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Thomas Houldsworth
Thomas
Houldsworth
was a
Tory
, and then
Conservative Party
,
politician
in
England
. He was a
Member of Parliament
for
34
years, from
1818
to
1852
.
Houldsworth
MP
for
Pontefract
from 1818 to
1830
, and then for the
rotten borough
of
Newton
in
Lancashire
from 1830 until the
borough
was
disenfranchised
at
1832 general election
. He was then
elected
for the
Northern division of Nottinghamshire
, and held that seat until he
stepped
down from the
House of Commons
at the
general election in July 1852
. He
died
two months
later, aged 80.