George Thomas Kenyon
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George Thomas Kenyon was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1906.
"Denbigh Boroughs". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1888.
The 1880 United Kingdom general election was held from 31 March to 27 April 1880. It saw the Liberal opposition triumph with 352 seats.
George Thomas Kenyon
…inherited the title at the age of five, of whom throughout his lifetime George was also heir-presumptive, his nephew then being unmarried. At the 1874 and 1880 general elections, Kenyon stood unsuccessfully for the Denbigh Boroughs. He was elected Member of Parliament for Denbigh at the 1885 general election and held the seat…
Picture of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Benjamin Disraeli, 1878
A painting by Alfred George Palmer of election night outside Exeter Guildhall in the collection of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (333/1997).
Crowds wait outside Leeds Town Hall to hear the result