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William Welby-Gregory
British politician
Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet DL (4 January 1829 – 26 November 1898)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
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He was the son of Sir Glynne Welby, 3rd Baronet, educated at Eton College. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1847, graduating B.A. in 1846.[2]
Welby was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham at the 1857 general election,[3] and held the seat until he resigned on 14 April 1868 (by taking the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds)[4] in order to contest a by-election for South Lincolnshire.[3] He was elected unopposed South Lincolnshire on 29 April, and held the seat until he resigned again on 20 February 1884, this time by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[4]
In 1889 he was appointed the first chairman of Kesteven County Council, a position he held until his death in 1898.[5]
In 1863, William married Victoria Stuart-Wortley, by whom he had three children. He died on 26 November 1898.[6]
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 1)
- Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Welby-Gregory, (Sir) William Earle (Bart.)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 133. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- "Kesteven County Council: The place of meeting decided". Grantham Journal. 6 April 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- "Death of Sir William E. Welby-Gregory". Stamford Mercury. 2 December 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Grantham 1857–1868 With: Frederick Tollemache 1857–1865 John Thorold 1865–1868 |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for South Lincolnshire 1868–1884 |
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| Preceded by | Baronet (of Denton Manor) 1875–1898 |
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