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Although retaining Oakfield, he returned to England (1889), becoming Mayor of Paddington (1907) and MP for Pembroke. He returned to England and was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the British House of Commons in 1892. He was a member of the British House of Commons representing Pembroke and Haverfordwest from 1895 to 1906.
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