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Leeds South by-election, 1892 : ウィキペディア英語版 | Leeds South by-election, 1892 The Leeds South by-election, 1892 was a parliamentary by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Leeds South in the West Riding of Yorkshire held on 22 September 1892. ==Vacancy== The by-election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir Lyon Playfair. Playfair had been MP for Leeds South since its creation for the 1885 general election.〔F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918''; Macmillan Press, 1974 p3〕 In his letter to his constituency association informing them of his peerage, Playfair said it had been a wholly unexpected honour,〔The Times, 24 August 1892 p8〕 a point later repeated in his memoirs and correspondence.〔T Wemyss Reid, ''Memiors and correspondence of Lyon Playfair, First Lord Playfair of St Andrews''; Cassell. London, 1899 p381〕 Playfair was a distinguished chemist and expert in sanitation. He had worked closely with Prince Albert, the Prince Consort on a scheme for filtering sewage to fertilize the royal estate at Osborne House and later on plans for the Great Exhibition of 1851.〔Graham J N Gooday, ''Lyon Playfair'' in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' online; OUP, 2004-10〕 As well as his past association with Price Albert, Playfair was a German speaker with strong Scottish connections so it was, perhaps, not surprising when he was created Baron Playfair of St Andrews and made Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria.
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