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Mr. James Cropper, M.P. for Kendal, 1881. Creator: Unknown.

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Mr. James Cropper, M.P. for Kendal, 1881. 'The newly-elected M.P. for Kendal is Mr. James Cropper, of Ellergreen, near Kendal, eldest son of the late Mr. John Cropper, of Dingle Bank, Liverpool. His grandfather was head of the firm of Cropper, Benson, and Co., in that town. For upwards of thirty years Mr. Cropper has resided near Kendal. In 1845 he married Frances Alison, daughter of the late Mr. John Wakefield, of Sedgwick, near Kendal, who died in 1868. His only son married Edith Emily, daughter of Sir Henry T. Holland, Bart., M.P. Mr. Cropper was one of the early directors of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. He has been Chairman of the Board of Guardians for twenty-five years. He is J.P. and D.L. for the county of Westmorland, and was High Sheriff in 1875'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.

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HRM25A42_268

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6,5Mo (421,7Ko) / 11,0cm x 14,8cm / 1304 x 1746 (300dpi)

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