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'William Huskisson', c1810, (c1884). William Huskisson (1770- 1830) British statesman, financier and MP during reign of George IV. Educated at Appleby Grammar School. Oversaw the Aliens Act 1793, prominent in debates over the Corn Laws. Run over and fatally wounded by Robert Stephenson's locomotive engine Rocket. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. I.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin]