John Maden
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English
Sir John Henry Maden Template:Post-nominals (11 September 1862 – 18 February 1920)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Rossendale in 1892, resigning in 1900 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[2] He was again reelected for Rossendale in a 1917 by-election, and retired from politics when he lost his seat in the 1918 general election.
Maden was the head of the firm of John Maden & Sons, cotton spinners and manufacturers of Bacup and Manchester. He was an honorary freeman of Bacup of which he had been mayor thirteen times in all, eleven times in succession. He served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1914 and was knighted the following year. He was also a Justice of the Peace.[3]
References
- Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Template:England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub
Template:England-mayor-stub