Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL (10 January 1873 – 9 January 1949) was a British soldier and

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politician.

Background

Boulton was the son of William Whytehead Boulton and his wife Mary Hudleston Gibson, daughter of John Gibson. He was privately educated.

Career

Boulton served as lieutenant in the

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and became a major in the 7th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment. He entered the

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in 1931, sitting as a

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(MP) for

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until 1945. Boulton was appointed a

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in 1940, a post he held for two years. He subsequently was a

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as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household until 1944. On 30 June, he was created a

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, of

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in the County of Essex. Boulton represented

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as a Deputy Lieutenant.

Family

On 23 April 1903, he married Rosalind Mary Milburn, daughter of Sir John Milburn, 1st Baronet. They had four sons. Boulton died in 1949, aged 75, and was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his eldest son Edward and then by his third son William.

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* 1873 births 1949 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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