Christopher York
Major Christopher York (27 July 1909 – 13 March 1999) was a British Conservative politician.
Christopher York | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher York 27 July 1909 |
| Died | 13 March 1999 (aged 89) |
| Occupation(s) | Politician and High Sheriff of Yorkshire |
| Parent(s) | Captain Edward York and his wife, Violet Helen |
| Relatives | Rosemary Caroline (daughter), Harry Nuttall (son) and Tamara Nuttall (daughter) |
York was the eldest son of Captain Edward York and his wife, Violet Helen née Milner, daughter of Sir Frederick Milner, 7th Baronet.[1] He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ripon from 1939 to 1950, and for Harrogate from 1950 until his resignation in 1954.
In 1966 he served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
His daughter Rosemary Caroline (1934–2007) married Sir Nicholas Nuttall in 1960 and was the mother of the racing driver Harry Nuttall (born 1963) and of Tamara Nuttall (1967–1997).[2]
Notes
- Ruvigny and Ranieval, Marquis of (1 May 2013). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. Heritage Books. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-7884-1872-3.
- Burke's Peerage, volume 2 (2003), p. 2958
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