Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington explained

Honorific Prefix:	The Right Honourable
The Lord Alington
Honorific Suffix:	KCVO
Constituency Mp:	East Dorset
Parliament:	United Kingdom
Term Start:	1891
Term End:	1904
Majority:	4,776 (50.5%)
Predecessor:	George Hawkesworth Bond
Successor:	Charles Henry Lyell
Birth Name:	Humphrey Napier Sturt
Birth Date:	20 August 1859
Nationality:	British
Party:	Conservative
Occupation:	Politician

Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington, KCVO (20 August 1859 – 30 July 1919) was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Career

Sturt was the son of Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington. He was elected a Member of Parliament for the East Dorset division in an 1891 by-election. In late 1902 he indicated his intention not to seek re-election,^[1] but he succeeded to the barony in February 1904 and automatically triggered another by-election.^[2]

Family

Sturt married on 25 June 1883 Lady Féodorovna Yorke, daughter of Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke. In 1897, she was one of the guests at the Duchess of Devonshire's Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball.^[3]

They had six children.

• Lois Sturt (born 25 August 1900 – 1937)
• Diana Isabel Sturt (born 3 April 1884)
• Sylvia Sturt (born and died 1886)
• Olivia Sturt (born 11 February 1899 and died 20 February 1899)
• Captain Gerard Philip Montagu Napier Sturt (1893–1918) (died of wounds)
• Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1896–1940) (died of illness serving with the RAF)

Death

He died of wounds of an unknown origin.

References

1. News: Election intelligence . . 36942. 4 December 1902. 11 .
2. Book: General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British empire. 86. Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington.. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914.
3. Web site: Walker. Dave. Costume Ball 4: Ladies only. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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