Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset
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Mordaunt Fenwick Bisset (1825 – c.
August 1884) was a British Conservative Party
politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for West Somerset
at the 1880 general election
, but resigned
from the House of Commons on 18 November 1883 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. He evidently also served as Master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds from 1855 to 1881.
Circa
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August 1884) was a British Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for West Somerset
West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
West Somerset or Somerset Western was the name of a parliamentary constituency in the county of Somerset between 1832 and 1885...
at the 1880 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1880
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
, but resigned
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
from the House of Commons on 18 November 1883 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. He evidently also served as Master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds from 1855 to 1881.