Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton
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| In office 1952 – 26 August 1962 | |
| Member of Parliament for Horsham Horsham & Worthing (1918–1945) | |
| In office 11 November 1904 – 5 October 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Heywood Johnstone |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Gough |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1883 |
| Died | 26 August 1962 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Hon. Cecilia Monica Wilson |
| Parent(s) | Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton |
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, PC (4 April 1883 – 26 August 1962), styled Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician who served as a Member of Parliament for 47 years, attaining the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the House of Commons.
Background
Turnour was the son of Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton, and Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton (1841–1913), daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn.
Turnour was educated at Eton College.[1]
Political career
Turnour was first elected for
Winterton did not hold office in the National Governments headed by firstly
Winterton remained a Member of Parliament until 1951, by which time he was the MP with the longest continuous service. In 1952 he was created Baron Turnour, of Shillinglee in the County of Sussex, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords. The Patent creating this peerage is currently in the possession of Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle.
Personal life
In September 1910 the mother of Ivy Gordon-Lennox acted to contradict a rumour that her daughter was engaged to marry Winterton, going so far as to place a notice in The New York Times to say that there was no engagement.[2] Winterton married the Honourable Cecilia Monica Wilson, daughter of Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, in 1924. The marriage was childless.[citation needed] Winterton died in August 1962, aged 79, when the barony of Turnour became extinct. He was succeeded in his Irish titles by his kinsman, Ronald Chard Turnour, 7th Earl Winterton.
References
- ^ Hansard, Fifth Series, Volume 175, Col., 930, 25 March 1952
- ^ Ivy Gordon-Lennox Not Engaged dated 25 September 1910, at nytimes.com, accessed 24 July 2008
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Winterton
- Newspaper clippings about Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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