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Summers Harford
Member of Parliament
for Lewes
In office
30 June 1841 – 21 March 1842Serving with Howard Elphinstone
Preceded byHenry FitzRoy
George West
Succeeded byHenry FitzRoy
Howard Elphinstone
Personal details
Born1795
Died2 June 1873(1873-06-02) (aged 77–78)
NationalityBritish
Political partyRadical

Summers Harford (1795 – 2 June 1873) was a British Radical politician.

Harford was elected a Radical Member of Parliament for Lewes at the 1841 general election, but was the next year unseated, upon an election petition, due to bribery and corruption.

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (4 September 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. "General Election". Morning Post. 26 June 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 17 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "UK Parliamentary Elections 1832–1895". Brighton History. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  5. "Election Petitions". The Examiner. 19 March 1842. p. 7. Retrieved 20 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byHenry FitzRoy
George West
Member of Parliament for Lewes
1841–1842
With: Howard Elphinstone
Succeeded byHenry FitzRoy
Howard Elphinstone
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