ABSTRACT
At the beginning of 1870, the sitting Liberal MP for Maidstone, Mr Lee, retired, prompting a by-election. It is likely that he stepped down explicitly to make way for Sir John Lubbock, who was unanimously adopted as the Liberal candidate.
At the beginning of 1870, the sitting Liberal MP for Maidstone, Mr Lee, retired, prompting a by-election. It is likely that he stepped down explicitly to make way for Sir John Lubbock, who was unanimously adopted as the Liberal candidate.