Mervyn Manningham-Buller

Sir Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller, 3rd Baronet (16 January 1876 – 22 August 1956) was a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP).

Family

His parents were Major-General Edmund Manningham-Buller and Lady Anne Coke.^[1] He married Lilah Constance Cavendish, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham and Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor, on 8 July 1903. Their children included Reginald Manningham-Buller, Attorney-General.

Military career

Mannigham-Buller was commissioned a Second lieutenant in The Rifle Brigade on 9 October 1895, and was promoted to Lieutenant 25 May 1898, and Captain on 18 March 1901. He was seconded to the Imperial Yeomanry for service in the Second Boer War (1899-1901), and was 2nd in command of the 21st Battalion until he relinquished this appointment 12 March 1902,^[2] when he returned to his regiment.^[3] He later gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Rifle Brigade.^[4]

Political career

Between 1924 and 1929 he was Conservative Member of Parliament for Kettering. In 1931 he was elected MP for Northampton; he resigned in 1940 upon becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

He died in Chelsea, London aged 80.

References

1. thePeerage.com - Person Page 2836
2. The London Gazette: no. 27426. p. 2602. 18 April 1902.
3. The London Gazette: no. 27430. p. 2936. 2 May 1902.
4. Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), Archdale, page 34

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller