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but afterwards he worked for a while in his father's office. In 1883 he entered into partnership with his father-in-law and for over 30 years carried on the business of mill furnishers, being head of the firm of James White Abbott & Co. However he always took a keen interest in public affairs.
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proposed to the King the creation of many new
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and served until 1918 when the constituency was abolished in boundary changes. A General
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