John Lloyd Wharton (18 April 1837 – 11 July 1912) was a Barrister and a

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

politician. He was the

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

Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county *Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in No ...

then 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 ...

Early life

Wharton was born at

Aberford Aberford is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,059 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,180 at the 2011 Census. It is situated eas ...

in the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...

on 18 April 1837. He was the only son of John Thomas Wharton and Mary Jacob, daughter of Rev. John Henry Jacob. His uncle was William Lloyd Wharton, a barrister and chairman of the North Eastern Railway. In 1861, his uncle died and Wharton inherited his Windy Hill estate, which would become Wharton Park. Wharton was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

, where he received his B.A. in 1859. He was admitted to the

Inner Temple The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wal ...

on 14 April 1959 and was

called to the bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...

on 27 January 1862. He later received an honorary D.C.L. from

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

in 1887. From 1871 to 1906 he was chairman of the Durham Quarter Sessions.

Political career

He stood as a Member of Parliament for the City of Durham in the 1868 general election but failed to get elected. In May 1871 in a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

caused by the death of the Member of Parliament

John Robert Davison The Right Honourable John Robert Davison Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP, Queen's Counsel, QC (7 April 1825 – 15 April 1871) was an English barrister and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the Un ...

, 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. He lost the seat to the Liberal candidate

Thomas Charles Thompson Thomas Charles Thompson (18 February 1821 – 26 September 1892) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1874 and from 1880 to 1885. Thompson was the son of Thomas Thompson of Bishopwearmouth and his wife Eli ...

in the 1874 general election. He stood again as a candidate in 1880 general election but failed to get elected. He stood as a candidate for

in the 1885 general election but failed to get elected when he lost by 165 votes to William Harker who was a strong local candidate. In 1886, he stood again for Ripon in the 1886 general election and was elected with a majority of 988. 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. He became a

Privy Councillor A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...

in 1897 and in December 1901 he was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John. In the 1911 Census of Wetherby he described himself as a 73-year-old widower and a

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

for Yorkshire and Durham and a director of the North Eastern Railway.

Personal life

Wharton married Susan Frances Duncombe Shafto on 20 January 1870 but she died in 1872. The couple had a daughter Mary Dorothea in 1870. In 1894 she married Charles Waring Darwin; she had three sons including Charles John Wharton Darwin. He served as the first president of the

Durham Amateur Rowing Club Durham Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Wear, based at City Boathouse, Green Lane, Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham. History The club was founded in 1860 and is affiliated to British Rowing British Rowing, formerly the ...

, from 1860 to 1894. Wharton died on 11 July 1912.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wharton, John Lloyd 1837 births 1912 deaths UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Knights of Grace of the Order of St John Members of the Inner Temple Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom North Eastern Railway (UK) people Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for City of Durham People educated at Eton College English barristers