30:
620:
22:
219:, claiming that Britain was paying for the creation of Catholic priests whose goal was to turn Britain into a "citadel of Popery". His three motions for the creation of a committee to consider repeal of the grant were all defeated in 1861, 1862, and 1863, and he experienced difficulty in getting his anti-Catholic speeches heard due to opposition from the numerous Irish MPs.
195:
was lodged, and a
Committee of the House of Commons was established in July 1853 to investigate the case. The committee determined that he had not been legitimately elected, and reinstated his opponent,
802:
230:
on the throne of
England, and that the Pope had taken control of the British artillery corps, the police, the telegraph office, and railway companies. He was also a zealous supporter of
184:
787:
172:
797:
156:
842:
699:
653:
180:
852:
695:
649:
551:
239:
201:
168:
480:
792:
807:
615:
531:
323:
299:
629:
570:
751:
272:
104:
37:
29:
144:
57:
41:
832:
827:
822:
817:
812:
713:
222:
In 1866 he claimed to have evidence that
Vatican machinations had caused the defeat of British troops in New Zealand, that
688:
674:
662:
642:
491:
638:
152:
847:
837:
727:
188:
176:
125:
211:, Whalley was persuaded to lead the parliamentary campaign against Roman Catholicism, taking over from the ailing
564:
81:
250:
223:
121:
137:
611:
606:
782:
777:
212:
21:
227:
508:
466:
437:
380:
360:
340:
235:
53:
103:
He was an assistant tithe commissioner between 1836 and 1847, writing over 200 articles for the
547:
527:
319:
295:
243:
192:
148:
129:
97:
563:
183:. There were reports of irregularities in the election, which had been heavily influenced by
147:, the first in Montgomeryshire, from its inception in 1852 and was the first chairman of the
503:
461:
432:
375:
355:
335:
619:
120:
In 1846, he married Anne
Wakeford, with whom he had a son and two daughters. During the
731:
718:
708:
684:
670:
287:
216:
197:
124:
in 1847, he established several fisheries on the Irish west coast. In 1852 he was made
110:
73:
771:
93:
273:
Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
231:
133:
208:
109:
between 1838 and 1842. In 1838 and 1839 he published a pair of treatises on the
85:
69:
294:(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 509.
89:
77:
601:
316:
Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales
68:
He was the eldest son of James
Whalley, a merchant and banker from
28:
20:
175:, and was returned to Parliament on his second attempt at a
52:(22 January 1813 – 8 October 1878) was a British lawyer and
25:
Photograph of either G.H. Whalley MP or a portrait of his.
115:
The Tithe Act and the Whole of the Tithe
Amendment Acts
607:
contributions in
Parliament by George Hammond Whalley
249:
He died insolvent in 1878, still in office. His son,
396:
The Story of the
Cambrian – a biography of a railway
238:, and was eventually jailed by Lord Chief Justice
803:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
524:Popular anti-Catholicism in mid-Victorian Britain
253:, was MP for Peterborough between 1880 and 1883.
544:Protestant vs. Catholic in mid-Victorian England
292:British parliamentary election results 1832–1885
282:
280:
187:, and his election was voided on 8 June 1853. A
113:, which were expanded and published in 1848 as
167:He unsuccessfully stood for Parliament at the
200:. He was once again elected, however, in the
8:
481:Hansard, vol. 129 cols. 544-56. 21 July 1853
574:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
492:Hansard, vol. 129 col. 1726, 15 August 1853
189:second by-election was held on 25 June 1853
625:
618:
398:; Woodall, Minshall, Thomas & Co, 1922
268:
266:
226:, the Irish primate, intended to place a
34:"The great believer in Roman Catholicism"
262:
215:. His principal aim was to abolish the
191:, when Whalley was re-elected. Another
56:politician. He became chairman of the
7:
788:Alumni of University College London
612:Portraits of George Hammond Whalley
151:in 1859. He was also active in the
798:Deputy lieutenants of Denbighshire
84:, gaining a first class degree in
14:
616:National Portrait Gallery, London
384:. 7 September 1852. p. 2414.
