John Lloyd Wharton

The Right Honourable John Lloyd Wharton PC
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for City of Durham
In office 28 Apr 1871 – 5 February 1874
Preceded by	John Robert Davison
Succeeded by	Thomas Charles Thompson
Member of Parliament for Ripon
In office 10 Jul 1886 – 26 Jan 1906
Preceded by	William Harker
Succeeded by	Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch
Personal details
Born	18 April 1837 Aberford, West Riding of Yorkshire
Died	11 July 1912 (aged 75) Bramham cum Oglethorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative and Unionist Party
Spouse(s)	Susan Frances Duncombe Shafto
Profession	Barrister

The Right Honourable John Lloyd Wharton PC (18 April 1837 – 11 July 1912)^[1] was a Barrister and a Conservative and Unionist Party politician.^[2] He was the Member of Parliament for Member of Parliament for City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency) then Member of Parliament for Ripon (UK Parliament constituency).^[2]

Early life

Wharton was born at Aberford in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 18 April 1837. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge,^[3] he was called to the bar in 1868 by the Inner Temple.^[2] From 1871 to 1906 he was chairman of the Durham Quarter Sessions.^[2]

Political career

He stood as a Member of Parliament for the City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency) in the 1868 general election but failed to get elected.^[2] In May 1871 in a by-election caused by the death of the Member of Parliament John Robert Davison, Wharton a Unionist candidate beat the Liberal candidate with a majority of 34 to be elected as one of the Members of Parliament for City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency).^[2] He lost the seat to the Liberal candidate Thomas Charles Thompson in the 1874 general election.^[2] He stood again as a candidate in 1880 general election but failed to get elected.^[2]

He stood as a candidate for the Ripon (UK Parliament constituency) in the 1886 general election but failed to get elected when he lost by 165 votes to W. Harker who was a strong local candidate.^[2] In 1886 he stood again for the Ripon (UK Parliament constituency) in the 1886 general election and was elected with a majority of 988.^[2] He was then the Member of Parliament for Ripon for 20 years until he was defeated at the 1906 general election by Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch with a majority of 313.^[2] He became a Privy Councilor in 1897^[2] and in December 1901 he was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John.^[4][5]

In the 1911 Census of Wetherby he described himself as a 73-year-old widower and a Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire and Durham and a director of the North Eastern Railway.^[6]

Personal life

Wharton married Susan Frances Duncombe Shafto in 1870 but she died in 1872.^[2] The couple had a daughter Mary Dorothea in 1870. In 1894 she married Charles Waring Darwin (soldier); she had three sons including Charles John Wharton Darwin. Wharton died on 11 July 1912^[1]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
2. "Mr. J. L. Wharton" (Obituary). The Times (London). Friday, 12 July 1912. (39949), col C, p. 9.
3. "Wharton, John Lloyd (WHRN854JL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. The London Gazette: no. 27383. p. 8639. 6 December 1901.
5. "Court Circular" (Court and Social). The Times (London). Saturday, 7 December 1901. (36632), col A, p. 6.
6. 1911 Census of Wetherby, RG14/25958, John LLoyd Wharton, aged 73, Bramham, Boston Spa.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Wharton