Edward Horsman

Edward Horsman (born February 8, 1807 , † November 30, 1876 in Biarritz ) was a British politician.

Edward Horsman, educated in Rugby School and at the University of Cambridge , entered the Scottish bar in 1831 and was elected to the House of Commons for Cockermouth in 1836 as in 1853 for Stroud , where he joined the Liberal Party .

He was only a member of the government from 1855 to 1857 as Chief Secretary for Ireland . During the deliberations on the Reform Bill introduced by Gladstone (see * 1) in 1866, he separated himself from the majority of the Whig Party , since their liberal concessions went too far for him, and together with Robert Lowe founded the faction of the so-called Adullamites, according to a joke of Bright . Even later, after this faction disappeared again, he exercised a great influence in parliament as one of the so-called independent liberals through his oratorical talent and his caustic wit, which both parties feared.

Since 1869 he was a member of the House of Commons for Liskeard in Cornwall (see * 2).

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1 Reform Bill , in the United Kingdom any bill that aims to reform, but especially the bills introduced in 1830, 1867 and 1885 through parliamentary reform
2 Liskeard (spr. Liskáhrd), city in the Engl. Cornwall county, with tin, copper and lead mining, granite quarries, etc. (1881) Pop. 4479. A canal connects Liskeard with Looe Harbor, 5 km away.

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SURNAME	Horsman, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1807
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1876
Place of death	Biarritz