John A. Willox

He rose through the ranks to become the owner of the Liverpool Courier newspaper and sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1905.

[4] She was a philanthropist, and 1897 she donated the £15,000 cost of constructing the Sanitorium for Consumptives at Delamere Forest in Cheshire.

[6] Everton was a Conservative safe seat, which the party had held since its creation in 1885, and Willox was regarded as a strong candidate.

The local Liberal Party therefore decided not to contest the election, and Willox was returned unopposed.

[2] Willox was re-elected with a large majority at the general election in July 1892,[8] and was returned unopposed in 1895 and 1900.

[9] When his wife Sara died, he attended her funeral at Anfield Cemetery on 17 December, but was really too ill to go out, and had to be supported by two stepsons.