Member of Parliament ( MP )
Which position did Edward Thomas Bainbridge hold from Dec 1832 to Dec 1834?
Edward Thomas Bainbridge Edward Thomas Bainbridge ( 13 December 1798 – 30 September 1872 ) was a British Whig politician , and banker . Family . Bainbridge was the son of Thomas Bainbridge of Bedford Row , Middlesex , and Croydon Lodge , Surrey , and Anne née Waters , daughter of Morgan Waters of Tyfig , Glamorganshire . He first married a Mary Anne , and then an Emily Sedley ; with the latter he had four sons and two daughters . Banking career . Alongside his brother , Henry , Bainbridge was a partner in the London banking house formed as a mercantile firm by their father , Puget , Bainbridges and Company , which was based in St . Pauls Churchyard . In 1833 , his business connections were described as more extensive than any other gentleman with Irish commercial and banking houses . The bank was badly affected by the crash of 1866 , resulting in Bainbridge having little personal wealth at the time of his death at Brighton in 1872 . Member of Parliament . In 1830 , he announced his candidature for Member of Parliament ( MP ) as a Whig for Taunton , promising to be an active and independent member to succeed the retiring Tory , Henry Seymour . He gave moderate and cautious support for reform , but exclaimed he was attached to the existing institutions of these kingdoms yet a friend of liberal measures and cared not from what party they came . He added further that , while it was important to maintain the national dignity and splendour , he was anxious.. . to alleviate.. . the burdens of the people.. . especially of the manufacturing and commercial classes . Asked to detail his views precisely , he said he was opposed to violent or sweeping measure [ s ] as supported by Lord Blandford , and more inclined to Lord John Russells views where they were consonant to the principles which I have professed and intend to advocate . He set himself as committed to religious liberty and the gradual abolition of slavery . Bainbridges canvas was successful and he was returned for the seat in second place . At a celebratory dinner , he said would seek to attempt to emulate his Whig colleague , Henry Labouchere , 1st Baron Taunton , who he described as a friend and advocate of civil and religious liberty and of parliamentary reform . While an election petition was submitted by the defeated Tory member , William Peachey , Bainbridges election was confirmed by an independent inquiry . Despite being listed by the Wellington–Peel ministry as among their friends , in Parliament Bainbridge voted against them on the civil list . In terms of reform , he presented a petition from Tamworth constituents in favour , voted for the second reading of the Grey ministrys bill , and rejected Isaac Gascoynes wrecking amendment . He also presented a petition from the residents of Taunton St . James for their inclusion in the borough . At the 1831 general election , he again declared his support for reform , also describing the King as having nobly helped us to throw off the yoke which the boroughmongers would impose on us , and praising the patriotic and independent spirit shown by all classes of voters . He was again returned unopposed alongside Labouchere and then joined Brookss Club in July of that year . In Parliament , he continued , generally , to support reform measures , although he voted against the disfranchisement of Saltash and reducing the number of members for county constituencies . Outside of reform measures , he voted to reduce public salaries , for Lord Ebringtons confidence motion , and to punish those who had been found guilty of bribery at the election for Dublin . He also voted against ministers on the Russian-Dutch loan , and for an inquiry into the glove trade . In one speech in 1832 , he criticised ministers for planning to recover money from Irish tithe-payers in order to pass it to the clergy , and warned legal action by the attorney-general to evict tenant farmers would leave misery and desolation , where he found poverty and wretchedness . Bainbridge was again returned for the seat at the 1832 general election and continued to hold the seat as a reformer.. . in favour of the ballot until he retired by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 .