The Honourable John Joseph Stourton (5 March 1899 – 2 February 1992)''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995'' was a British

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. He served as the Conservative

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(MP) for Salford South from 1931 to 1945. Stourton was born in 1899, the second son of

Charles Stourton, 24th Baron Mowbray Charles Stourton, 21st Baron Stourton, 25th Baron Segrave, 24th Baron Mowbray (23 May 1867 – 29 July 1936) was the son of Alfred Joseph Stourton, 20th Baron Stourton, 24th Baron Segrave and 23rd Baron Mowbray and Mary Margaret Corbally, daughte ...

. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1931 general election. He retired at the

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. He married Kathleen Alice (died 1986), daughter of Robert Louis George Gunther, of 8, Prince's Gardens, S.W., and Parkwood, Englefield Green, Surrey,''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 2003, vol. 2, p. 2357 in 1923; they divorced in 1933, having had two sons and two daughters: *Mary (24 Sep 1925-30 Dec 2018) married Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough, and had eight children, including the 6th Earl of Gainsborough.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 2003, vol. 2, p. 1503 *Maj. Michael Godwin Plantagenet (7 Dec 1926-23 Aug 2001) married Lady Joanna Lambart, daughter of Field Marshal Frederick Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan and Lady Hester Byng. They had to sons, and two daughters. *Monica Kathleen (18 Jan 1928, d. 8 Dec 2019) married Sir Henry Louis Carron Greig, son of G/Capt. Sir Louis Greig. They had three sons, and a daughter. *John Ralph (25 Mar 1930-5 Jan 2017) married firstly Virginia Hordern, and together had one daughter. He later married Caroline Honor O'Dwyer, and together they had two daughters. Stourton married secondly Gladys Leila (died 1953), daughter of Sir William James Waldron, in 1934, and divorced in 1947. John Stourton died in 1992 in

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aged 92. Having been a lieutenant in the

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, Stourton subsequently attained the rank of Major in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, and was awarded the

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. He lived at Miniature Hall,

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, Sussex.Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1976, p. 826

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stourton, John 1899 births 1992 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 John Younger sons of barons Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Salford South