Sir John Stephen Barrington Simeon, 4th Baronet DL (31 August 1850 – 1909) was one of the two

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for

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at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. He was born at Swainston Manor in

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on 31 August 1850 and succeeded his father, the 3rd

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, in 1870.'Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. He served as Ensign in the Rifle Brigade until he married Isabella Mary, daughter of the Hon Ralph Heanage Dutton, in 1872. The marriage was childless. In 1880 he became private secretary to the Rt Hon

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, MP, and entered

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himself in 1895 as a

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. Shortly after his election he commissioned a private railway station at Watchingwell, some four miles (6 km) west of Newport.Pomeroy, C,A "Isle of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, On 5 December 1903 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Southampton-based 1st Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers).''Army List''. Re-elected in 1900, Simeon left the

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in 1906 and died three years later. He was succeeded as 5th baronet by his brother, Edmund Charles (1855–1915).

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* 1850 births 1909 deaths UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Rifle Brigade officers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of the Isle of Wight Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Southampton Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies

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