Joshua Scholefield, M.P. For Birmingham
Joshua Scholefield, M. P. For Birmingham, silver medal, 1832, by T. Halliday, bust of Scholefield bare head left, JOSHUA SCHOLEFIELD. M. P. BORN MAY 23. 1775, rev. Mercury holding the Union Flag left, THE ENLIGHTENED ADVOCATE OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, THE ARDENT FRIEND OF COMMERCIAL, CIVIL & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE CHOICE OF A FEARLESS AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE FIRST REFORMED PARLIAMENT DEC. 12. 1832. 41 mm, (BHM. 1577). A few minor marks, otherwise extremely fine and rare, unrecorded in silver. £Sold
Joshua Scholefield (1775-1844), banker and merchant. MP for Birmingham, Vice-President of the Political Union and, on Birmingham being constituted a Parliamentary Borough, was elected one of its first members in conjunction with Thomas Attwood. Both these members pledged themselves to resign their seats whenever a majority of their constituents expressed themselves dissatisfied with their parliamentary conduct. Scholefield maintained his seat in each of the next three general elections.
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