Sir Robert Houston, 1st Baronet

Caricature of Robert Houston by "Spy" in Vanity Fair, 14 June 2011

Sir Robert Paterson Houston, 1st Baronet (31 May 1853 – 14 April 1926) was a British Conservative Party politician and shipowner.

He was born to a maritime engineer from Renfrewshire, and, after an apprenticeship in Liverpool, Houston also became an engineer. In 1877 he bought a share in a packet steamer with his inheritance, using the profits to start up his own management company in 1880, R.P. Houston & Company.[1] In 1892 he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Toxteth, resigning on 26 April 1924 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[2] He was created a Baronet, of West Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, in 1922.[3]

Married to Lucy, Lady Houston, he died on his steam yacht Liberty on 14 April 1926.

References

  1. "Houston Line". Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 32668. p. 2916. 11 April 1922.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Royden
Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Toxteth
18921924
Succeeded by
Joseph Gibbins
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of West Toxteth)
19221926
Extinct
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