Anthony John Mundella

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Anthony John Mundella (1825 – 21 July 1897) was an English Liberal Party politician and reformer.

Mundella was born in Leicester to an Italian father and English mother. He worked in the hosiery trade and became a partner in the Nottingham firm of Hine and Mundella.

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Sheffield in 1868. He had been asked to stand by trade unionist William Dronfield, to defend the interests of labour in the wake of the Sheffield Outrages. When the Sheffield constituency was abolished in 1885, he was elected as MP for Sheffield Brightside, a seat he held until his death.

He served as President of the Board of Education in Gladstone's second administration (1880-1885), and then as President of the Board of Trade in Gladstone's last two administrations and Rosebery's administration (1886, 1892-1895).

[edit] References

• Brief biography at the University of Sheffield Library
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Arthur Roebuck and George Hadfield	Member of Parliament for Sheffield 2-seat constituency (with George Hadfield, to 1874; John Arthur Roebuck, 1874–1879; Samuel Danks Waddy, 1879–1880; Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, 1880–1885) 1868–1885	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside 1885–1897	Succeeded by Frederick Maddison
Political offices
Preceded by Edward Stanhope	President of the Board of Trade 1886	Succeeded by Frederick Stanley
Preceded by Michael Hicks Beach	President of the Board of Trade 1892–1895	Succeeded by James Bryce