Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph (17 February 1834 - 6 April 1923) was a British banker and Liberal, later Liberal Unionist, Member of Parliament (MP). Biddulph was the eldest son of Robert Biddulph and his wife Elizabeth (n e Palmer), and was educated at Harrow. He was a partner in the London banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph and Co. In 1865 he was elected to the House of Commons for Herefordshire, a seat he held until 1885, and then represented Ross between 1886 to 1900. At first a Liberal, he disagreed with William Ewart Gladstone on the issue of Irish Home Rule and sat as a Liberal Unionist after 1886. Biddulph was also a Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire and Gloucestershire and served as Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire. In 1903 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Biddulph, of Ledbury in the County of Hereford.