John Stourton (politician)

The Honourable John Joseph Stourton (5 March 1899 – 2 February 1992)[1] was a British politician. He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford South from 1931 to 1945.

Stourton was born in 1899, the second son of Charles Stourton, 24th Baron Mowbray.[2] He was first elected to Parliament in the 1931 general election. He retired at the 1945 general election.

He married Kathleen Alice (died 1986), daughter of Robert Louis George Gunther, of 8, Prince's Gardens, S.W., and Parkwood, Englefield Green, Surrey,<ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 2, p. 2357</ref> in 1923; they divorced in 1933, having had two sons and two daughters, the elder of whom, Mary, married Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough, and had eight children, including the 6th Earl of Gainsborough.[3] Stourton married secondly Gladys Leila (died 1953), daughter of Sir William James Waldron,[4] in 1934, and divorced in 1947.[2] John Stourton died in 1992 in Eastbourne, Sussex aged 92.[5]

Having been a lieutenant in the 10th Royal Hussars, Stourton subsequently attained the rank of Major in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration.[3] He lived at Miniature Hall, Wadhurst, Sussex.[6]

References
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Specific
  1. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
  2. Freer, Alan (2005–2008). "The Descendents of William the Conqueror". www.william1.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 2, p. 1503
  4. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 2, p. 2819
  5. "England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  6. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1976, p. 826
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joseph Toole		 Member of Parliament for Salford South
1931 – 1945		 Succeeded by
Edward Hardy
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