Lewis Randle Starkey
Lewis Randle Starkey (13 March 1836 – 16 September 1910) was a British Conservative politician.
Biography
He was the eldest son of John Starkey of Spring Lodge, Huddersfield and his wife, Sarah Anne, daughter of Joseph Armitage, a millowner of Milnsbridge, Yorkshire.[1] Following education at Rugby School and the University of Berlin he entered "commercial pursuits" in Yorkshire.[2] In October 1857, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment of Yeomanry.[3] In 1858 he married his namesake, Constance Margaret, daughter of Thomas Starkey.[1] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 6 December 1867,[4] and was promoted to captain in the Yeomanry on 22 February 1868.[5]
In 1868 he was chosen by the Conservative Party to be a parliamentary candidate for the Southern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but failed to be elected.[6] He was the party's candidate again at the next general election in 1874, and was elected in the place of the sitting Liberal member of parliament, Henry F Beaumont.[1] By this time, he was living at Heath Hall, near Wakefield.[1] Starkey only served one term in the Commons, losing his seat at the 1880 general election.[7]
Having left parliament, Starkey and his family moved to Norwood Park, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire in 1881.[8] He held the office of High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1891, was an alderman on Nottinghamshire County Council,[2] and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the county in January 1891.[9] He was a director of the Midland Railway.[2] Starkey's eldest son was John R Starkey, who became MP for Newark, and a baronet.[2]
Lewis Randle Starkey died in September 1910, aged 74.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "New Members". The Times. 4 March 1874. p. 17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Obituary: Mr L R Starkey". The Times. 17 September 1910. p. 10.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22056. p. 3599. 30 October 1857.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23338. p. 7114. 31 December 1867.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23363. p. 1771. 20 March 1868.
- ↑ "The Coming Elections". The Times. 9 November 1868. p. 4.
- ↑ "The Polls". The Times. 12 April 1880. p. 10.
- ↑ "Norwood Park - History". Norwood Park Events Ltd. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26123. p. 167. 9 January 1891.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lewis Randle Starkey
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Walter Spencer-Stanhope Henry Beaumont |
Member of Parliament for the West Riding of Yorkshire South 1874–1880 With: Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam |
Succeeded by Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam William Henry Leatham |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Sir Charles Seely |
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1891 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Birkin |