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  • He was also returned to parliament at a by-election in 1576 as knight of the shire for Surrey in succession to Charles Howard, who had become Lord Howard of Effingham, and he was re-elected for Surrey in 1584, 1586 and 1588.
  • His candidate in a by-election at Kilkenny was beaten by nearly two to one, and he himself was injured in the eyes by lime being thrown at him.
  • He returned to Parliament, however, in a by-election for Bootle in March 1911, in time to take his share in the fight over the Parliament bill.
  • He entered Parliament for Barnard Castle as a Labour member, at a by-election in 1903.
  • In 1866 he won a by-election for Middlesex, but failed to be reelected in 1868.
 
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