John Miles (MP)

John William Miles (21 June 1817 – 5 November 1878)[1] was a British Conservative politician and short-lived MP.[2]

John Miles MP
Member of Parliament for Bristol
In office 30 April 1868 – 25 June 1868 Serving with Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley
Preceded by	Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley Morton Peto
Succeeded by	Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley Samuel Morley
Personal details
Born	21 June 1817
Died	5 November 1878 (aged 61)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Parents	Philip John Miles Clarissa Peach

Miles was elected MP for Bristol at a by-election in April 1868. Yet this election was quickly declared void on 25 June 1868 due to "bribery and personation" and the findings saw the writ for the seat suspended until November.[3] At the ensuing general election, Miles again stood for parliament but was unsuccessful.[4]

Miles was the third son of former Bristol MP Philip Jones Miles and was educated at both Eton College and Oxford University. During his life, he was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire. He died unmarried in 1878.[2]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
2. Williams, William Retlaw (1898). The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester, including the cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1898. p. 140. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
3. "The Bristol Election Petition". The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express. 27 June 1868. p. 8. Retrieved 30 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Miles