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. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "ThePeerage – Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Bt". Retrieved 14 January 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 Who is Who 1947. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1947. p. 236.
  4. ↑ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Sheffield Central". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. 1 2 "Essex Record Office, Official Website – Monumental inscriptions". Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  6. ↑ "No. 36604". The London Gazette. 11 July 1944. p. 3243.
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