Constituency Dates
Liverpool 1722 – 25 Mar. 1724
Family and Education
b. Apr. 1695, 1st surv. s. of John Cleiveland, M.P., of Hinckley, Leics. and Cleveland Place, Liverpool by Anne Williamson of Liverpool. unm. suc. fa. 1716.
Address
Main residence: Cleveland Place, Liverpool.
biography text

Cleiveland’s father left Leicestershire to become the adopted son of his uncle Richard Cleiveland, a Liverpool merchant, acquired a large fortune, became one of the most eminent merchants of his day, and sat for Liverpool 1710-13. Cleiveland himself headed the poll for Liverpool as a government Whig in 1722. He died as Mar. 1724, aged 28.1Nichols, Leics. iv. 707; H. Peet, Liverpool in reign of Queen Anne 146-7.

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  • 1. Nichols, Leics. iv. 707; H. Peet, Liverpool in reign of Queen Anne 146-7.