Percy Illingworth

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Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
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Succeeded byJohn Gulland
Personal details
Born19 March 1869
Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died3 January 1915 (1915-01-04) (aged 45)
Paddington, London, England
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Mary Mackenzie Coats
(m. 1907)
RelationsAlbert Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth (brother)
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge

Percy Holden Illingworth (19 March 1869 – 3 January 1915) was a British Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H. Asquith between 1912 and 1915.

Background and education

Illingworth was the third and youngest son of Henry Illingworth, of

called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1894. He later served in the Second Boer War.[2]

Political career

In 1906 Illingworth was returned to Parliament for

Privy Council but died before he could be sworn in.[6][1]

Family

Illingworth married Mary Mackenzie Coats (b. 1883), daughter of George Coats, of Staneley, Renfrewshire, on 16 January 1907, at Paisley. They had three sons. He died suddenly in January 1915 of typhoid fever.[7]

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ a b "Illingworth, Percy Holden (ILNT887PH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  4. ^ "No. 28346". The London Gazette. 8 March 1910. p. 1681.
  5. ^ "No. 28585". The London Gazette. 27 February 1912. p. 1447.
  6. ^ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1915–1968[usurped]
  7. ^ Jesus College Cambridge Society Annual Report 1915, page 18

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