Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet

Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL (10 January 1873 – 9 January 1949)[1] was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

For other people named William Boulton, see William Boulton (disambiguation).

Background

Boulton was the son of William Whytehead Boulton and his wife Mary Hudleston Gibson, daughter of John Gibson.[2] He was privately educated.[3]

Career

Boulton served as lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and became a major in the 7th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment.[3] He entered the House of Commons in 1931, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central until 1945.[4] Boulton was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1940, a post he held for two years.[5] He subsequently was a Government Whip as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household until 1944.[5] On 30 June, he was created a baronet, of Braxted Park in the County of Essex.[6] Boulton represented Essex as a Deputy Lieutenant.[3]

Family

On 23 April 1903, he married Rosalind Mary Milburn, daughter of Sir John Milburn, 1st Baronet.[2] They had four sons.[2] Boulton died in 1949, aged 75, and was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his eldest son Edward and then by his third son William.[1]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "ThePeerage – Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Bt". Retrieved 14 January 2007.
  3. Who is Who 1947. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1947. p. 236.
  4. "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Sheffield Central". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Essex Record Office, Official Website – Monumental inscriptions". Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  6. "No. 36604". The London Gazette. 11 July 1944. p. 3243.
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