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On 18 December 1805 he married Anna Maria Holford, a daughter and co-heiress of Allan Holford (1754-1788) of
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WALKER, Joshua (1786-1862), of Portland Place and Hendon Place, Mdx. , History of Parliament Online
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies 1786 births 1862 deaths Tory members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 {{England-UK-MP-stub
Portland Place
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and Hendon Place, Middlesex, was a Member of Parliament
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for Aldeburgh
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in Suffolk, a pocket borough
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owned by his cousin Samuel Walker (1779–1851), MP,Taylor a notable ironmaster
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The ironmaster was usually a larg ...
from Yorkshire.
Origins
He was born on 28 September 1786, the son of Joshua Walker of Clifton House, near Rotherham in Yorkshire, the proprietor of an iron and steel works and of lead factories and founder of the Independent College at Rotherham. His mother was Susanna Need, a daughter of Samuel Need of Arnold, Nottinghamshire, a textile manufacturer.Marriage
On 18 December 1805 he married Anna Maria Holford, a daughter and co-heiress of Allan Holford (1754-1788) of Davenham Hall
Davenham Hall is a former English country houses, country house to the southeast of the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England. It was built for Thomas Ravenscroft to replace a timber-framed house called Davenham Lodge. It dates from the middle ...
in Cheshire, by his wife Margaret Wrench (d.1834), a daughter of William Wrench of Chester.Heraldic illustrations, by J. and J. B. Burke, Volume 2, Plate XCI, pedigree of Holfor/ref> By his wife he had six sons and 2 daughters.
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Sources
*Taylor, Lawrence, biography of ''Walker, Joshua (1786-1862), of Portland Place and Hendon Place, Mdx.'', published ''History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'', ed. R. Thorne, 198WALKER, Joshua (1786-1862), of Portland Place and Hendon Place, Mdx. , History of Parliament Online
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies 1786 births 1862 deaths Tory members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 {{England-UK-MP-stub