Elliott Lees

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Elliott Lees, 1st Baronet, DSO (23 October 1860 – 16 October 1908), was a British Conservative Party politician.

South Lytchett Manors South Face
Lees in 1895.

Lees was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Lees was elected to the House of Commons for Oldham in 1886, a seat he held until 1892, and later represented Birkenhead from 1894 to 1906.[1]

In 1897 he was created a Baronet, of South Lytchett Manor in Lytchett Minster in the County of Dorset.[2]

Lees was an officer in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry. He volunteered for active service during the Second Boer War, and on 24 February 1900 was appointed a captain of the 26th (Dorsetshire) Company serving in the 7th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry,[3][4][5] which left England for South Africa on the SS Manchester Merchant in early March.[6] He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900.[7] After his return to the United Kingdom he was appointed a supernumerary major of the regiment in January 1902.[8]

Lees married Florence Keith, daughter of Patrick Keith, in 1882. He died in October 1908, aged 47, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Thomas. Lady Lees died in 1917.

Notes
  1. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  2. "No. 26823". The London Gazette. 16 February 1897. p. 900.
  3. "No. 27168". The London Gazette. 23 February 1900. p. 1255.
  4. "No. 27171". The London Gazette. 6 March 1900. p. 1528.
  5. "The War - The Imperial Yeomanry". The Times (36055). London. 2 February 1900. p. 11.
  6. "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times (36080). London. 3 March 1900. p. 16.
  7. "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6306.
  8. "No. 27398". The London Gazette. 17 January 1902. p. 389.
gollark: If you just doubled the number of people "involved in politics" by some loose definition by taking arbitrary random people, would this actually improve the political situation? I would be surprised if it did; I don't think most have some sort of unique original contribution, but just go for participating in shouting louder at other groups.
gollark: Possibly true but not very relevant.
gollark: You could probably argue that something something tragedy of the commons, but clearly there are a lot of people who do do politics and it is possible that adding more would actually worsen things.
gollark: Even if it is the case that if everyone ever ignored politics there would be problems, that doesn't mean that one person ignoring it is bad.
gollark: Perhaps, but I don't actually care.

References
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
  • Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
J. T. Hibbert
James Mackenzie Maclean		 Member of Parliament for Oldham
1886–1892
With: James Mackenzie Maclean		 Succeeded by
Joshua Milne Cheetham
Sir J. T. Hibbert
Preceded by
Viscount Bury		 Member of Parliament for Birkenhead
1894–1906		 Succeeded by
Henry Vivian
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of South Lytchett Heath Manor)
1897–1908 		Succeeded by
Thomas Evans Keith Lees

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