843:High sheriffs of Caernarvonshire
630:Parliament of the United Kingdom
571:Dictionary of National Biography
441:. 7 December 1852. p. 3576.
752:High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire
565:"Whalley, George Hammond"
364:. 5 October 1852. p. 2615.
36:Whalley as caricatured by Ape (
153:Railway Benevolent Institution
145:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
58:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
1:
853:Denbighshire Hussars officers
761:Robert Vaughan Wynne Williams
470:. 28 June 1853. p. 1818.
72:, and a direct descendant of
16:British lawyer and politician
689:George Wentworth-FitzWilliam
675:George Wentworth-FitzWilliam
663:George Wentworth-FitzWilliam
643:George Wentworth-FitzWilliam
344:. 5 March 1852. p. 698.
177:by-election in December 1852
512:. 3 May 1859. p. 1813.
869:
728:John Wentworth-FitzWilliam
242:, who tried the case, for
157:National Temperance League
126:Sheriff of Caernarvonshire
793:British Yeomanry officers
758:
749:
743:
738:
724:
693:
681:
667:
647:
635:
628:
82:University College London
80:. George was educated at
143:He was chairman of the
136:, and a captain in the
251:George Hampden Whalley
50:George Hammond Whalley
46:
26:
808:Members of Gray's Inn
202:1859 general election
169:1852 general election
138:Denbighshire Yeomanry
32:
24:
696:Member of Parliament
650:Member of Parliament
451:Craig, pages 237–238
181:City of Peterborough
163:Parliamentary career
106:Justice of the Peace
585:Manchester Guardian
509:The London Gazette
467:The London Gazette
438:The London Gazette
394:Gasquoine, C. P.;
381:The London Gazette
361:The London Gazette
341:The London Gazette
236:Tichborne Claimant
47:
27:
848:English Anglicans
838:British Anglicans
766:
765:
759:Succeeded by
725:Succeeded by
704:1859–1878
668:Succeeded by
658:1852–1853
552:978-0-8262-0354-0
244:contempt of court
193:election petition
149:Mid-Wales Railway
130:deputy lieutenant
98:called to the bar
96:in 1835, and was
860:
833:UK MPs 1874–1880
828:UK MPs 1868–1874
823:UK MPs 1865–1868
818:UK MPs 1859–1865
813:UK MPs 1852–1857
744:Preceded by
739:Honorary titles
682:Preceded by
636:Preceded by
626:
622:
588:
587:14 November 1883
582:
576:
575:
567:
560:
554:
540:
534:
520:
514:
513:
500:
494:
489:
483:
478:
472:
471:
458:
452:
449:
443:
442:
429:
423:
417:
411:
405:
399:
392:
386:
385:
372:
366:
365:
352:
346:
345:
332:
326:
312:
306:
305:
284:
275:
270:
234:, the notorious
228:Stuart pretender
185:Earl Fitzwilliam
38:Carlo Pellegrini
868:
867:
863:
862:
861:
859:
858:
857:
768:
767:
762:
755:
747:
746:Martin Williams
734:
730:
717:
712:
705:
703:
691:
687:
677:
673:
659:
657:
645:
641:
597:
592:
591:
583:
579:
562:
561:
557:
541:
537:
521:
517:
502:
501:
497:
490:
486:
479:
475:
460:
459:
455:
450:
446:
431:
430:
426:
418:
414:
406:
402:
393:
389:
374:
373:
369:
354:
353:
349:
334:
333:
329:
313:
309:
302:
288:Craig, F. W. S.
