823 – 16 October 1900) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885, and the founder of James Cropper plc.2
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Born Feb 22, 1823, died Oct 16, 1900.1
About
Cropper was the son of James Cropper of Dingle Bank Liverpool. His father was the philanthropist and slavery abolitionist John Cropper, and his grandfather was James Cropper. He was educated at the Liverpool Royal Institution and the University of Edinburgh. He married Ann Wakefield, the daughter of James Wakefield of Kendal. He founded the paper mill company which eventually became James Cropper plc in 1845. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Westmorland and was High Sheriff of Westmorland in 1875.
Cropper was elected Member of Parliament for Kendal at a by-election in December 1880.
He held the seat until the 1885 general election, when the parliamentary borough of Kendal was abolished, and the name transferred to a new division of the county of Westmorland. In the enlarged constituency, Cropper was defeated by the Earl of Bective,
a Conservative who had previously been one of the two MPs for the undivided Westmorland constituency.
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Companies
- James Cropper plcFounder11
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Edinburgh3
Career
Occupation: politician.7
- 1880 to 1885Member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom5 6
- 1875 to 1876Sheriff of Westmorland5
- Date not recordedFounded James Cropper plc4
Personal life
- BornFeb 22, 1823, Liverpool8
- CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland9
- SpouseFanny Allison Wakefield married 184510
Cropper married Fanny Alison Wakefield in 1845, and they were the parents of ten children.
Frances Anne Cropper married Rev. John William Edward Conybeare, son of William Conybeare.
William James Conybeare.
Charles James Cropper married Hon. Edith Emily Holland, daughter of Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford.
Eleanor Margaret married Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet.
James Winstanley Cropper (1879 - 1956) married, Marjorie Constance Bagot, daughter of Josceline Bagot and Theodosia Bagot of Levens Hall.
Mary Frances Cropper married Sir Walter Morley Fletcher.
Cropper died at the age of 77.
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- 1WikidataJames Cropper on Wikidata
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- 11WikidataJames Cropper plc, Founder