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CLEIVELAND, William (1695-1724), of Cleveland Place, Liverpool.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency
Dates
1722 - 25 Mar. 1724
Family and Education
b. Apr. 1695, 1st surv. s. of John Cleiveland, M.P., of Hinckley, Leics. and Cleveland Place, Liverpool by Anne Williamson of Liverpool. unm. suc. fa. 1716.
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Biography
Cleiveland’s father left Leicestershire to become the adopted son of his uncle Richard Cleiveland, a Liverpool merchant, acquired a large fortune, became one of the most eminent merchants of his day, and sat for Liverpool 1710-13. Cleiveland himself headed the poll for Liverpool as a government Whig in 1722. He died as Mar. 1724, aged 28.1
Ref Volumes: 1715-1754
Author: Eveline Cruickshanks
Notes
- 1. Nichols, Leics. iv. 707; H. Peet, Liverpool in reign of Queen Anne 146-7.