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HORSMAN, EDWARD (1807–1876)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 740 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HORSMAN, See also:EDWARD (1807–1876) , See also:English politician, was the son of a well-to-do See also:gentleman of See also:Stirling, and connected on the See also:mother's See also:side with the earls of See also:Stair. He was educatedat See also:Rugby and See also:Cambridge, and was called to the Scotch See also:bar in 1832, but then took to politics. He was elected to See also:parliament as a Liberal for See also:Cockermouth in 1836, and represented that See also:constituency till 1852, when he was defeated; in 1853 he was returned for See also:Stroud, and sat there till 1868; and from 1869 till he died he was member for See also:Liskeard. He was a junior See also:lord of the See also:treasury in Lord See also:Melbourne's See also:administration for a few months during 1841, and became prominent for attacking Lord See also:John See also:Russell's ecclesiastical policy in 1847 and subsequent years. In 1855, under Lord See also:Palmerston, he was made See also:chief secretary for See also:Ireland, but resigned in 1857. He gradually took up a position as an See also:independent Liberal, and was well known for his attacks on the See also:Church, and his exposures of various " jobs." But his name is principally connected with his See also:influence over See also:Robert See also:Lowe (Lord See also:Sherbrooke) in 1866 at the See also:time of Mr See also:Gladstone's Reform See also:Bill, to which he and Lowe were hostile; and it was in describing the Lowe-Horsman See also:combination that John See also:Bright spoke of the " See also:Cave of See also:Adullam." Horsman died at See also:Biarritz on the 30th of See also:November 1876.

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