John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh
Victoria | |
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Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | The Earl of Mayo |
Succeeded by | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 April 1802 |
Died | 11 July 1892 | (aged 90)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Anna Maria Patten-Bold |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh
Background and education
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Winmarleigh was the second son of Thomas Wilson (formerly Patten) of Warrington, Lancashire, and Elizabeth Hyde, daughter of Nathan Hyde of Ardwick. His father had in 1800 assumed the surname of Wilson in lieu of Patten in accordance with the will of Thomas Wilson (his first cousin twice removed), son of Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1697 to 1755, to whose estates Patten succeeded. However, a few years later the family assumed the surname of Wilson-Patten. He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he became friendly with, amongst others, Edward Stanley, later 14th Earl of Derby. He was the president of the Oxford Union.
He was appointed Colonel of the part-time 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) on 15 November 1842. During the Crimean War the regiment was embodied for full-time duty in April 1855 and volunteered for overseas service. Wilson-Patten accompanied his regiment when it sailed from Liverpool to Gibraltar and commanded it during a year's garrison duty there, despite his political duties.[1][2] He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the regiment on 27 February 1872 after his retirement from command.[3]
He built Winmarleigh Hall in 1871.
Political career
In 1830, Winmarleigh was elected Member of Parliament for Lancashire, but stood down the following year. However, in 1832 he returned to Parliament as representative for the newly created constituency of North Lancashire, a seat he would hold for the next 42 years.[4]
In the
In 1874, on his retirement from the
Family
In 1828, Wilson-Patten married Anna Maria Patten-Bold, daughter of his paternal uncle Peter Patten-Bold. They had six children, two sons and four daughters.[7] However, Lord Winmarleigh survived both of his two sons, Captain John Wilson-Patten (d. 1873) and Arthur Wilson-Patten (1841-1866), as well as his grandson John Alfred Wilson-Patten (d. 1889), the only son of John. Consequently, on his death at the age of ninety in 1892 the barony became extinct.
Arms
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References
- ^ Wilson-Patten at History of Parliament.
- ^ Royal Lancashire Militia at Lancashire Infantry Museum.
- ^ Army List.
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Ladywood to Leek". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 24076". The London Gazette. 17 March 1874. p. 1692.
- ^ Fleury, C. Time-honoured Lancashire. p. 510.
- ^ "WILSON PATTEN (formerly WILSON), John (1802-1892), of Bank Hall, Warrington, Lancs. and 24 Hill Street, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage and companionage. 1878.