Harry Spencer Waddington
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Harry Spencer Waddington (died 26 February 1864) 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 to the House of Commons as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Western division of Suffolk
West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
-Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:- Notes and references :...

 at a by-election
By-election
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 in 1838 following the death of the sitting MP Robert Hart Logan. Waddington held the seat until he stood down at the 1859 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1859
In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...

. His initial election was unopposed, and no further elections in West Suffolk were contested until 1859.

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