Sir William Eley Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1873 – 18 September 1952) was an English

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politician. Quilter was the son of the Liberal politician

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(1841–1911). He was commissioned a

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of the Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) on 26 March 1902. He commissioned a house designed by

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, and built in South Street,

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, in 1902-1903. It was later the home of Lord Dunglass, the birthplace of

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, and the home of Dame Barbara Cartland. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as

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(MP) for Sudbury in Suffolk, a constituency held by his father until

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. He held the seat until the 1918 general election, when he did not stand again.

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* 1873 births 1952 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Suffolk Yeomanry officers UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub