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UK Parliamentary by-election
The 1869 South Derbyshire by-election was fought on 16 January 1869. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, Sir Thomas Gresley. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Wilmot.