Joseph Cheney Bolton was a Scottish merchant and a Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician.

Bolton was a partner in the firm of Ker, Bolton, & Co., East India merchants, of Glasgow

Glasgow

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 and London. He was a J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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 for Stirlingshire

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 and Lanarkshire

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.

At the 1874 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1874

-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 *...

 Bolton stood unsuccessfully for Parliament

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 in the Glasgow constituency

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, where he won less than 1% of the votes. However, at the next general election, 1880

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 *...

, he was elected as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He held the seat until he stood down at the at the 1892 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1892

The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

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Bolton died at the age of 81.

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