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| − | | address = 21 Bolton street Piccadilly W<br />77 Cromwell Road SW [ | + | | address = 21 Bolton street Piccadilly W<br />77 Cromwell Road SW [1875] |
| occupation = political<br />business | | occupation = political<br />business | ||
| elected_ESL = 1870.01 | | elected_ESL = 1870.01 | ||
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| membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow - life compounder | | membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow - life compounder | ||
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| clubs = United University Club | | clubs = United University Club | ||
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=== House Notes === | === House Notes === | ||
| − | Wm in 1872 list | + | Wm in 1872 list<br />death reported in Report of the Council for 1921 |
=== Notes From Elsewhere === | === Notes From Elsewhere === | ||
Born London; died Sidmouth Devon. Family firm was Morrison, Dillon & Co., a wholesale textiles, drapery and haberdashery business. Very successful businessman, and expanded his interests outside the family firm into banking and railways. Liberal MP for Plymouth 1861-74; Liberal Unionist MP for Skipton, Yorks 1886-92, 1895-1900. Gave numerous large benefactions including to Oxford: funded a Readership in Egyptology and is one of the Bodleian Library’s chief benefactors. Honorary degree from Oxford. JP.<br /> | Born London; died Sidmouth Devon. Family firm was Morrison, Dillon & Co., a wholesale textiles, drapery and haberdashery business. Very successful businessman, and expanded his interests outside the family firm into banking and railways. Liberal MP for Plymouth 1861-74; Liberal Unionist MP for Skipton, Yorks 1886-92, 1895-1900. Gave numerous large benefactions including to Oxford: funded a Readership in Egyptology and is one of the Bodleian Library’s chief benefactors. Honorary degree from Oxford. JP.<br /> | ||
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| Born | 1836 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1921 | ||||||||||||
| Residence |
21 Bolton street Piccadilly W 77 Cromwell Road SW [1875] | ||||||||||||
| Occupation |
political business | ||||||||||||
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Wm in 1872 list
death reported in Report of the Council for 1921
Notes From Elsewhere
Born London; died Sidmouth Devon. Family firm was Morrison, Dillon & Co., a wholesale textiles, drapery and haberdashery business. Very successful businessman, and expanded his interests outside the family firm into banking and railways. Liberal MP for Plymouth 1861-74; Liberal Unionist MP for Skipton, Yorks 1886-92, 1895-1900. Gave numerous large benefactions including to Oxford: funded a Readership in Egyptology and is one of the Bodleian Library’s chief benefactors. Honorary degree from Oxford. JP.
