1898 Kesteven County Council election

1898 English local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|right|The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England. The fourth set of elections to Kesteven County Council were held in March 1898. Kesteven was one of three divisions of the historic county of Lincolnshire in England; it consisted of the ancient wapentakes (or hundreds) of Aswardhurn, Aveland, Beltisloe, Boothby Graffoe, Flaxwell, Langoe, Loveden, Ness, and Winnibriggs and Threo."Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015. The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10 elections were held every three years from 1889, until it was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, which established Lincolnshire County Council in its place.Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1 Forty-eight electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. Nearly every candidate was returned unopposed, with contests in only three divisions. Results by division Ancaster Ancasterhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18980226/019/0002 Kesteven County Council Grantham Journal 26 February 1898 2 29 April 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription Conservative Party (UK) William Avery NA NA Barrowby Barrowby Conservative Party (UK) Charles G. E. Welby JP NA NA Bassingham Bassingham Conservative Party (UK) Charles C. Curtis NA NA Bennington Bennington Conservative Party (UK) William Hutchinson NA NA Billingborough Billingborough Conservative Party (UK) Edward Smith NA NA Billinghay Billinghay Conservative Party (UK) John Creasey NA NA Bourne and Morton Bourne and Morton Conservative Party (UK) James Measures Bracebridge Bracebridge Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Jackson NA NA Branston Branston Liberal Party (UK) W. S. Fox NA NA Bytham Bytham Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Williamson NA NA Caythorpe Caythorpe William Oxley NA NA Claypole Claypole Conservative Party (UK) George Nevile NA NA Colsterworth Colsterworth Liberal Party (UK) Eli Crabtree NA NA Corby Corbyhttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001122/18980301/064/0003 Kesteven Lincolnshire Free Press 1 March 1898 3 British Newspaper Archive subscription 29 April 2015http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/18980305/006/0002 Kesteven County Council Election Grantham Journal 5 March 1898 2 British Newspaper Archive subscription 29 April 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Conyers Chapman 218 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Minta 81 299 Deeping Deeping Conservative Party (UK) William Holland NA NA Grantham no. 1 Grantham no. 1 William Bailey NA NA Grantham no. 2 Grantham no. 2 James Perkins Coultas NA NA Grantham no. 3 Grantham no. 3 Arthur Hutchinson NA NA Grantham no. 4 Grantham no. 4 Rev. George Benson Bowler NA Grantham no. 5 Grantham no. 5 William Long Wand NA NA Grantham no. 6 Grantham no. 6 John William Martin NA NA Grantham no. 7 Grantham no. 7 Joshua Lincoln NA NA Great Gonerby Gonerby Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Newton NA NA Heckington Heckington Liberal Party (UK) Daniel G. Harris NA NA Heighington Heckington Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Oglesby NA NA Helpringham Helpringham Conservative Party (UK) James S. Barber NA NA Kyme Kyme Conservative Party (UK) The Earl of Winchelsea NA NA Martin Martin Conservative Party (UK) John H. Copping NA NA Metheringham Metheringham Conservative Party (UK) E. G. Allen NA NA Morton Morton Liberal Party (UK) John T. Swift NA NA Navenby Navenby Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Campbell NA NA Osbournby Osbournby Conservative Party (UK) William A. Cragg NA NA Ponton Ponton Conservative Party (UK) Robert C. Newton NA NA Rippingale Rippingale Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Wellesley Dean 214 Liberal Party (UK) William Bacon 153 367 Ropsley Ropsley Conservative Party (UK) J. Cecil Rudkin NA NA Ruskington Ruskington Conservative Party (UK) Samuel F. Pattinson NA NA Skellingthorpe Skellingthorpe Conservative Party (UK) Captain George E. Jarvis NA NA Sleaford East Sleaford East Conservative Party (UK) John Nickolls"nb" He died aged 75 on 3 February 1901, shortly before the next election.http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19010205/025/0003 Obituary Nottingham Evening Post 5 February 1901 3 6 June 2015 British Newspaper Archive subscription NA NA Sleaford West Sleaford West Liberal Party (UK) William B. Harris NA NA Stamford All Saints Stamford All Saintshttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001122/18980308/065/0003 Kesteven Lincolnshire Free Press 8 March 1898 3 British Newspaper Library subscription 29 April 2015 Charles Chapman 268 J. Woolston 239 507 Stamford St George's Stamford St George's J. S. Loweth NA NA Stamford St Michael's and St John's Stamford St Michael's and St John's Major Hart NA NA Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's Stamford St Martin's and St Mary's G. Higgs NA NA Thurlby Thurlby Liberal Party (UK) Robert Peasgood NA NA Uffington Uffington Conservative Party (UK) The Lord Kesteven NA NA Waddington Waddington Conservative Party (UK) Colonel R. G. Ellison NA NA Wellingore Wellingore Conservative Party (UK) Robert N. Moreley NA NA Wilsford Wilsford Richard M. Cole NA NA References Notes "nb" Citations 1898 Kesteven County Council election Category:19th century in Lincolnshire