Alexander Clunes Sheriff (1816 – 17 March 1878) was an English businessman and
Liberal Party
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politician who was active in local government and sat in the
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from 1865 to his death in 1878.
Sheriff was the son of A. Sherriff. He was chairman of the
Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and the
Worcester Engine Works, and had directorships of the Worcester City and County Banking Co., the Patent Shaft and Axletree Co., the
Metropolitan Railway
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, the
District Railway
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and the
Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway. He was an Alderman of
Worcester and was sheriff and twice
mayor of the city. He was also
J.P. for Worcester
[Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870]
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At the 1865 general election Sheriff was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester. He held the seat until his death aged 61 in 1878.
Sheriff married Martha Tattersall, daughter of Thomas Tattersall of Armley, near Leeds in 1841.[
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1816 births
1878 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
Mayors of places in Worcestershire
Businesspeople from Worcester, England
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Worcester
19th-century English businesspeople
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