TREHERNE, Morgan (1803-1867), of Gate House, Sussex
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A non-practising barrister with an ‘infernal temper’, Treherne was finally returned as Conservative MP for Coventry in 1863, at the seven attempt, which was possibly a record in the annals of Victorian elections. Until his death he attacked the 1860 Anglo-French commercial treaty for admitting cheap French silks and ruining the staple ribbon trade of his constituency.
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