1887 St George's, Hanover Square by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election March 2023 March 2023 The 1887 St George's, Hanover Square by-election was held on 9 February 1887 following the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Lord Algernon Percy. Percy vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 31 January 1887.https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04731/ Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1880 Rogers Daniel 12 May 2022 UK Parliament House of Commons Library 8 March 2023 Candidates The Liberal Unionist candidate was George Goschen. Goschen was Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had voted against Gladstone's Home Rule Bill in 1886 and became a Liberal Unionist. He subsequently lost his seat at Edinburgh East at the 1886 general election.Elliot Arthur D. 1911 The life of George Joachim Goschen, first Viscount Goschen II https://archive.org/details/cu31924088014778/ London Longmans, Green and Co. Lord Randolph Churchill resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer on 22 December 1886. The Marquess of Salisbury appointed Goschen to the post on 14 January 1887.Past Chancellors of the Exchequer https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-chancellors 8 March 2023 gov.uk Government of the United Kingdom endnote CookKeith Cook Chris Brendan Keith 1975 British Historical Facts: 1830–1900 40 qSyxCwAAQBAJ limited Palgrave Macmillan UK 978-1-349-01348-7 He became the sole Liberal Unionist in an otherwise Conservative government. Goschen was therefore Chancellor outside the House of Commons. He first contested a by-election at Liverpool Exchange to return to the House, but was defeated by seven votes.Otte T. G. Readman Paul 2013 By-elections in British Politics, 1832-1914 https://books.google.com/books?id=fASYFMKoTRIC Woodbridge The Boydell Press 182 978-1-84383-780-0 Following this defeat, Goschen received offers from Conservative Members of Parliament to resign their seats for Goschen.Ferris Wesley 2008 The Liberal Unionist Party, 1886-1912 https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/16545/1/Ferris%20Wesley%20.pdf PhD McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario 184 8 March 2023 Lord Algernon Percy put his safely Conservative seat at St George's Hanover Square at Goschen's disposal,Spinner, Jr. Thomas J. 1973 George Joachim Goschen: The Transformation of a Victorian Liberal https://archive.org/details/georgejoachimgos00thom/ Cambridge Cambridge University Press 137 0-521-20210-8 30 January 1887 A Seat for Mr. Goschen https://www.nytimes.com/1887/01/30/archives/a-seat-for-mr-goschen.html New York Times 5 New York, N.Y. 9 March 2023 an offer which Goschen accepted. 5 February 1887 A Seat for Mr. Goschen https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171024980/19626711 The Darling Downs Gazette 2 Toowoomba 9 March 2023 5 February 1887 Cablegrams https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62102292/5255055 The Clarence & Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser 4 Grafton 9 March 2023 The Liberal Party candidate was James Haysman. Haysman had contested Brentford in the 1885 general election, the 1886 general election, and the December 1886 by-election.Craig F.W.S. F. W. S. Craig 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ London and Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 978-1-349-02300-4 Result 1887 St George's Hanover Square by-election 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 330–331 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 285 Liberal Unionist George Goschen 5,702 78.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) James Haysman 1,545 21.3 New 4,157 57.4 N/A 7,247 65.4 N/A 11,079 Liberal Unionist N/A References St George's, Hanover Square by-election St George's, Hanover Square,1887 Category:1887 in England Category:1887 in London St George's, Hanover Square,1887