Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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]

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central
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