Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie (1 December 1799 – 15 May 1865 ( Padiham)) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1826 to 1830. Starkie was the son of Le Gendre Piers Starkie (1760–1807) and his wife Charlotte Preedy, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Preedy, Rector of Brington, Northamptonshire. He was educated at

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. He inherited a large amount of land in central Lancashire, including

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, after the early death of his elder brother. He was a J.P. for Lancaster and Yorkshire and Deputy Lieutenant for the Palatine of Lancaster. He was a Captain in the Craven Legion.Starkie of Huntroyd
/ref> In 1826 Starkie was elected

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for

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. He held the seat until 1830. He was Provincial Grand Master and Grand Superintendent of the Freemasons of West Lancashire from 1827 till his death. He bought Ashton Hall from the

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in 1853. Starkie died at

, Padiham,

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, at the age of 65. He had married Anne Chamberlain, daughter of Abraham Chamberlain of Rylstone,

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in February 1827. Their son Le Gendre inherited the Huntroyde estate and was later MP for

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, and

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inherited the Ashton estate and was MP for Lancashire North East.

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* 1799 births 1865 deaths UK MPs 1826–1830 Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Deputy Lieutenants of Lancashire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies 19th-century English landowners {{England-UK-MP-stub