Sir John Henry Maden JP (11 September 1862 – 18 February 1920)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Rossendale in 1892, resigning in 1900 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[2] He was again reelected for Rossendale in a 1917 by-election, and retired from politics when he lost his seat in the 1918 general election.
Maden was the head of the firm of John Maden & Sons, cotton spinners and manufacturers of Bacup and Manchester. He was an honorary freeman of Bacup of which he had been mayor thirteen times in all, eleven times in succession. He served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1914 and was knighted the following year. He was also a Justice of the Peace.[3]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 27159". The London Gazette. 30 January 1900. p. 606.
- ^ The Times, 19 February 1920 p11
External links edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Maden
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