Henry Burton-Peters was an English Whig and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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  politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.

Peters was the son of Henry Peters and Charlotte Mary Morrison, daughter of General George Morrison

George Morrison (British Army officer)

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In 1830, Burton-Peters was elected as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Beverley

Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He held the seat until 1837.

Burton-Peters married three times. He married his third wife Mary Cartwright in 1870. They lived at 35 Brock Street, Bath.

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