286:
285:
278:
271:
264:
259:
224:Cardinal Cullen
213:Richard Spooner
165:
66:
45:
44:, February 1871
35:
17:
12:
11:
5:
866:
864:
856:
855:
850:
845:
840:
835:
830:
825:
820:
815:
810:
805:
800:
795:
790:
785:
780:
770:
769:
764:
763:
760:
757:
748:
745:
741:
740:
736:
735:
732:Thomson Hankey
726:
723:
719:Thomson Hankey
709:Thomson Hankey
692:
685:Thomson Hankey
683:
679:
678:
671:Thomson Hankey
669:
666:
646:
639:Richard Watson
637:
633:
632:
624:
623:
609:
596:
595:External links
593:
590:
589:
577:
555:
535:
522:F. H. Wallis,
515:
495:
484:
473:
453:
444:
424:
412:
400:
387:
367:
347:
327:
307:
300:
276:
261:
260:
258:
255:
217:Maynooth Grant
198:Thomson Hankey
164:
161:
74:Edward Whalley
65:
62:
33:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
865:
854:
851:
849:
846:
844:
841:
839:
836:
834:
831:
829:
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
809:
806:
804:
801:
799:
796:
794:
791:
789:
786:
784:
781:
779:
776:
775:
773:
754:
753:
742:
737:
733:
729:
722:
720:
715:
714:William Wells
710:
702:
701:
697:
690:
686:
680:
676:
672:
665:
664:
656:
655:
651:
644:
640:
634:
631:
627:
621:
617:
613:
610:
608:
604:
603:
599:
598:
594:
586:
581:
578:
573:
572:
566:
559:
556:
553:
549:
545:
542:W. Arnstein,
539:
536:
533:
532:0-7734-9324-7
529:
525:
519:
516:
511:
510:
505:
499:
496:
493:
488:
485:
482:
477:
474:
469:
468:
463:
457:
454:
448:
445:
440:
439:
434:
428:
425:
421:
416:
413:
410:22 March 1861
409:
404:
401:
397:
391:
388:
383:
382:
377:
371:
368:
363:
362:
357:
351:
348:
343:
342:
337:
331:
328:
325:
324:0-8063-1314-5
321:
317:
314:T. Nicholas,
311:
308:
303:
301:0-900178-26-4
297:
293:
289:
283:
281:
277:
274:
269:
267:
263:
256:
254:
252:
247:
245:
241:
237:
233:
229:
225:
220:
218:
214:
210:
205:
203:
199:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
174:
170:
162:
160:
158:
154:
150:
146:
141:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
118:
116:
112:
108:
107:
101:
99:
95:
92:. He entered
91:
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
63:
61:
59:
55:
54:Liberal Party
51:
43:
39:
31:
23:
19:
750:
707:
700:Peterborough
694:
661:
654:Peterborough
648:
600:
584:
580:
569:
558:
543:
538:
523:
518:
507:
498:
487:
476:
465:
456:
447:
436:
427:
419:
415:
407:
403:
395:
390:
379:
370:
359:
350:
339:
330:
315:
310:
291:
248:
232:Arthur Orton
221:
206:
166:
142:
134:Denbighshire
122:Great Famine
119:
114:
105:
102:
67:
49:
48:
18:
783:1878 deaths
778:1813 births
605:1803–2005:
504:"No. 22258"
462:"No. 21452"
433:"No. 21389"
376:"No. 21356"
356:"No. 21364"
336:"No. 21298"
86:Metaphysics
42:Vanity Fair
772:Categories
721:from 1874
422:1 May 1861
257:References
173:Montgomery
111:Tithe Acts
100:in 1839.
94:Gray's Inn
70:Gloucester
716:1868–1874
420:The Times
408:The Times
290:(1989) .
64:Biography
240:Cockburn
209:Anglican
179:for the
155:and the
90:Rhetoric
78:regicide
711:to 1868
614:at the
602:Hansard
526:p. 122
318:p. 416
706:With:
660:With:
550:
530:
322:
298:
76:, the
756:1852
546:p212
40:) in
698:for
652:for
548:ISBN
528:ISBN
320:ISBN
296:ISBN
128:, a
88:and
207:An
171:in
132:of
774::
568:.
506:.
464:.
435:.
378:.
358:.
338:.
279:^
265:^
246:.
204:.
159:.
140:.
117:.
60:.
304:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
