Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL (10 January 1873 – 9 January 1949)[1] was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.
Background[]
Boulton was the son of William Whytehead Boulton and his wife Mary Hudleston Gibson, daughter of John Gibson.[2] He was privately educated.[3]
Career[]
Boulton served as lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and became a major in the 7th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment.[3] He entered the House of Commons in 1931, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central until 1945.[4] Boulton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1940, a post he held for two years.[5] He subsequently was a Government Whip as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household until 1944.[5] On 30 June, he was created a baronet, of Braxted Park in the County of Essex.[6] Boulton represented Essex as a Deputy Lieutenant.[3]
Family[]
On 23 April 1903, he married Rosalind Mary Milburn, daughter of Sir John Milburn, 1st Baronet.[2] They had four sons.[2] Boulton died in 1949, aged 75, and was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his eldest son Edward and then by his third son William.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB4.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ThePeerage – Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p17547.htm#i175467. Retrieved 14 January 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Who is Who 1947. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd.. 1947. pp. 236.
- ↑ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Sheffield Central". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons3.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Essex Record Office, Official Website – Monumental inscriptions". http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=532080. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ↑ "No. 36604". 11 July 1944. p. 3243. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36604/page/3243
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Whytehead Boulton
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