John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton

John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton

John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton GCB PC FRS (born February 20, 1799 at Powick Court near Powick , Worcestershire , † April 9, 1880 in London ), from 1846 to 1874 under the name of Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet , was a British statesman.

Life

John Somerset Russell came from a well-known Worcestershire family . He attended Eton College and then studied at Oriel College at the University of Oxford . In 1830 he inherited the considerable property of his uncle Sir John Pakington and took on his name.

In 1837 he was elected to the House of Commons for Droitwich . There he was a member of the Conservatives and was one of the most loyal supporters of Robert Peel , through whom he was raised to baronet , of Westwood Park in the County of Worchester, in 1846 .

However, when Peel pursued the repeal of the Corn Laws , Pakington renounced him and voted against the abolition of the grain tariffs in 1846. He fought alongside George Cavendish-Bentinck and Benjamin Disraeli in the foremost ranks of the protectionists and received the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies when a government was formed from his party comrades in February 1852 .

After the cabinet resigned in December 1852, Pakington gradually tended to adopt more liberal views. He campaigned for the improvement of popular education and in 1857 campaigned for the emancipation of the Jews.

Nevertheless, he took over in the Conservative government of Edward Stanley , February 1858 to June 18, 1859, the office of First Lord of the Admiralty ; in this office earned such merit that he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Bath when the cabinet resigned. In Derby's third government, he took over the Navy Ministry again in June 1866, but exchanged it for the War Ministry in March 1867, which he kept until the Conservative government resigned in December 1868.

After Pakington was not re-elected in the elections of 1874, he became Disraeli entitled Baron Hampton , of Hampton Lovett and of Westwood in the County of Worcester to peer collected and moved to the House of Lords . In 1875 he was appointed First Civil Service Commissioner . He held this office until his death.

family

Pakington was married three times. He died in London on April 9, 1880. His title passed to his eldest son, who came from his first marriage.

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predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baronet, of Westwood Park 1846-1880	John Pakington
New title created	Baron Hampton 1874-1880	John Pakington
Charles Wood	First Lord of the Admiralty 1858-1859	Edward Seymour
Edward Seymour	First Lord of the Admiralty 1866–1867	Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry