George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley
George Douglas Cochrane Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley KBE MP (14 July 1879 – 2 September 1942) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1909.[1] Following the First World War, he joined the Rural Reconstruction in the Department of the Ministry of Reconstruction. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[2]
He was then elected as Member of Parliament for Cambridge at a by-election in 1922 following the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir Eric Geddes.
Newton retained the seat at the 1922 general election, and was re-elected at four further elections until he was elevated to the peerage in 1934 as Baron Eltisley, of Croxton in the County of Cambridge.[3] The title became extinct on his death in September 1942, aged 63.
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28229. p. 1655. 2 March 1909. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31114. p. 448. 8 January 1919.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34015. p. 386. 16 January 1934.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Newton
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Eric Geddes |
Member of Parliament for Cambridge 1922–1934 |
Succeeded by Richard Tufnell |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Eltisley 1934–1942 |
Extinct |