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John Brampton Gurdon, known as Brampton Gurdon, (25 September 1797 – 28 April 1881) was a British Liberal Party and Whig politician.
Family
Born in 1797, Gurdon was the son of Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon and Anne Mellish. He married Henrietta Susannah Ridley-Colborne — daughter of Nicholas Ridley-Colborne and Charlotte Steele — in 1828, and they had four children:
Charlotte Gurdon (died 1868)
Amy Louisa Gurdon (died 1864)
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon (1829–1902)
William Brampton Gurdon (1840–1910)
Career
Gurdon was elected a Whig MP for West Norfolk at the 1857 general election and was re-elected as a Liberal in the next general election in 1859. Later, at the 1865 general election, he was defeated.
Gurdon was also a Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk, Justice of the Peace for Norfolk, and, in 1855, High Sheriff of Norfolk.
References
External links
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Brampton Gurdon
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