Major Christopher York (27 July 1909 – 13 March 1999) was a British

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

politician. York was the eldest son of Captain Edward York and his wife, Violet Helen ''née'' Milner, daughter of

Sir Frederick Milner, 7th Baronet Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Baronet, (7 November 1849 – 8 June 1931) was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1883 to 1885, and from 1890 to 1906. Personal life Milner was born on 7 November 1849, ...

. He was

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP) for

Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...

from 1939 to 1950, and for

Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor at ...

from 1950 until his resignation in 1954. In 1966 he served as

High Sheriff of Yorkshire The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere ...

. His daughter Rosemary Caroline (1934–2007) married Sir Nicholas Nuttall in 1960 and was the mother of the racing driver Harry Nuttall (born 1963) and of Tamara Nuttall (1967–1997).''

Burke's Peerage Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher founded in 1826, when the Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage, baronetage, knightage and landed gentry of Great Br ...

'', volume 2 (2003), p. 2958

Notes

Sources

External links

* 1909 births 1999 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 High Sheriffs of Yorkshire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub