Henry Wardle

Who was Henry Wardle?

Henry Wardle was a British brewer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.

Wardle was born at Twyford, Berkshire, the son of Francis Wardle and his wife Elizabeth Billinge. In 1853 at the age of 21 he went into partnership with Thomas Fosbrooke Salt in the Burton upon Trent brewery Thomas Salt and Co. He was for many years active in the town’s civic affairs as a Town Commissioner and then an alderman after Burton became a municipal borough in 1878. He was a J. P. for Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

Wardle was elected as the Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire constituency at the 1885 general election. He held the seat until his death in Burton upon Trent in 1892 aged 60.

Wardle married Thomas Fosbrooke Salt’s daughter Mary Ellen Salt in 1864. They lived at Winshill.