Sir George Goodman | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Sir_George_Goodman_-_Mayor_of_Leeds_1836,_1847,_1850-52._By_John_Simpson_(1782_%E2%80%931847).jpg) Sir George Goodman, Mayor of Leeds | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1852–1857 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1791[1] Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 13 October 1859 (aged 67) Roundhay, Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Whig |
Sir George Goodman (17 November 1791 – 13 October 1859)[2] was an English wool-stapler,[3] a magistrate for the borough and county of Leeds,[4] as well as a Liberal politician. On 1 January 1836, he was elected the first Mayor of Leeds after the Municipal Corporations Act 1835,[3] and he served as a member of parliament (MP) for Leeds from 1852 to 1857.[2]
- ^ England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567–1970
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ^ a b Wheater, William; Smith, William (1882). Old Yorkshire. Vol. 3 (Digitized 5 June 2007 ed.). Longmans, Green. p. 203.
- ^ Leeds man, pp. 61