Hugh Butler (MP)

Hugh Myddleton Butler, JP (3 May 1857 – 10 October 1943) was Conservative MP for Leeds North (UK Parliament constituency).

An ironmaster and engineer, he was a partner in the Kirkstall Forge with his two brothers since 1875. A supporter of church day schools in Leeds, he was chairman of the North Leeds Conservative Association since 1902. He was elected for Leeds North in 1922, but stood down at the 1923 general election.

Family

Butler's daughter Gabrielle Helen Holgate Butler married the consultant spa physician Wilfrid Edgecombe, who was instrumental in founding Harrogate District Hospital.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Edgecombe, Wilfred (1871 - 1963)". Lancet. 1: 895. 1963. Retrieved 20 July 2025 – via Royal College of Surgeons of England. Also in British Medical Journal 1963, page 1350.
  2. ^ "Court and personal". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 1 October 1945. p. 2 col.1. Retrieved 30 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

  • "Obituary". The Times. 12 October 1943. p. 6.
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig


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