Worsted to Westminster
Subtitle: The Extraordinary Life of the Rev Dr Charles Leach MP
Publisher: Darcy Press
Published: July 2009
Place of publication: Cambridgeshire, UK
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780956252302
Subjects: Biography
First sentence: When Elizabeth Clayton found she was expecting a child in the late summer of 1846, it was only a matter of a mile's walk to go and tell her lover Harry Leach at Grey Stones.
Description: Rev Dr Charles Leach was the only Member of Parliament who has ever lost his seat for being of 'unsound mind'. Worsted to Westminster charts how he rose from a humble birth in rural Yorkshire to become a shoemaker, prominent preacher, lecturer, traveller, writer, socialist, businessman, army chaplain, and MP. His ability to be where the action was, makes for a fascinating glimpse into the history of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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