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Lewis Randle Starkey

Lewis Randle Starkey

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Lewis Randle Starkey (13 March 1836 – 16 September 1910) was a British Conservative politician.

Biography

He was the eldest son of John Starkey of Spring Lodge, Huddersfield and his wife, Sarah Anne, daughter of Joseph Armitage, a millowner of Milnsbridge, Yorkshire.[1] Following education at Rugby School and the University of Berlin he entered "commercial pursuits" in Yorkshire.[2] In October 1857, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment of Yeomanry.[3] In 1858 he married his namesake, Constance Margaret, daughter of Thomas Starkey.[1] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 6 December 1867,[4] and was promoted to captain in the Yeomanry on 22 February 1868.[5]

In 1868 he was chosen by the Conservative Party to be a parliamentary candidate for the Southern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but failed to be elected.[6] He was the party's candidate again at the next general election in 1874, and was elected in the place of the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament, Henry F Beaumont.[1] By this time, he was living at Heath Hall, near Wakefield.[1] Starkey only served one term in the Commons, losing his seat at the 1880 general election.[7]

Having left parliament, Starkey and his family moved to Norwood Park, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire in 1881.[8] He held the office of High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1891, was an alderman on Nottinghamshire County Council,[2] and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the county in January 1891.[9] He was a director of the Midland Railway.[2] Starkey's eldest son was John R Starkey, who became MP for Newark, and a baronet.[2]

Lewis Randle Starkey died in September 1910, aged 74.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "New Members". The Times. 4 March 1874. p. 17.
  2. [2]
    "Obituary: Mr L R Starkey". The Times. 17 September 1910. p. 10.
  3. [3]
    "No. 22056". The London Gazette. 30 October 1857. p. 3599.
  4. [4]
    "No. 23338". The London Gazette. 31 December 1867. p. 7114.
  5. [5]
    "No. 23363". The London Gazette. 20 March 1868. p. 1771.
  6. [6]
    "The Coming Elections". The Times. 9 November 1868. p. 4.
  7. [7]
    "The Polls". The Times. 12 April 1880. p. 10.
  8. [8]
    "Norwood Park – History". Norwood Park Events Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  9. [9]
    "No. 26123". The London Gazette. 9 January 1891. p. 167.
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