William Farnsworth Handley

Unmarried. Banker, Brewer & MP for Newark

Privately baptised. In 1801 he became a partner in his father's business; in 1802, in partnership with his brother John as "W.F. & J. Handley, Brewers". In February 1831 he offered himself as a candidate in the Newark election, and was elected; a second election in May he was re-elected as a supporter of the Reform Bill. He retired from Parliament in 1835 and the following year was elected to the Newark Town Council. In April 1845 he was on the committee of the Boston, Newark & Sheffield Railway, which was never built. He resided in Handley House, Northgate. "He was a good old English gentleman who kept his hunters and a lot of servants in livery, which was claret-coloured cloth, crimson collar, cuffs and waistcoat, black velvet breeches. There was a butler, housekeeper, cook, kitchen maid and three housemaids

Death registration: Newark Oct-Dec 1851 15 391