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1900 Wilton by-election
The
Wilton by-election
, 1900
was a
parliamentary
by-election
held for the
British House of Commons
constituency
of
Wilton
in
Wiltshire
on
17
July 1900
. The seat had become vacant when the
Conservative
Member of Parliament
Viscount Folkestone
had succeeded to the peerage as
Earl of Radnor
. He had held the seat since the
1892 general election
.
The Conservative
candidate,
James Archibald Morrison
, was returned
unopposed
.
This was the last by-election before the
general election held from September to October 1900
.