John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh

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John Wilson-Patten (1863)

John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh , PC (born April 26, 1802 , † July 11, 1892 ) was a British politician of the Tories and, most recently, the Conservative Party , who was a member of the House of Commons between 1830 and 1874 with a brief interruption ( House of Commons ) , 1867-1868 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ) and in 1868 briefly chief secretary of Ireland ( chief secretary for Ireland ) was. In 1874 he became the Baron Winmarleigh collected and belonged until his death in the upper house ( House of Lords ) as a member.

Life

Family background and member of the House of Commons

Wilson-Patten was the third and youngest child of Thomas Wilson Patten and his wife Elizabeth Hyde. His sister Elizabeth Wilson Patten was the wife of John Yarde-Buller , who was also a member of the House of Commons between 1835 and 1858 and was raised to the nobility as 1st Baron Churston in 1858 and thus also became a member of the House of Lords. His older brother Thomas Wilson Patten died in 1819 at the age of eighteen. He attended the renowned Eton College and then studied at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford . During his studies in 1823 he was President of the Oxford Union .

On August 5, 1830, he was elected for the first time for the conservative Tories as a member of the House of Commons and initially represented the constituency of Lancashire until May 10, 1831 . On December 10, 1832 he was re-elected for the Tories as a member of the House of Commons and represented there until March 25, 1874 the constituency of Lancashire Northern , where he joined the newly founded Conservative Party in 1834 . In addition to his political career, he also served in the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia and 1842 to Colonel (Colonel) transported. During his membership in parliament he took over from Ralph Bernal in 1852 the function of chairman of the influential " Ways and Means Committee" (Chairman of Ways and Means) and held it until his replacement by Edward Pleydell-Bouverie in 1853. As such he was at the same time Chairman of the Chair of Committees of Whole House . Furthermore, it was between 1857 and his death in 1892 aide-de-camp of Queen Victoria for the militia. He advocated reform of economic and working conditions and advocated aid for the families affected by the cotton famine from 1861 to 1865.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Member of the House of Lords

Winmarleigh Hall , the manor house built by John Wilson-Patten in 1871

On June 26, 1867 Wilson Patten was of Prime Minister Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ) appointed and held this position in the next government of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli up November 7, 1868. He was also a member of the 1867 Privy Council (PC) and held between September 29 and December 1, 1868 also the Office of the chief Secretary of Ireland ( chief Secretary for Ireland ) . As such, he also became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1868. In 1871 he had the country estate Winmarleigh Hall built for his family in Winmarleigh in the Borough of Wyre and sold his previous residence, Warrington Town Hall, in Warrington .

Shortly before he left the House of Commons, Wilson-Patten was raised to the hereditary nobility of the Peerage of the United Kingdom on March 16, 1874 as Baron Winmarleigh , of Winmarleigh in the County of Lancaster , and was thus a member of the House of Lords until his death on. In 1879 he succeeded Robert Townley Parker Constable of Lancaster Castle .

Marriage and offspring

John Wilson-Patten married Anna Maria Bold on April 15, 1828. From this marriage two sons were born. The older son Eustace John Wilson Patten served as captain in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards of the Household Cavalry and died on December 17, 1873 at the age of 37. The second son Arthur Wilson Patten was first lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) and died on January 2, 1866 at the age of 25. The only son of Eustace John Wilson Patten John Alfred Wilson Patten was a lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards and died on November 20, 1889 at the age of 22. Since John Wilson-Patten died on July 11, 1892 without male heirs, the title of Baron Winmarleigh expired with his death.

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predecessor Office successor
New title created Baron Winmarleigh
1874-1892 		Title expired
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SURNAME Wilson-Patten, John, 1st Baron Winmarleigh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1802
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1892