Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet explained

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. He was privately educated.[2]

Career

Boulton served as lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and became a major in the 7th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment.[2] He entered the House of Commons in 1931, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central until 1945.[3] Boulton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1940, a post he held for two years. He subsequently was a Government Whip as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household until 1944.[4] On 30 June, he was created a baronet, of Braxted Park in the County of Essex. Boulton represented Essex as a Deputy Lieutenant.[2]

Family

On 23 April 1903, he married Rosalind Mary Milburn, daughter of Sir John Milburn, 1st Baronet. They had four sons.[5] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224804/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB4.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 23 April 2009 .
  2. Book: Who is Who 1947 . Adam & Charles Black Ltd. . London . 1947 . 236 .
  3. Web site: Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Sheffield Central . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231510/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons3.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 23 April 2009 .
  4. Web site: Essex Record Office, Official Website – Monumental inscriptions . 23 April 2009 .
  5. Web site: ThePeerage – Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Bt . 14 January 2007.