(Peter) Rigby Wason (1797 – 24 July 1875) was a

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barrister and farmer, and a Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1831 until his defeat at the 1835 general election. However, the election was declared void on petition, and he was returned to the

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at the resulting

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, holding the seat until he was defeated again at the 1837 general election. He regained the seat at the 1841 general election, but that election was overturned on petition and he did not stand again. Wason married Euphemia McTier. Their children included

Cathcart Wason John Cathcart Wason (17 November 1848 – 19 April 1921), generally known as Cathcart Wason, was a Scotland, Scottish farmer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament in two countries: first in Ne ...

(1848–1921), a New Zealand settler and MP who returned to Scotland and became MP for Orkney and Shetland, and

Eugene Wason Eugene Wason (26 January 1846 – 19 April 1927) was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1885 and 1918. Family Eugene Wason came from a Liberal family. His father, brother and son-in ...

(1846–1927), a lawyer and Liberal MP. Peter Cathcart Wason was Eugene's grandchild.

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* 1797 births 1875 deaths British barristers Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ipswich UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 {{Scotland-law-bio-stub