John Stapylton Grey Pemberton
John Stapylton Grey Pemberton | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for David Drummond | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1860 |
| Died | 22 February 1940 (aged 79) Durham, County Durham |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
John Stapylton Grey Pemberton was
Early life and education
Pemberton was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, gaining his BA in 1884 and proceeding to an MA in 1888. He won a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford in 1885 and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1889.[1] In December 1883, shortly before completing his degree, he became a magistrate for County Durham.[2]
Personal life
Pemberton was the eldest son of Richard Lawrence Pemberton and Jane Emma Pemberton (née Stapylton). He married Janet Maud Marshall in 1890 in Llanfairfechan.[3] She died aged 25 in 1892.[4] He married again, to Nira Ross, in 1895.[1]
Politics
Pemberton stood for the Conservatives in Sunderland in 1892 before winning one of the two seats in 1900, along with Theodore Doxford, also Conservative.[1] Both were defeated in the 1906 election, when the seats were split between the Liberals and Labour.[5] In the 1910 election, he broke with his party over free trade and backed the Liberal candidate for Sunderland.[6]
County and University service
In 1911 Pemberton became President of the Council of Durham Colleges, which ran the Durham division of the federal
In 1918 he was appointed
In addition to these, Pemberton also served on Durham County Council and as chair of the governors of Sherburn Hospital. He died at home near Durham in 1940.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "The New Members". London Evening Standard. 8 November 1900. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "J. P. To Retire At 78". Portsmouth Evening News. 11 October 1938. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fashionable Marriage". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 12 June 1890. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Death of Mrs Pemberton". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 22 October 1892. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "To-day's Returns". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. 18 January 1910. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Unionist Free Trader Joins Liberals". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 January 1910. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Portrait in Castle". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 14 December 1936. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Death at Durham of Mr J. S. G. Pemberton". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 23 February 1940. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Durham University Records: Central Administration and Officers". Durham University Library Special Collections Catalogue. Vice-Chancellor and Warden. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "New Recorder of Durham". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 7 March 1924. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ ""Too Old" for the Bench". Western Gazette. 14 October 1938. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.