Peter King
Politician
1811 – 1885
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Who was Peter King?
The Hon. Peter John Locke King was an English politician.
King was Member of Parliament for East Surrey from 1847 to 1874. He won some fame as an advocate of reform, being responsible for the passing of the Real Estate Charges Act 1854, and for the repeal of a large number of obsolete laws. Increasingly as politics in the United Kingdom turned toward left-right politics he sided with the mainstream progressive wing of the Liberal Party.
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- Born
- Jan 25, 1811
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Harrow School
- Died
- Nov 12, 1885
Brooklands
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on July 23, 2013
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