George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley
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George Douglas Cochrane Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley (14 July 1879 – 2 September 1942) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1909.[1] and was thrn elected as Member of Parliament for Cambridge at a by-election in 1922 following the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir Eric Geddes.
Newton retained the seat at the 1922 general election, and was re-elected at four further elections until he was elevated to the peerage in 1934 as Baron Eltisley, of Croxton in the County of Cambridge.[2] The title became extinct on his death in September 1942, aged 63.
[edit] References
- ^ London Gazette: no. 28229. p. 1655. 2 March 1909. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 34015. p. 386. 16 January 1934.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source?][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Newton
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Eric Geddes |
Member of Parliament for Cambridge 1922–1934 |
Succeeded by Richard Tufnell |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Eltisley 1934–1942 |
Extinct |
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