John Walbanke-Childers

British politician

Preceded byJohn Charles Ramsden
Charles PepysSucceeded byEvelyn Denison
William Wentworth-FitzwilliamMember of Parliament
for CambridgeshireIn office
21 December 1832 – 19 January 1835
Serving with Charles Yorke
Preceded byHenry John Adeane
Richard Greaves TownleySucceeded byRichard Greaves Townley Personal detailsBorn27 May 1798Died8 February 1886(1886-02-08) (aged 87)NationalityBritishPolitical partyWhigSpouse(s)
Selena Radford
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(m. 1866)​

Anne Wood
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(m. 1824; died 1863)​
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Eton College

John Walbanke-Childers (27 May 1798 – 8 February 1886)[1][2] was a British Whig politician.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Family and early life

Walkbanke-Childers was the son of Colonel John Walbanke-Childers (died 1812) and Selena née Gideon (born 1772). He was first educated at Eton College, and then graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1834 with a Master of Arts. In 1824, he married Anne Wood, daughter of Sir Francis Wood, 2nd Baronet, and Anne née Buck; they had at least five children:[9]

  • Charlotte Anne Walbanke-Childers
  • Leonard John Walbanke-Childers (1826–1837)
  • Hugh Walbanke-Childers (1827–1828)
  • Rowland Francis Walbanke-Childers (1830–1855)
  • Lucy Walbanke-Childers (c. 1836–1870)

After Anne's death in 1863, he remarried in 1866 to his second cousin, Selena Radford, daughter of Edward Radford and Eliza Diana Walbanke-Childers.[9]

Member of Parliament

Walbanke-Childers was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire at the 1832 general election and held the seat until 1835, when he was defeated, ranking last out of four candidates in the poll.[7] He returned to Parliament for Malton at a by-election in 1836—caused by the appointment of Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham, as Lord Chancellor, in the process being elevated to the peerage—and held the seat until 1846, when he resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[10] However, the next year, he returned to the same seat at the 1847 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.[4][5][6][9][11]

Other roles

Walbanke-Childers was also High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1858–1859,[12] a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and West Riding of Yorkshire, and a Justice of the Peace for the latter county.[9]

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (22 November 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "M"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Rayment, Leigh (8 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "General Election, 1841". Morning Post. 29 June 1841. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 156–158. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b Crosby's Political Record of Parliamentary Elections in Great Britain and Ireland with Select Biographical Notices and Speeches of Distinguished Statesmen. York: George Crosby. 1843. pp. 256–257.
  6. ^ a b Ollivier, John (1842). "Alphabetical List of the House of Commons". Ollivier's parliamentary and political director. pp. 19, 20.
  7. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. Retrieved 29 July 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ "Public Dinner at the Red Lion to R. G. Townley, Esq. and J. W. Childers, Esq". Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette. 5 January 1833. p. 2. Retrieved 29 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ a b c d e Lundy, Darryl (14 December 2009). "John Walbanke-Childers". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  10. ^ House Of Commons, Great Britain Parliament (1878). Parliamentary papers. Vol. 62, Part 2.
  11. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 204, 357. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  12. ^ "No. 22091". The London Gazette. 3 February 1858. p. 539.

External links

  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr John Childers
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
1832–1835
With: Richard Greaves Townley
Charles Yorke 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Malton
1836–1846
With: Evelyn Denison (1841–1846)
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1837–1841)
John Charles Ramsden (1836–1837) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Malton
1847–1852
With: Evelyn Denison 		Succeeded by
Evelyn Denison
Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam