Sir John Weston, 1st Baronet

Colonel Sir John Wakefield Weston, 1st Baronet (13 June 1852 – 19 September 1926) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Weston sat as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kendal between 1913 and 1918,.[1] When the constituency was abolished, he sat as the member for Westmorland between 1918 and 1924.[2] In July 1926 he was created a baronet, of Kendal in the County of Westmorland.[3]

Weston died in September 1926, aged 71, when the baronetcy became extinct.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  3. "No. 33191". The London Gazette. 13 August 1926. p. 5371.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Josceline Bagot		 Member of Parliament for Kendal
1913–1918		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Westmorland
1918–1924		 Succeeded by
Hon. Oliver Stanley
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Kendal)
1926		 Extinct


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