Hamer Stansfeld
Hamer Stansfeld | |
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| Mayor of Leeds | |
| In office 1843–1844 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Cowper Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Darnton Lupton |
| Alderman of Leeds | |
| In office 1835–1847 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1797 Leeds, Yorkshire |
| Died | 1865 Ilkley, Yorkshire |
| Resting place | Westmorland |
| Nationality | British |
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| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | David Stansfeld Sarah Wolrich |
| Relatives | Sir James Stansfeld William Crompton-Stansfield James Rawdon Stansfeld Thomas Wolryche Stansfeld John R. E. Stansfeld |
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Hamer Stansfeld JP (/ˈstænsfiːld/ STANSS-feeld; 17 February 1797 – 1865) was a British merchant and Radical and Liberal politician who represented Leeds as Mayor (1843–44) and Alderman (from 1835), and led the development of the first custom-built hydropathic hotel, the Ben Rhydding Hydro (1844).
Prominent in the Anti-Corn Law League and as a proponent of the extension of the electoral franchise and state-funded education, he was also known for his writings on currency and money supply and for a dispute, played out in the local press, with the High Churchman and Tractarian Walter Hook, Vicar of Leeds.